Ducks host Oilers tonight in Game 7

EDMONTON — Patrick Maroon would like nothing more than to extend his former team’s Game 7 woes.

The Anaheim Ducks traded Maroon to the Edmonton Oilers at the 2016 trade deadline for a fourth-round draft pick and a prospect.

The 29-year-old winger doesn’t regret landing in Edmonton, but when the only NHL team you’ve played for says your services are no longer required, there’s an element of “I’ll show you” when you face it in a high-stakes game.

And the stakes are stratospheric tonight in Anaheim, where the winner advances to the NHL’s Western Conference final against the Nashville Predators.

“This would be a good feeling for me,” Maroon said Tuesday in Edmonton. “I don’t know how to say it in a good way, but this would be . . . . it would (mean) nothing more than to win this Game 7. I would love this right now.”

The Ducks were eliminated from the playoffs each of the last four years by losing a Game 7 at home.

Maroon felt that disappointment in 2015, when Anaheim was ousted by the Chicago Blackhawks, and in 2014 when they were beaten by Los Angeles.

The six-foot-three, 227-pound left-winger played more minutes in Edmonton and posted career highs of 27 goals and 15 assists in 81 games.

The Oilers had success splitting up Connor McDavid and winger Leon Draisaitl in Sunday’s 7-1 win. The 21-year-old German scored a hat-trick and assisted on two goals for a total of five goals and eight assists against the Ducks this series.

The secret to handling a Game 7 is to stay calm and enjoy it, Maroon said.

“This will probably be some of the biggest games some of these guys played,” he said. “Obviously there’s going to be nerves, but don’t panic. There’s nothing better than going into a Game 7, the excitement and what’s at stake.”