After falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 7 last year, the Denver Nuggets entered Sunday’s do-or-die matchup with a chip on their shoulder and they delivered. Following a back-and-forth series that swung like a pendulum,

Pete DeBoer has never lost a Game 7 as an NHL coach. Jared Bednar has never won one. They will be on opposite benches when the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche play what seems like the only fitting end for their first-round series in this year's NHL playoffs — a Game 7 on Saturday night.