The Easter Epic is the nickname given to a 1987 Stanley Cup playoff game between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, played April 18–19, 1987, at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. It is so named because the game started on Saturday evening but did not finish until the early hours of Easter Sunday. The game is notable because it is the longest Game 7 in Stanley Cup playoffs history and one of two series-deciding games to need more than three overtime periods. It was the first game since 1971 to go to a third overtime and the first since 1951 to go to a fourth.