• Sunday's contest against the Flames is the 15th time the franchise has appeared in a Game 7, and the eighth since the team moved to Dallas (1993-present).
• The franchise (1967-present) owns a 6-8 record all time in Game 7s, including a 3-5 mark on the road.
• The team's most recent Game 7 occurred during the 2020 Western Conference Second Round vs. Colorado in Edmonton. The Stars defeated the Avalanche in overtime, 5-4, on Joel Kiviranta's game-winning goal. Played in the Edmonton 'bubble' under the league's 2019-20 Return to Play plan, it marked the first Game 7 in NHL history to be played in a city not home to either club.
• The Stars' last true road Game 7 was in the 2019 Western Conference Second Round vs. St. Louis, a 2-1 double overtime loss.
• Since moving to Dallas (1993-present), the Stars are 3-4 in Game 7s and 1-2 on the road.
• Joe Pavelski leads the Stars with eight career appearances (seven with San Jose, one with Dallas) in Game 7s, posting a 6-2 record and six points (three goals, three assists) in those eight contests.
• Entering Saturday's slate of Game 7s, Pavelski ranked tied for 13th for the most Game 7 appearances among active players.
• Seguin is second on the team with six appearances (four with Boston, two with Dallas), posting a 4-2 record and posting two points (one goal, one assist).
• Four Stars players have three career Game 7s (Jamie Benn, Radek Faksa, John Klingberg and Vladislav Namestnikov), seven players have two career Game 7s (Roope Hintz, Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Alexander Radulov, Michael Raffl, Ryan Suter and Andrej Sekera) and four have one career appearance (Luke Glendening, Denis Gurianov, Joel Hanley and Kiviranta).
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Kyle Shohara is the Digital Manager for DallasStars.com and writes about the Stars/NHL. Follow him on Twitter @kyleshohara.
