Five of those wins were at home, with the other in the 2020 playoffs during the pandemic in the NHL’s bubble in Canada.

While the West still had one more series unsettled, the East Conference Final matchup was already set after the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers both wrapped up their second-round series in five games.ĭeBoer has won all six of his previous Game 7s, which came with three different teams. The Golden Knights will have home ice for the Western Conference Final against Dallas or Seattle. In the only game Sunday night, Vegas won 5-2 at Edmonton to wrap up the other West series in six games. There were five Game 7s in the first round last year, then no more in those playoffs. The NHL’s lone playoff game Monday between the Stars and Kraken will be only the fourth Game 7 in the league this postseason. “I think for us, we’ve obviously been through this as a group once.” “I think pressure is going to be on both teams,“ said Kraken forward Jordan Eberle, who had two goals in their 6-3 win Saturday night.

The Seattle Kraken, in their first postseason, are already playing their second Game 7 on the road. He has another one Monday night, though his first with Dallas. Stars coach Pete DeBoer says he will take a Game 7 at home any day of the week.

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