when was the first playoff empty net goal

Billy Reay scored 1 empty-net goal versus the Bruins on April 8, 1952.

Interpreted as:
When was the first playoff empty net goal in a game by a player?
NAME DATE ENG TM OPP G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI
1 Billy Reay
B. Reay
4/8/1952
1
MTL MTL
vs
BOS BOS
1
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 Ted Lindsay
T. Lindsay
4/10/1952
1
DET DET
@
MTL MTL
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3 Jim McFadden
J. McFadden
3/31/1953
1
CHI CHI
vs
MTL MTL
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4 Calum MacKay
C. MacKay
4/14/1953
1
MTL MTL
@
BOS BOS
1
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 Marcel Pronovost
M. Pronovost
3/27/1954
1
DET DET
@
TOR TOR
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 Red Kelly
R. Kelly
4/10/1954
1
DET DET
@
MTL MTL
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 Tony Leswick
T. Leswick
3/29/1955
1
DET DET
@
TOR TOR
1
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
8 Ted Lindsay
T. Lindsay
4/3/1955
1
DET DET
vs
MTL MTL
1
2
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
9 Bert Olmstead
B. Olmstead
3/24/1956
1
MTL MTL
@
NYR NYR
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10 Ted Lindsay
T. Lindsay
3/29/1956
1
DET DET
vs
TOR TOR
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 Bernie Geoffrion
B. Geoffrion
3/26/1957
1
MTL MTL
@
NYR NYR
2
2
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
12 Fleming MacKell
F. MacKell
4/14/1957
1
BOS BOS
vs
MTL MTL
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
13 Andy Bathgate
A. Bathgate
4/1/1958
1
NYR NYR
@
BOS BOS
2
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
14 Doug Harvey
D. Harvey
4/20/1958
1
MTL MTL
@
BOS BOS
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15 Leo Labine
L. Labine
3/26/1959
1
BOS BOS
vs
TOR TOR
1
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
16 Glen Skov
G. Skov
3/28/1959
1
CHI CHI
vs
MTL MTL
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17 Glen Skov
G. Skov
3/31/1959
1
CHI CHI
vs
MTL MTL
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18 Bob Pulford
B. Pulford
3/26/1960
1
TOR TOR
vs
DET DET
1
0
1
-1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
20.0
19 Val Fonteyne
V. Fonteyne
3/28/1961
1
DET DET
vs
TOR TOR
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
50.0
20 Alex Delvecchio
A. Delvecchio
4/8/1961
1
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
2
1
3
+2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
50.0
21 George Armstrong
G. Armstrong
3/27/1962
1
TOR TOR
vs
NYR NYR
1
0
1
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
50.0
22 Jean-Guy Gendron
J. Gendron
4/3/1962
1
NYR NYR
vs
TOR TOR
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 Bronco Horvath
B. Horvath
4/15/1962
1
CHI CHI
vs
TOR TOR
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
33.3
24 Dave Keon
D. Keon
4/18/1963
1
TOR TOR
vs
DET DET
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
100.0
25 Claude Provost
C. Provost
4/4/1964
1
MTL MTL
vs
TOR TOR
1
0
1
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
25.0
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