Wild excitedly await decisive Game 7 in Vegas
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If you believe in trends, you have to like the MInnesota Wild’s chances Friday night in Vegas – the franchise has never lost a Game Seven in a playoff series.
Beating the Golden Knights 3-0 in Game Six on Wednesday night in St Paul erased what had been a 3-1 series deficit and set up the fourth Game Seven in Wild history.
Click the video box on this page to watch off-day videoconferences with Joel Eriksson Ek and Dean Evason ahead of the Wild’s Game Seven in Las Vegas on Friday night
In 2003 – the third season of their existence – the Wild won Game Sevens to win consecutive series’ over Colorado and Vancouver in the team’s only run to a Conference Final. They trailed both those series’ 3-1 as well.
They won another Game Seven over Colorado in the opening round of the 2014 playoffs.
Minnesota Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek during a videoconference on Thursday, May 27[Minnesota Wild]
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If the Wild win Friday, they open the Divisional Final against the Avalanche in Colorado on Sunday night.
Other than the aforementioned seven-game series’, the Wild have only won one playoff series in team history.
They are 4-9 all-time in their thirteen postseason series – the other victory coming in 2015 via a 4-2 series win over St Louis.