We’re down to one or two games left in one of the best Stanley Cup Final series in recent memory, if not of all time. And it’s possible no game will be more memorable than Saturday night’s Game 3, which featured a record-breaking hat trick, a penalty shot, two waved-off goals, one of the greatest third-period comebacks in playoff history and two periods of overtime.And then … it ended like this:Yeah, that’s not ideal. But it’s also not rare, because a surprising number of legendary hockey games have ended with a goal that was … iffy. Or questionable. Or downright terrible.Today, we’re going to celebrate some of those great games and the ugly goals that decided them as we search for the game that scores highest in both categories.A few ground rules:• We can play with what it means to “decide” a game a little bit; these don’t all have to be OT winners, or even necessarily goals late in regulation. But we’re not looking for a bad first goal in a 6-5 final either.• That said, the goal has to be the key moment in the game, not just one bad goal that’s memorable for being bad. That takes out options such as Martin Brodeur’s stick flub in 2003 (which came in the second period of a game that went to overtime), Owen Nolan’s long bomb on Roman Turek (which came at the end of the first) and Chris Phillips scoring a Cup-winner into his own net (which was the fourth goal in a 6-2 final).• More importantly, the bad goal itself can’t be the main reason the game is memorable. This takes out examples like Dan Boyle’s overtime oopsie, or the Tommy Salo debacle. If we don’t remember anything else that happened in the game, it’s out. Also, I’m disqualifying the Kevin Bieksa stanchion goal because it was actually incredibly cool.Hockey being what it is, we still have plenty of awful goals to choose from. I’ve come up with 10, but feel free to hop into the comments with any nominations of your own.Stephane Matteau, Rangers vs. Devils, 1994The setup: The Rangers were a team of destiny, looking to end a 54-year Cup drought. The Devils were the young upstarts, looking to ride their young goalie to an upset over the crosstown rivals. A series that was very good ascended to legendary status with Mark Messier’s guarantee and subsequent Game 6 hat trick, setting the stage for an immortal Game 7 at MSG.How great was the game? Pretty great. It was a scoreless nail-biter until Brian Leetch opened the scoring midway through the second. It stayed that way all through regulation, and it looked like Mike Richter would outduel Martin Brodeur in a 1-0 win. But then Valeri Zelepukin scored with just eight seconds left, tying the game and sending us to sudden death.How bad was the goal? Bad enough that right now you can hear the famous call of “Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!” but you’re realizing you can’t really picture the goal itself all that well. Seriously, this clip from the MSG Network cracks me up — it’s five minutes of build, with dramatic music and slow-motion shots and players solemnly breaking down every moment leading to the goal, and then it uses the worst possible angle, full speed and just once.Basically, it’s a fluky wraparound goal that sure looks like it was supposed to be a centering pass that bounced off Scott Niedermayer.The case against: Matteau tries really hard in that MSG Network clip to make it sound like he did that on purpose. I don’t believe him, but you might be a more charitable soul than I am.Bottom line: We’ve got a very strong contender right out of the gate. But let’s see what else we can come up with.Bobby Orr scores the winning goal for the Stanley Cup against the St. Louis Blues at Boston Garden in Boston on May 10, 1970. (Frank O’Brien / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Bobby Orr, Bruins vs. Blues, 1970The setup: The Blues were in the final for the third straight year, this time facing the Bruins. For the third straight year, the series was headed to a sweep, with Boston outscoring St. Louis 16-4 through three contests heading into Game 4.How great was the game? Not all that great, but it did go to overtime. Cup-winning goals in overtime are relatively rare; they’d happened just nine times before this one, and just seven times since.How bad was the goal? Well, which one — the version you’ve always heard about, where Orr is flying through the air as he scores the Cup winner? Or the real one, where a quick give-and-go and a missed poke check by Glenn Hall lead to an easy tap-in by Orr, who has both feet firmly planted on the ice as he scores?The case against: The photo of Orr being tripped by Noel Picard after the goal has become one of history’s most famous, and like Matteau, the announcer yelling “Orr! Orr!” helps sell the drama.Bottom line: This might be the most overrated goal in hockey history, as I’ve argued before. But as far as ugly goals go, there have been worse.Uwe Krupp, Avalanche vs. Panthers, 1996The setup: This was basically the Orr goal for the modern age, as a powerhouse with a 3-0 series lead looked to finish off a third-year expansion upstart. In this case, it was the Colorado Avalanche of Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy facing the Florida Panthers of John Vanbiesbrouck and, uh … I think Brian Skrudland was on that team?How great was the game? It was scoreless through five periods, with all the excitement that implies.How bad was the goal? After roughly 104 minutes of tension, the winner finally came on a harmless-looking point shot that found its way in through a screen.