Avalanche set miserable record in Game 7 loss to Dallas
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The Colorado Avalanche entered the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs with legitimate championship aspirations. After making key moves at the trade deadline to bolster their forward depth, the team looked poised for its deepest postseason push since capturing the Stanley Cup in 2022.
Instead, the Avalanche ended up making history for all the wrong reasons. With their Game 7 loss to the Dallas Stars in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Colorado has now lost seven straight Game 7's, setting an unfortunate NHL postseason record.
Avalanche set miserable record in another Game 7 loss.
According to OptaSTATS, this marks a new major North American sports record. The Avalanche are the first team ever in NHL, MLB, and NBA history to lose seven straight do-or-die games.
The Avalanche are the first team in MLB/NBA/NHL history to lose 7 consecutive Game 7s.
Jacob Punturi from Breakaway On Si writes that this frustrating pattern will undoubtedly be the Avalanche's main focus throughout the offseason. Ever since their Stanley Cup victory in 2022, they've repeatedly fallen short when it matters most.
"Part of the problem is their inability to hold onto leads. They struggled with that all series long against the Stars, and it cost them their season in Game 7. The Avs were up 2-0 with 18 minutes remaining in the third period. That type of lead is defendable for a championship team, but the Avalanche are not a championship team presently, and they surrendered four straight unanswered goals in defeat." -Punturi
Now, Colorado's management has to tackle this challenge head-on. With two of the world's best players, Nathan MacKinnon and defenseman Cale Makar, both perennial MVP contenders and top-tier talents at their positions, the expectation to break through is higher than ever.
"The question is, how should the rest of the roster look? Their attempts at building a supplementary group around their stars have come up short three years in a row. Something has to change in Colorado, otherwise they will extend their miserable record in 2026." -Punturi
We'll just have to wait and see what happens in the offseason.
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