Stephane Matteau’s Game 7 double-overtime wraparound that pushed the Rangers past the Devils in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals and on to the Stanley Cup Final, is no doubt the most memorable goal in the Blueshirts’ history.
But Matteau’s goal (on May 27, 1994) didn’t actually win the Cup for the Rangers, of course. They still had to survive another seven-game series, against the Vancouver Canucks, to raise the Cup for the first time in 54 years.
On the other hand, Bryan Hextall’s overtime goal on April 13, 1940, gave the Rangers their third Stanley Cup – and their last before that ’94 title.