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Regular season games are of a finite time limit in terms of actual playing time , so the longest games in NHL history are playoff games as they feature unlimited overtime until a winner is determined. The five longest games are as follows:

1. Mar. 24, 1936: 176:30 (Detroit over Montreal Maroons)

2. Apr. 3, 1933 : 164:46 ( Toronto over Boston)

3. Mar. 4, 2000 : 152:01 (Philadelphia over Pittsburgh)

4. Apr. 24, 2003 : 140:48 ( Anaheim over Dallas)

5. Apr. 24, 1996 : 139:15 ( Pittsburgh over Washington)

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The longest game in NHL history is when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0. It took 6 overtimes and lasted 176 minutes and 30 seconds.

The longest game in modern NHL history is when the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on May 4, 2000. the game lasted five overtimes and took 152 minutes and 1 second.

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Detroit vs. Montreal in 1936 went to 6 overtimes for a total of 116:30 of overtime. In modern time Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia went to 5 overtimes (92:01 of overtime) in May 2000 for the 3rd longest overtime in NHL history.

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3 regular periods and 6 overtime periods. Intermissions, periods an overtimes cobined it comes to approximatly 290 minutes.

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there are three periods with each one 20 minutes but the whistles add time on to

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