April 3, 1933: 104:46 of overtime
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 - Boston Bruins 0
Another six-overtime marathon.
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No; they need to keep playing until someone wins, no matter how many overtimes are needed. Somebody HAS to win.
For a regular season game, there is a limit of one 15 minute overtime period. If neither team has scored at the end of 15 minutes of playing time, the game is recorded as a tie. For a playoff game, there is no limit as to how many overtime periods can be played. The teams play until one of them scores. The longest game in NFL history was a playoff game played December 25, 1971 between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs. The game went one full overtime period and 7 minutes, 40 seconds into the second overtime before Garo Yepremian kicked a field goal to give the Dolphins a 27-24 victory.
Wayne Gretzky managed to accumulate a 61 game point streak
The longest MLB game by innings was on May 1, 1920 between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves and lasted 26 innings. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.If you're including triple-A, the longest game was 33 innings, and it was played by The Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the triple-A International League. This is considered the longest game in professional baseball historyin 1981 at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
The most INNINGS played between two MLB teams was 26, in a 1-1 tie between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves on 1920 May 1. The longest TIME for one game was eight hours and six minutes, for a 25 inning, 7-6 win by the Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago White Sox. Both teams scored two runs in the 9th inning, and three in 21st!