"It's going to be fun again to play a Game 7 in Boston, and knowing that it's a winner-take-all will go the Stanley Cup final,'' Gagne said. "Personally, it's going to be the biggest game of my life. I'm going to do my best, and hopefully I can repeat what happened last year.''



No team in modern NHL history has ever made it to the Stanley Cup final after facing five or more elimination games. A few have come close. Several have actually won more than five elimination games in a single postseason, and a few others played their fifth elimination game after reaching the final.

But none have accomplished what the Lightning is attempting to do in Game 7 against the Bruins tonight.