Tweet Its win or go home Friday for Tampa Bay. Super Bowl Jersey. Thats why the Lightning will be glad to have Dwayne Roloson in goal. No one has been better in elimination games than "Rolie the Goalie." Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Boston will be the eighth elimination game in his NHL career -- and hes won the first seven, including Thursdays 5-4 victory that pushed the series to the limit. That was Rolosons fourth win in as many games this year when his team faced the prospect of going home if it lost -- the first three came in the opening round against Pittsburgh. He also went 3-0 in elimination games for Minnesota in 2003, winning Games 5, 6 and 7 in the Western Conference Semifinals against Vancouver. The 7-0 mark in elimination games equals the record set by the Islanders Glenn "Chico" Resch, who won his first seven such games in 1975. (A bad omen for Roloson: Resch lost the eighth, in the same circumstances -- when a win would have gotten his team into the Final.) In all, Roloson has allowed just 13 goals in the seven win-or-go-home games, and Wednesdays win marked the first time he allowed more than two goals in an elimination contest. At age 41, Roloson can also set an NHL record with a win Friday. The Game 6 victory was his 10th of the playoffs, tying Dominik Hasek for the most wins in a single playoff year by a goaltender age 40 or older. Dwayne Roloson Goalie - TBL RECORD: 10-5-0 GAA: 2.60 | SVP: 0.920 Rolling a 7 -- The Bruins have had a lot more practice at playing in Game 7s, but percentage-wise, the Lightning have been a lot better at it. Friday will mark the Bruins 21st Game 7, including a 4-3 overtime win against Montreal in their first-round series this year. Theyve split the first 20 -- though all 10 wins (and six of the losses) have come in Boston. The victory in last months Eastern Conference Quarterfinals ended a four-game losing streak in Game 7s; before beating the Canadiens, the Bruins hadnt won a Game 7 since 1994. The Lightning have played only three Game 7s, but theyve won all three, including a 1-0 victory at Pittsburgh in the first round this year. The Lightning are the only team that has played more than one Game 7 to have a perfect record. Tampa Bay has won all three Game 7s by a single goal -- in addition to the victory against the Penguins last month, the Lightning beat Philadelphia 2-1 in the Eastern Finals and Calgary 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final in 2004. "Who would you rather play?" -- Its a popular question -- one the Vancouver Canucks undoubtedly have been asked numerous times as they wait for the Eastern Conference Finals to play out. The usual answer is some derivative of "it doesnt matter" -- but if history is any guide, the Canucks should root for Tampa Bay to win Game 7. INSIDE THE NUMBERS One-goal postseason games very common By John Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist It was no accident that Game 7 between the Sharks and Wings was a one-goal game -- more than half of this years playoff games have been decided by a single goal. READ MORE › Sharks paid price for third-period struggles Playoffs on pace for record number of OT games Game 7 OT win no guarantee of ultimate success GO INSIDE THE NUMBERS › The Canucks have dominated the Lightning since Tampa Bay entered the NHL in 1992, going 15-5-2-1 in 23 games, including 9-0-2-1 at home. The Lightnings lone win in Vancouver came Dec. 11, in a 5-4 shootout victory. Vancouver is 6-5-0 at Tampa, though the Lightning have won in the only two visits by the Canucks since 2002. In contrast, the Canucks have been dominated by the Bruins since entering the NHL in 1970. Vancouver has beaten the Bruins just 25 times in their 108 meetings, the fewest wins by the Canucks against any team theyve played 100 or more times. That includes an 8-38-7-1 mark in Boston, one of the worst marks by any team in any city.vv