Listen to the Ear-Splitting Home Radio Call of Brayden Point’s Fifth-Overtime Game-Winner

In Wednesday’s Hot Clicks: the Lightning and Blue Jackets play one of the longest games in NHL history, a wild baseball game in Philly and more.

Five overtimes!

There were no fans to head for the exits early when the Lightning and Blue Jackets played one of the longest games in NHL history Tuesday afternoon (and night). 

Tampa Bay and Columbus played 90 minutes and 27 seconds of extra time, the fourth-longest game the league has ever seen. The game started at 3 p.m. ET and didn’t end until 9:23. It went on for so long that the Bruins-Hurricanes game previously scheduled for 8 p.m. had to be pushed back to the morning. 

Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo made an NHL-record 85 saves but couldn’t stop Brayden Point’s wrister from the high slot more than halfway through the fifth overtime. 

It was a dramatic goal and it produced some fantastic commentary from the guys calling the game on TV and radio. 

Here’s how it sounded with Gord Miller on the call for NBCSN.

Rick Peckham handles the play-by-play duties for the Lightning on Fox Sports Sun and sounded like he was in disbelief when Point’s shot hit the back of the net. 

Radio play-by-play man Dave Mishkin definitely believed what he saw, though. Mishkin, who handles the Bolts’ broadcasts on WFLA, nearly blew his mic out screaming, “Scores! Scores! Scores!”

As called on Lightning radio: pic.twitter.com/4x1R1fn5gk

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) August 12, 2020

Blue Jackets radio guy Bob McElligott, on the other hand, was absolutely crestfallen.

Blue Jackets radio announcer, Bob McElligott, was more than over it last night when the Lightning finally scored in the 5th overtime 😂 pic.twitter.com/uWWAGDVK93

— SI NHL (@SI_NHL) August 12, 2020

(I couldn’t find Fox Sports Columbus play-by-play announcer Jeff Rimer’s call of the goal, so please send it my way if you come across it.)

The game was the NHL’s longest in 20 years, 94 seconds shorter than a Flyers-Penguins conference semifinal game from May 4, 2000. The two longest games in league history were played in 1933 and 1936, more than two decades before the first goalie wore a mask full-time. So Point’s goal was a truly historic moment that we’ll be seeing for decades to come. With any luck, it’ll be Mishkin’s frantic call that lives on as the preferred historical record of Point’s goal. ESPN.com’s game recap page is already using the audio of Mishkin’s call over NBCSN’s video feed. 

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The NHL, which has had a really good sense of humor about the empty arenas, had a lot of fun on the video boards with the marathon game

"7th Period Stretch" 😂 #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/5nqvDPW0MG

— SI NHL (@SI_NHL) August 12, 2020

just a heads up pic.twitter.com/bRATVAKQur

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The Orioles won in extras thanks to two blunders by the Phillies

“I GOT IT! I GOT IT!” - me to my boss asking if I got the highlight pic.twitter.com/j8q7wiNXDp

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 12, 2020

An inside-the-parker for the lead!

This game is wild. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/faI37Jwsu0

— MLB (@MLB) August 12, 2020

Fantastic idea from the Suns

I’m not crying... you are

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