ALBANY, N.Y. — It took five overtimes, more than five hours and a combined 168 shots on goal before the Philadelphia Phantoms won the longest American Hockey League game.

The Phantoms' 3-2 win over the Albany River Rats, which started Thursday night and ended early Friday morning, covered 142 minutes, 58 seconds of game time. It took 5 hours, 38 minutes to play.

Philadelphia took 101 shots on goal, including Ryan Potulny's game winner 2:58 into the fifth overtime.

The Phantoms have a 3-2 edge in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series.

"Most guys are tired after one game," Albany goaltender Mike Leighton told the Times Union of Albany. "We just played almost three. It's definitely a tough loss for us. Everyone's tired, but we're going to have a day off tomorrow and travel to Philly and try to get some wins there."

The previous AHL record for the longest game was 114 minutes, 56 seconds on May 30, 2003, when Hamilton beat Houston 2-1.

The longest NHL game, on March 24, 1936, ended after 176 minutes, 30 seconds, when Mud Bruneteau's goal gave Detroit the win over the Montreal Maroons.