Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks Game 7: Stats & Info’s preview

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The Nashville Predators face the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series Thursday night. Here the top stats to know.

The host Sharks are 2-0 all-time in postseason series against the Predators, winning in five games in the 2006 and 2007 conference quarterfinals. The Sharks are 7-0 all time at home in the postseason against the Predators. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the seven consecutive home wins against one opponent is the second-longest current streak of its kind, behind the Chicago Blackhawks ’ eight-game home winning streak against the Minnesota Wild.

The home team has won all six games in this series. The Sharks are 4-1 at home this postseason after they were 18-20-3 at home during the regular season (26th in the NHL).

Protecting home ice

In the last 20 years, home teams have won all seven games of an NHL postseason series three times.

2013Conference semifinalsKings def. Sharks2003Stanley Cup finalsDevils def. Mighty Ducks2002Conference QuarterfinalsMaple Leafs def. Islanders* Source: Elias Sports Bureau

Thursday’s game marks the second Game 7 in Predators history; their first was against the Anaheim Ducks in the first round. Since the NHL went to a best-of-seven format for every round in 1987, two teams have reached the Stanley Cup finals after playing seven-game series in the first two rounds of the playoffs: the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles …

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