As great as Patrick Roy is - it's hard to overlook the sheer offense of the other 2. And this isn't a case of scoring a lot in early rounds - it's quite the opposite in fact, which makes it that much more impressive.
Mario Lemieux - last 4 games of the finals after his team goes down 1-0 after game 1:
2 points, 2 points, 3 points, 4 points. Total of 4 goals/11 points in last 4 games, all 4 wins.
Mario Lemieux - ECF. His team goes down 0-2 to Boston, and so in last 4 games:
2 points, 2 points, 4 points, 3 points. 4 goals, 11 points.
In fact - after going down 1-0 in round 2, Lemieux had only 9 points in his first 8 games. He then put his team on his back the rest of the way, with 35 points (and 18 goals) in remaining 15 games.
Gretzky:
Oilers go down 1-0 in finals. Gretzky follow up with:
1 point, 4 points, 2 points, 4 points. 11 points in last 4 games of finals, including 7 goals
Gretzky also had 11 points in last 3 games of round 3
7 points in the series winning game of round 2
Patrick Roy in 1993 I believe is the greatest playoff run by a goalie. But just like with eveyrthing else in hockey - no matter how good you are - it's very hard to rival the very best of Lemieux/Gretzky. I have Patrick Roy #3 here.
The 10 OT wins is absolutely spectacular. I think what was especially strong for Roy was "intangibles". It wasn't so much that in those OT wins he would go 2 or 3 OT periods deep and have 30+ saves in OT - it was more about giving the necessary confidence to his teammates that no matter what he wasn't letting one in, and boosting their confidence, and in the end majority of those OT wins were won early in OT. Still a testament to his incredible play and leadership. Someone has to finish #3 however, and I think it should be Roy.
The incredible thing about Lemieux and Gretzky is that if you try hard enough, you can probably rationalize their 92 and 88 smythes as being as good/better.