The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche squared off in a winner-take-all Game 7 matchup on Saturday night in their Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

Going back to the 2002 Western Conference Final, the Avalanche have lost six straight Game 7s. Their last win came against the San Jose Sharks in the second round of the 2022 playoffs. Colorado has gone agonizingly close on a few different occasions with three of those defeats coming in overtime.

National reaction to Stars’ win: Mark Game 7 down as a classic in Dallas sports history The Dallas Stars were staring down the barrel of elimination, down 2-0 with their season on the line in the third period of Game 7. Then everyone -- Mikko Rantanen, the Stars and a sold-out American Airlines Center alike -- woke up.