Top 20 Cup Final games since 2000: No. 11

As the NHL prepares for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the NHL.com staff selected the best 20 Stanley Cup Final games since 2000. Our 15-writer panel nominated 44 games for consideration before each member voted for his or her favorite 20 from that list. Each favorite game was awarded 20 points, with the selections that followed receiving one fewer point each and so on, down to one point for each 20th-favorite game. Today, we look at Game 1 of the 2013 Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins, which was on 10 ballots and received 123 points.

2013 Game 1: Chicago Blackhawks 4, Boston Bruins 3 (3OT)

Andrew Shaw scored 12:08 into the third overtime to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win in the opener of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final.
The Bruins were the better team early, taking a 2-0 lead after forward Milan Lucic scored at 13:11 of the first period and 51 seconds into the second. Forward Brandon Saad scored his only goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 3:08 into the second period to cut the lead to 2-1. The Bruins made it 3-1 when forward Patrice Bergeron scored on the power play 6:09 into the third period.
But the Blackhawks scored the final two goals of the third. Forward Dave Bolland, off a pass from Shaw, scored at 8:00 to get Chicago within 3-2, and defenseman Johnny Oduya scored from the blue line at 12:14 to tie the game 3-3.
Each team had great scoring opportunities in the first and second overtime, but it came down to Shaw, who loved being the net-front presence, willing to take the punishment to score. Shaw was skating back to the front of the net when defenseman Michal Rozsival's shot from the blue line went off Bolland and deflected off Shaw's right shin pad for the victory.

They said it: "The bigger the stage, the bigger the challenge, he rises to the occasion. He knows where the front of the net is. Doesn't have to be pretty. He's a warrior. He's one of those guys that you appreciate he's on your side, and he's relentless." -- Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on Shaw
Historical significance: At 112:08, it was the fifth-longest Stanley Cup Final game and the 25th-longest overtime game in NHL playoff history. It was also the first Cup Final between Original Six teams since 1979, when the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Rangers in five games. ... Boston forward Jaromir Jagr played in his first Cup Final game in 21 years, the longest gap between Final appearances in NHL history. Jagr had not played in the Final since he won the Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992.
Iconic moment: Shaw was wearing a microphone for Game 1. As the Blackhawks mobbed him following his game-winning goal, he told Bolland he loved him and famously yelled, "I love shin pads!"
Telling stat:Shaw's overtime goal is one of only two game-winning goals he has scored in 72 NHL playoff games, and each came during the 2013 playoffs. His other was in Chicago's 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals.