How many teams have won the series after losing first two at home?

[ES]

I can easily remember Boston doing it last year in the first round. As did Detroit in 2002. Both went on to win the Cup after escaping that tough situation.

There must be other teams.

[Justified]

Flyers in 2000.

[Gil Gunderson]

Carolina in 2006 in the first round against Montreal. Very similar postseason run to Boston's.

[Cup Pursuit]

Detroit in 1st round of '02 I believe

[mrhockey193195]

If I remember correctly, the Rangers did it against Montreal in 1996.

[pnep]

1941-42--tor--det
1944-45--det--bos
1965-66--mtl--det
1976-77--phi--tor
1986-87--det--tor
1986-87--mtl--que
1991-92--det--dal
1993-94--nj--bos
1994-95--chi--tor
1995-96--nyr--mtl
1995-96--pit--was
1998-99--col--det
1999-00--phi--pit
2001-02--det--van
2002-03--tb--was
2005-06--car--mtl
2008-09--was--nyr
2010-11--bos--mtl

[Dudehama]

Originally Posted by pnep

1941-42--tor--det
1944-45--det--bos
1965-66--mtl--det
1976-77--phi--tor
1986-87--det--tor
1986-87--mtl--que
1991-92--det--dal
1993-94--nj--bos
1994-95--chi--tor
1995-96--nyr--mtl
1995-96--pit--was
1998-99--col--det
1999-00--phi--pit
2001-02--det--van
2002-03--tb--was
2005-06--car--mtl
2008-09--was--nyr
2010-11--bos--mtl

18 times in 70 years, then? Yeesh.

[Shrimper]

So, going by that. There's a 25% chance we can do it and a 75% chance we won't.

[Fire Sather]

How many times has a #8 taken the first two on the road vs a #1? anyone know?

[jumptheshark]

Originally Posted by ES

I can easily remember Boston doing it last year in the first round. As did Detroit in 2002. Both went on to win the Cup after escaping that tough situation.

There must be other teams.

Detroit has done it twice

[BrainOfJ]

Originally Posted by Shrimper

So, going by that. There's a 25% chance we can do it and a 75% chance we won't.

haha I'd say your math is either a little off or a little bias.

[Watch for the Yeti]

Boston did it twice last year and won the cup so don't worry about it to much Game 3, 4 are MUST WINS

[MilanKraft]

Originally Posted by Blubba Jenkins

18 times in 70 years, then? Yeesh.

Most of them happened in modern times so that 70 years is pointless to talk about.

How many times has a team been down 2-0 like this the last 20 years and won?

[Dudehama]

Originally Posted by MilanKraft

Most of them happened in modern times so that 70 years is pointless to talk about.

How many times has a team been down 2-0 like this the last 20 years and won?

You're right, I should have looked at the years. I'll let the TV analysts pull random numbers and make a statement where there isn't one.

[ES]

As expected, pnep has the answer. Thank you very much.

[Shrimper]

Originally Posted by BrainOfJ

haha I'd say your math is either a little off or a little bias.

18 times in 75 years. 75/100 * 25% = 18.75

Don't see anything wrong with the math.

[GKJ]

Originally Posted by Fire Sather

How many times has a #8 taken the first two on the road vs a #1? anyone know?

Under current format:
Vancouver v. Detroit in 2002
Anaheim v. San Jose in 2009

[lotuslander]

Originally Posted by ES

I can easily remember Boston doing it last year in the first round. As did Detroit in 2002. Both went on to win the Cup after escaping that tough situation.

There must be other teams.

I`m pretty sure the Canucks have never done it.

[KnightofBoston]

I think it's over for the Canucks, but with Pittsburgh you can't count them out.

If they can win the next two or even one I'd say they could take the series and after that, look out. But I'm hoping the flyers can finish it.

[Trap Jesus]

Originally Posted by CupChamps2011

Boston did it twice last year and won the cup so don't worry about it to much Game 3, 4 are MUST WINS

The question was losing the first two at home though. They lost the first two in Vancouver in the Final.

[Epsilon]

Originally Posted by Shrimper

18 times in 75 years. 75/100 * 25% = 18.75

Don't see anything wrong with the math.

The problem isn't necessarily that the calculation is faulty, it's that the wrong thing is being calculated. What's needed is not a ratio of times it's happened against number of years, it's times happened against total number of series played.

Really, the best way to get something resembling relevant data would be to calculate the number of times a team has come back from 2-0 down (having lost both games at home) compared to the total number of series played in the 16 team playoff, 7 game series era, or the 1-8 conference format. The former would provide more data points, while the later would be more representative.

[Snotbubbles]

In this round, teams winning the first two games on the road are 8-17 (.320) in game 3 and 16-9 (.640) overall to win the series.

Overall, regardless of the round, teams winning the first two games on the road are 37-37 (.500) in game 3 and 56-18 (.757) overall to win the series.

see, www.whowins.com

[BMOK33]

This is the easiest of the 3 major sports which have 7 game series to do it in, it been done in baseball only 3 times I believe and I want to say maybe never or just once in the NBA.

[Pierre Dagenais]

Originally Posted by Shrimper

18 times in 75 years. 75/100 * 25% = 18.75

Don't see anything wrong with the math.

lol wow. You might want to recheck that math logic

[SuburbanRhythm]

Originally Posted by Justified

Flyers in 2000.

This and Penguins in 1991 (against Boston) in ECF were the two I knew immediately, both involving Pittsburgh.

That Boston series is when Kevin Stevens guaranteed the Penguins would come back and win after falling down 2-0, then had 4g 4a in over the next 3 games, including 2g3a in game 5.

So I'm holding out hope Malkin knows the word 'guarantee' in English.

Edit - nevermind...can't read. That series started in Boston.