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Monday, February 11
 
The 10 best unbreakable team records

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Wednesday Night Hockey on ESPN wants to know what you think is the best of the "10 Best" throughout the NHL season. Each week, WNH will assemble its 10 best selections of a particular theme and post them on ESPN.com for users to vote on their favorite.

Tune in to the Feb. 13 broadcast of the St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) to watch highlights of the 10 best unbreakable team records.

During the game, ESPN's hockey experts will pick their favorite and compare their choices with how ESPN.com users voted.

Boston Bruins: 29 consecutive playoff appearances
The Boston Bruins had actually missed the playoffs eight seasons in a row prior to the 1967-68 season. But led by a young Bobby Orr, the B's reached the postseason in '68 and embarked on a playoff run that ran nearly three decades. They appeared in the playoffs an NHL-record 29 straight times -- winning the Cup in 1970 and 1972 -- before missing out in the 1996-97 season.

Edmonton Oilers: 446 goals scored
En route to their first Stanley Cup title in 1983-84, the Edmonton Oilers produced a blizzard of goals in the league's northernmost outpost. With a lineup that featured five 30-plus goal scorers (Wayne Gretzky 87, Glenn Anderson 54, Jari Kurri 52, Paul Coffey 40, and Mark Messier 37) and a goalie who posted 14 assists (Grant Fuhr), the Oilers rang up an astounding 446 goals, an average of 5.6 goals per game. Other than the Oilers, who posted four other 400-plus seasons in the 1980s, no other franchise has come close to a 400-goal campaign.

Montreal Canadiens: Five straight Stanley Cups
Their lineup read like a who's-who of hockey legends: Jacques Plante, Doug Harvey, Jean Beliveau, Bernie Geoffrion, Maurice Richard. The Montreal Canadiens of the late-1950s were one of hockey's most dominant teams. From 1956 through 1960, they stood head-and-shoulders above the five other teams in the league, claiming a record five straight Stanley Cups and posting a playoff record of 40-9.

Montreal Canadiens: 10 straight overtime wins in a single postseason
The 1992-93 Montreal Canadiens did not begin the Stanley Cup playoffs as overtime conquerors. In fact, they lost their playoff opener in OT to arch-rival Quebec. But the Canadiens responded with by winning the next two overtime games against the Nordiques. Three of their wins in a four-game sweep of Buffalo were claimed in overtime. They added two more OT wins against the Islanders in the conference finals, including a double-overtime affair, bringing their total to seven. After losing the first game of the Cup finals against Los Angeles, the Canadians won three straight in overtime en route to a five-game series victory. While their 10 straight OT wins are a record for a single post-season, the streak did not end there. Montreal its next four overtime games in the playoffs before Buffalo snapped the streak during the 1998 conference semifinals.

Montreal Canadiens: 23 Stanley Cups
While the NHL was founded in 1917, it would not be until 1924 that the Montreal Canadiens would win a Stanley Cup crown as members of the league. They won just two Cups over the next 18 seasons. Beginning in 1944, the Habs began to forge their reputation as the league's preeminent franchise, boasting dynastic runs of five straight Stanley Cups (1955-60), six Cups over a nine-season span (1964-73), and four consecutive championships (1975-79). Titles in 1986 and 1993 brought their Stanley Cup total as NHL members to 23 -- 10 more than the next-closest franchise (Toronto).

New York Islanders: 19 straight playoff series wins
After suffering playoff upsets at the hands of Toronto in 1978 and the Rangers in 1979, the New York Islanders were not about to underachieve again any time soon. They established a hockey dynasty, winning four straight Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983. While they fell short of their record-tying fifth-straight crown -- falling to Edmonton in the 1984 Cup final -- their 19 straight playoff series wins over five postseasons set a league mark.

Philadelphia Flyers: 35-game unbeaten streak
On Oct. 14, 1979, the Philadelphia Flyers recorded a 4-3 home win over Toronto. They would not lose against until the next decade had begun. As October became November, then December, Philadelphia didn't always win, but they would suffer no worse than a tie. On December 22, they won in Boston to extend the unbeaten streak to a record 29 games. On Jan. 7, 1980, after 25 wins and 10 ties, the Flyers lost 7-1 at Minnesota.

Pittsburgh Penguins: 17 consecutive regular season wins
On March 9, 1993, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins, 3-2, snapping a two-game losing streak. Their next loss wouldn't come for a while. On April 8, a 10-4 win over the Rangers in New York gave Pittsburgh their 16th win a row, breaking the record set by another New York club, the Islanders, during the 1981-82 season. The Pens extended the record to 17 before settling for a tie against New Jersey in the final game of the regular season.

Pittsburgh Penguins: 14 consecutive playoff wins
The 1992 Pittsburgh Penguins entered the Stanley Cup playoffs as defending champions, but with a different coach, as Scotty Bowman had taken over for Bob Johnson, who died of cancer after resigning as coach before the season. After rallying from 3-1 down in the opening round agaist Washington, the Pens found themselves down 2-1 in the next round against the Rangers. Beginning with an overtime win in Game 4 at home, the Pens got rolling. Two more wins to close out the Rangers were followed by a four-game sweep of Boston in the conference finals and a four-game sweep of Chicago in the Cup finals. Pittsburgh won the first three games of the 1993 playoffs, extending their playoff win streak to 14 games, before losing 4-1 at New Jersey in Game 4.

Winnipeg Jets: 30-game winless streak
The Winnipeg Jets won their first game of the season on Oct. 17, 1980, 6-2 over Chicago at home, bringing their record to 1-2-0. The Jets went 0-4-2 for the rest of October, which was followed by an 0-10-5 November. On December 16, the Jets dropped a 6-2 decision on the road to the Islanders, which extended their winless streak to a record 28 games, breaking the mark set by the 1975-76 Kansas City Scouts (0-21-6). After losses to the Rangers and Blues brought the streak to 30 (0-23-7), Christmas arrived two days early for the Jets, in the form of a 5-4 home win over the Colorado Rockies on December 23.






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