The No. 1 adage of any given hockey game, "Anything can happen," also applies to the NHL playoffs. On Thursday night, the Dallas Stars were unfortunately on the losing side of a freak play that could be considered the worst own goal of the NHL season so far.

The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche will play Game 7 of the Western Conference First Round at American Airlines Arena in Dallas on Saturday. The Avalanche forced the deciding game with a 7-4 win in Game 6 at Ball Arena on Thursday.

Dallas takes a 3-2 series lead into Denver looking to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.