It's possibly bad news that they'll be the home team for Game 7 at Consol Energy Center on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports), with the winner going to the Stanley Cup Final.

The good news for the Pittsburgh Penguins is they extended the Eastern Conference Final by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 in Game 6 at Amalie Arena on Tuesday.

The Penguins are 7-7 in their 14 Game 7s. Although home teams have won 58.2 percent of the 165 Game 7s in NHL history, the Penguins are 2-7 on their ice. That includes a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Second Round in 2014, Pittsburgh's most recent Game 7.

Pittsburgh has lost its past three Game 7s, all at Consol Energy Center. One of those was a 1-0 loss to the Lightning in the 2011 Eastern Conference Semifinals that ended a series Tampa Bay trailed 3-1. The Penguins haven't won a Game 7 at home since 1995, when they defeated the Washington Capitals 3-0 to win an Eastern Conference Quarterfinal.

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Pittsburgh's most recent Game 7 win was historic: The Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to decide the 2009 Stanley Cup Final, becoming the second team in NHL history to win Game 7 of the Cup Final on the road (Montreal Canadiens, 1971, at Chicago Blackhawks).

This is the second straight year the Lightning have to play Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Final on the road after losing Game 6 at home. They couldn't close out the Rangers at Amalie Arena in 2015, but won Game 7 2-0 at Madison Square Garden to advance to the Cup Final for the second time.

That was the second Game 7 for the Lightning last season; they defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-0 at home to win an Eastern Conference First Round series.

Tampa Bay is 5-1 in Game 7s, including 2-1 on the road. This is the fourth time the Lightning have played a Game 7 in the conference final; they won two of the first three, losing to the Boston Bruins in 2011. Tampa Bay's only Stanley Cup came with a Game 7 win; the Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 in 2004.