The Game 7 is the gem of playoff series in any sport and NHL fans are blessed enough to get five of them over this weekend. Two more series are going to Game 7 after Friday night, raising the total amount of Game 7s in this year’s first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to five games — the second best result since 1992 in a single round, when six series were decided in Game 7 on Division Semifinals stage. This is also already more than any of two previous Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Lightning have arrived in Toronto for their Game 7.