when was the first playoff empty net goal

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

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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%
1	Billy Reay B. Reay	4/8/1952	1	MTL	vs	BOS	1	0	1		5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	4/10/1952	1	DET	@	MTL	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jim McFadden J. McFadden	3/31/1953	1	CHI	vs	MTL	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Calum MacKay C. MacKay	4/14/1953	1	MTL	@	BOS	1	1	2		4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Marcel Pronovost M. Pronovost	3/27/1954	1	DET	@	TOR	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Red Kelly R. Kelly	4/10/1954	1	DET	@	MTL	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Tony Leswick T. Leswick	3/29/1955	1	DET	@	TOR	1	0	1		4	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	4/3/1955	1	DET	vs	MTL	1	2	3		2	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Bert Olmstead B. Olmstead	3/24/1956	1	MTL	@	NYR	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	3/29/1956	1	DET	vs	TOR	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	3/26/1957	1	MTL	@	NYR	2	2	4		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Fleming MacKell F. MacKell	4/14/1957	1	BOS	vs	MTL	2	0	2		0	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	4/1/1958	1	NYR	@	BOS	2	1	3		0	0	0	1	1	0	0
14	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	4/20/1958	1	MTL	@	BOS	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Leo Labine L. Labine	3/26/1959	1	BOS	vs	TOR	1	1	2		4	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Glen Skov G. Skov	3/28/1959	1	CHI	vs	MTL	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Glen Skov G. Skov	3/31/1959	1	CHI	vs	MTL	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bob Pulford B. Pulford	3/26/1960	1	TOR	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	TOR	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Bronco Horvath B. Horvath	4/15/1962	1	CHI	vs	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	vs	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	vs	TOR	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0

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