Questions tagged [postseason]
Questions about the postseason, also informally known as "playoffs," or the period of time after the regular season in which teams compete to win a championship. Questions using this tag should also be tagged with the specific sport(s) in question.
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What was the worst result for a president's trophy winner in the playoffs?
The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in a sweep in the 1st round of the 2018-2019 NHL playoffs. Outside of this occurrence, what was the worst result for a President's Trophy ...
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Defensive touchdowns in two playoff games in a row
Baltimore ravens allowed a defensive touchdown in two play-off games in a row.
One in Jan 15th, 2023 and the other in Jan 16th, 2021
I wonder if there is another example of such a thing: allowing ...
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Has an NFL team ever beat two divisional opponents in the playoffs?
Has an NFL team ever beat two teams from its own division in the NFL playoffs?
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Can a team sign an NFL player during the playoffs?
I was watching the Seahawks playoff game on 5 January 2019 and the kicker got injured. For instance, if the Seahawks won that game, could they sign a new player to replace the injured kicker or is the ...
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How are the bowls matched to the seeds for semi finals in college playoff?
I know that there is a rotation of bowl games that are used for the college football playoff. But once the three are selected for semis and final, how is it determined which of the semi final ...
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NFL division with 3 teams in the playoffs
Under the current NFL playoffs format, each conference sends 6 teams to the postseason: the 4 division champions and 2 wild card teams. So the most teams a division can have in the playoffs is 3; the ...
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Can a NFL player play for two different NFL teams in the same post season?
Let's say Julio Jones got released right after the 2022 playoff game between the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals. Would Julio Jones be able to go play for the Kansas City Chiefs one week ...
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How many times in NHL history has a team *almost* come back from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series?
The Edmonton Oilers currently trail the Colorado Avalanche by 3–0 in the Western Conference series. We know that there is a small amount of precedent for an NHL team to come back from such a deficit. ...
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How many times has a 4 game sweep occurred during the Stanley Cup finals?
After their win on June 9, 2014, the LA Kings are one game away from winning the Stanley Cup. If they win their next game, they will sweep the NY Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
Since the adoption of ...
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What's the maximum number of games at the playoff phase in NBA?
I was checking out the playoff bracket the other day and I realised that a significant number of the games (in the first round) went up to the 7th game. Considering that there are 15 series in total x ...
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How many times the top 2 teams in the NHL have met in the playoffs?
The Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators have faced against each other in the second round of 2017-2018 season of NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Nashville finished the season with 117 points and won ...
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Can a player unretire when the postseason starts who hasn’t played all season and be eligible play in the postseason
Eric Weddle unretired and is signing with the Rams for their postseason run??? I never heard or seen that in my life is it against any rules?
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What is the longest streak of a team being in playoffs, and what is the current ongoing streak?
With teams slowly but surely qualifying for playoffs, I'm wondering:
What is the longest streak of being in playoffs in the NHL? And what is the current, still running, longest streak?
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NBA 7 game playoff series where every game was won by the road team?
I have only ever come across this 5-game series (1984 ECR1, NJN vs PHI, NJN win 3-2), where the road team won every game.
Has this ever happened in a 7-game series?
(In recent memory, one series in ...
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How many times a team has won a playoffs series without scoring a power play goal?
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 1 in their best of 5 series of qualifying round of the 2019-20 Stanley Cup playoffs. The heavy underdogs pulled of the upset without scoring a ...
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History of reverse sweeps in the Stanley cups finals?
I tought the habs being 0-3 in the stanley cups finals would make every sport news site in Montreal dig up every time a stanley cup reverse sweep happened to show there is still hope; but nobody seem ...
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How many times has an NHL team completed a playoffs sweep without trailing?
The Montreal Canadiens swept the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the 2020-21 playoffs. The Canadiens pulled off the sweep without ever trailing in the series.
How many times an NHL team swept a ...
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Do longer playoff series (in first to x formats) lead to worse outcomes in subsequent rounds?
In the NHL, it's generally accepted wisdom that if two teams face each other in a playoff round, and one team has played fewer games in the playoffs due to having fewer losses in previous rounds, they'...
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Why are Grizzlies in the playoffs and GSW are not, even though Warriors have more victories?
Why are Memphis Grizzlies in the playoffs and Golden State Warriors are not even though Golden State Warriors have more victories? Why was the last game important if it's not the number of victories ...
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Who holds the record for most dunks in a single playoff game?
Who holds the record for most dunks in a single postseason game?
This is not restricted to a single league.
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What is the record for most consecutive shots made to start NBA finals?
Shaun Livingston of the Golden State Warriors started the 2017 - 2018 NBA finals with 11 straight field goals. His first miss came in the first half of the third game of the finals against the ...
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How will the end season playoffs work for 2020-21 season?
Usually, the end of season playoffs are top 8 from each conference, but since this year, because of the pandemic, theres the North division and not really a east vs west conference, how will the end ...
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Has there been a best-of-seven series where all games were won by the away team?
On October 30, 2019, the seventh and final game of the 2019 World Series will be played. It's currently 3-3 and the interesting thing is that so far, the away team has always won; the Nationals won ...
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North American expansion team reaching Championship final in inaugural year
The Las Vegas Golden Knights have reached the Stanley Cup finals in the 2017 - 2018 season after beating Winnipeg Jets in the western conference finals. This has been a big surprise as the Knights ...
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Number 5 seeds hosting NFL conference championship game
Under the current format that 6 teams from each conference make it to the playoffs, how many times has a #5 seed hosted the conference championship game?
In order for the #5 seed to host the game, ...
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How many times have major league teams won a championship after winning 4 Game 7s?
The LA Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals during the Stanley Cup Playoffs on June 1, 2014. The Kings have won Game 7 of all three series to get to the Stanley ...
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NFL Overtime Rules - why are they like this?
Why do the NFL's overtime rules allow for a team to potentially lose without their offense ever taking the field? What caused the league to decide on this format for OT and why did they decide to have ...
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Have the top two teams in the NHL ever met in the Stanley Cup Finals?
For example, the Stars and the Caps for this year.
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This is modern era, where we've had full 4-tier playoffs.
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How many times has an NHL player scored in every game of a playoff series?
With the Islanders' Jordan Eberle having accomplished this against the Penguins during the 1st round of the 2018-2019 NHL playoffs, how many players have ever gotten a goal (not just a point) in every ...
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How many times Olympics gold medal winner goalies faced in the NHL playoffs?
Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers will be playing in the eastern conference playoffs of the NHL starting this Saturday (2013-2014 season). I was watching TSN tonight and it was brought up that ...
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Highest record a nfl team can get and miss the playoffs
What is the highest record a team can get and miss the playoffs? Assume the 2019 scheduling rules and playoff setup.
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Worst shot differentials for a winning NHL team in the playoffs
The Winnipeg Jets were outshot 48 to 19 against the Nashville Predators in the series opener of the second round of the 2017-2018 NHL Stanly Cup playoffs. Despite the -29 shot differential, the jets ...
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Why do NBA stars keep playing in playoff blowouts?
The 2017 - 2018 NBA conference finals have had several blowouts where by the start of the 4th quarter one team is clearly going to win, yet stars are playing many of these garbage minutes. For example,...
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Based on the pandemic-shortened playoff format for the MLB, what are the odds that a losing team would make the playoffs?
Because of the pandemic, MLB (major league baseball) adopted a new format where instead of the regular 10 teams (6 division leaders and 4 wild cards) make the playoffs, 16 teams made the playoffs. (6 ...
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Has an NHL or NBA champion ever won all playoffs series with the same record?
After losing game 3 of the 2019-20 NBA finals, the Los Angeles Lakers lead the Miami Heat 2-1 in the series. The Lakers got to the finals after beating the Portland Blazers, the Houston Rockets, and ...
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How many times has a team trailing by at least 3 goals won a Stanley Cup playoffs game?
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 3 on the third game of their best of 5 Stanley Cup qualifier of the 2019-20 season.
The Blue Jackets did so after trailing 3 - 0 in the ...
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Has there ever been a game-winning tip play off an inbounds pass in an NBA playoff game or NCAA Tournament game?
The NBA has the Trent Tucker Rule, which states that if there is less than 0.3 seconds on the shot clock or game clock with a team inbounding the ball, then any player on that team cannot attempt to ...
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What are all the single game records broken in the 5OT game between Blue Jackets vs Lightning?
The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning played a marathon 5 overtime long game on their series opener of the round of 16 of the 2019-20 Stanley Cup playoffs. At a total length of 150:27 ...
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Has the NBA introduced any advantage for the home teams playing in the bubble playoffs?
The 2019-20 NBA season was restarted in a bubble in Orlando in July after it was shutdown due to COVID-19 in March. After the teams invited back played a few games, the playoffs started with the usual ...
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Has the Stanley Cup playoffs games ever been held on neutral ice?
The NHL resumed the 2019-20 season post COVID shutdowns in Edmonton and Toronto as hosts to the western and eastern conferences respectively. With the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs both ...
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Pitchers with postseason home run
Can you please list all pitchers who have hit a home run in the history of MLB playoffs?
Bonus: Include position players who started a postseason game as the pitcher and hit a homerun
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Can a team in the NFL make the playoffs with only three wins?
It's impossible for all the teams in a division to have losing records in their divisional games--every time someone loses a game, someone else in the division wins it. But the home team could win ...
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According to what, MLB teams advance from regular to playoff
There are 15 teams in each league in MLB regular season games, and 7 teams in each league in post season games.
According to what, MLB teams advance from regular to playoff? The number of wins? what ...
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What are the fewest passing yards by quarterbacks in an NFL playoffs win?
At the end of the Tennessee Titans victory against the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round of the 2019-2020 playoffs, the commentators announced that Ryan Tannehil became the first Quarterback to ...
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Fastest power play goal in the history of the NHL
Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals scored 2 seconds in the power play, late in the first period of game 1 of Eastern Conference finals of the 2017-2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.
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MLB- biggest comeback to make playoffs
In theme with the Mets attempting to make the NL Wild Card spot during the 2019 MLB season, despite grossly underperforming before the All Star break, what has been the biggest turnaround for a team ...
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Best scoring performances in an NBA finals loss
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers scored 51 points in a losing effort against the Golden State Warriors in game 1 of 2017 - 2018 NBA finals. That made James the 6th player ever to score 50+ ...
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How many times NHL all top seeds have been eliminated in the first round?
In the 2018-19 season's playoffs, all top seed teams were eliminated in the very first round.
The Atlantic division winners, Tampa Bay Lightnings who tied the most number of wins in a season were ...
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Why do NHL referees relax their penalty calls in the playoffs?
It seems that in NHL playoffs, referees tend to be a lot less likely to call a penalty. What is the reason and is this an official rule in the referee handbook or is it more of an unspoken rule?
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Most number of game 7s played in a single playoffs
In 2003, the NBA playoffs format was changed to have every single round played to a best-of-7 series, a format that is still used in today's NBA. From the 2003 Playoffs up to 2018, which season had ...
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