[UPDATE] Kings have almost never this - Sharks have slightly less never that

by Quisp on Apr 25, 2011 10:14 PM PDT in Remedial

Kings in Game 6s: 11-5 11-6
Sharks in Game 6s: ~~3-13~~ 4-13
Kings in Game 6s at home: ~~9-2~~ 9-3
Sharks in Game 6s on the road: ~~2-7~~ 3-7
~~Twice~~ Three times, the Kings have lost 3 OT games in a single series: Oilers, 1991; Canadiens, 1993; Sharks, 2011.
The Sharks have ~~never~~ won 3 OT games in a single series.
~~Once~~ Twice, the Sharks have won 3 games on the road in a series: vs. Flames, in 1995; vs. Kings, in 2011.
The Kings have ~~never~~ lost 3 games at home in a single series.

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•The Kings have never lost 3 games at home in a single series.

Let’s hope that trend continues. Forcing a game 7 with a win at home would be a great way to cap the season if it comes to that.

by sstephen17 on Apr 25, 2011 10:58 AM PDT reply actions

Actually, if the Kings tonight, I actually like their chances in Game 7. Momentum would be very much on their side. And if this is, as Quisp has said, a matchup between two teams perceived as psychologically fragile, you definitely want to be the team that’s rallying rather than the team looking back over your shoulder.

"Prepare your bladder for imminent release!" — Invader Zim

by DougX on Apr 25, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Agreed. SJ would have all the pressure on them and their recent failures in the post seasn to think about. I forgot who said it, but any time a team gets down 3-1 or 3-0 in the series and comes back to tie it, they are usually the ones who end up winning game 7. Flyers did it last year and right now, I think a lot of people think the Blackhawks are the favorites going into game 7 against the Canucks. The Kings winning the series would trump the debacle that was game 3.

by sstephen17 on Apr 25, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I think a lot of people think the Blackhawks are the favorites going into game 7 against the Canucks.

No kidding. :-) Talk about fragile, that’s how Vancouver’s goaltending situation looks right now, assuming that Schneider is hurt as badly as it looked (I haven’t seen any updates, but I’m assuming it’s a groin injury). I would not bet money on the ’Nucks in that game at this point.

"Prepare your bladder for imminent release!" — Invader Zim

by DougX on Apr 25, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I would bet on Vancouver

They will come out very determined. I predict a 3-0 Canucks win in Game 7. But then they get their asses handed to them in the second round.

by Garrett79 on Apr 25, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Only 20 teams have ever come back from a 3-1 deficit and won the series. I can’t find the stats for how many came back and forced a 7th game, only to lose, though I admittedly did not look very hard. Of the 209 teams that have trailed 3-1 and went on to lose, I am wiling to bet at leat 15-20 managed to force a 7th game and probably more (considering that the Kings did it in back-to-back seasons in ’01 and ’02 it must happen semi-frequently).

As for teams down 3-0, it’s actually even right now. 3 have won the 7th game (Leafs over Detroit in ‘42, Islanders over Pens in ’75, and Flyers over B’s last year) and 3 have lost it (Rangers lost to B’s in ‘39, Red Wings lost to Leafs in ’45, Isles lost to Flyers in ’75). The Hawks-Canucks game tomorrow night will break the tie! Isn’t it amazing that the Islanders in ‘75 almost did it in back-to-back series?? It’s also striking how while spread apart in 30-year intervals, these 0-3 comebacks seem to then happen a couple at a time- 1939, 1942, 1945 followed by two in 1975 and then 2010 and 2011. Weird!

All in all, I don’t think being the team making the comeback makes you any more likely to win the 7th game than the team who has lost two or three in a row.

by Garrett79 on Apr 25, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Usually statistics make me want to open my skull and scratch my brain (hence the problems I had during my 3rd year in college), but these….well, I’m liking this in a wiggly, giggly way!

Nothing is full-proof for a sufficiently talented fool.

by Radgrl3256 on Apr 25, 2011 1:16 PM PDT reply actions

Well

Im reeeeeallly liking these stats so lets hope the Kings keep the momentum going.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.-Oscar Wilde

by TricksterG on Apr 25, 2011 1:47 PM PDT reply actions

http://www.coppernblue.com/2011/4/24/2130999/sharks-vs-kings-scoring-chances-game-5#storyjump

So obviously we got heavily outchanced last game but still won. Johnson/ Scuderi had a rough go and it looks like the Couture line did most of the damage against them as well as against the Lewis line. Everything else looks not so bad. It’ll be interesting to see how stuff matches up tonight. In particular if JJ bounces back after a pretty good game 4.

Quite possibly the only LA Kings fan living in Brooklyn, New York.

by Robert_P. on Apr 25, 2011 2:32 PM PDT reply actions