In terms of experience, players on the Sharks have combined for 55 Game 7s played, with Joe Thornton leading the way with seven.
Captain Joe Pavelski, who hasn't played since he sustained an undisclosed injury in Game 7 against Vegas, has played in six of them. The forward is a game-day decision for Wednesday.
Players on the Avalanche combine for 20 Game 7s played, led by Derick Brassard's six. Defenseman Ian Cole has played in three, all with the Pittsburgh Penguins, so he knows what to expect.
"I think that the difficulties and pressures of a Game 7 are very similar to what's kind of happened throughout the course of the playoffs," Cole said Tuesday. "As a series goes, the desperation and the execution level that's needed has to rise, and in a Game 7, an elimination game for both teams, that desperation is going to be at an all-time high. We just need to match it."
Neither the Avalanche nor the Sharks have been able to win two straight games in the series.