Based on the playoffs format arrangement,[a] it is played in the venue of the team holding home-ice advantage for the series.
The league's semifinals also used the best-of-seven format beginning that same year, as well as the quarterfinal round that was added in 1968.
[1] Since instituting the best-of-seven format for the 1939 Stanley Cup playoffs, 196 game sevens have been played.
The only active NHL franchise that has never played in a game seven is the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, and Los Angeles Kings hold the record for most game sevens played in a single season, having played three in 1993, 2002, 2011, and 2014, respectively.