Carlyle not dwelling on Ducks' past Game 7 failures

Randy Carlyle isn't concerned with the Anaheim Ducks' recent history of ineptitude in Game 7s.

"It's not the same group, and I wasn't here, so don't pin any of the Game 7s on me," the Ducks head coach told reporters after the Edmonton Oilers forced the do-or-die game Sunday night. "Simple as that."

Anaheim has lost four consecutive Game 7s on home ice, but Carlyle insists that's in the past.

"This is a different group and we're going to approach (this one) as we do every game," he said following a 7-1 loss to Edmonton in Game 6. "We're not afraid to go into our building and play a solid hockey game, and that's what's going to be required."

Bruce Boudreau, who guided Anaheim for parts of the last five seasons, was fired after the Ducks fell in Game 7 to the Nashville Predators last spring.

Carlyle said Sunday the franchise's difficulty in seventh games didn't have any impact on the blowout loss in Game 6.

"Not for me," he said. "I wasn't there for the situations that they lived through, and it's my job - and our job as the coaching staff - to prepare this group to play the best game of the year come Wednesday night in Anaheim."