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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Why was Kansas City denied home field advantage in the 1985 ALCS?
In 1985 home field advantage in the league championship series was done on a rotating basis. In the American League it was East even years, West odd years. Why where the Royals denied home field ...
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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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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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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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How much revenue does a team make for a playoff game?
Before the 2013 NBA playoffs, many people speculated that the Miami Heat would go 16-0 (e.g. sweep every series) en route to their 2nd straight title. As I watched the Miami Heat trounce the Indiana ...
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How many NBA teams have won a playoff game starting 2 or more rookies?
After the Bucks win on Saturday, starting Thon Maker and Malcolm Brogdon, I am wondering if another team in NBA history has ever won a playoff game starting 2+ rookie players.
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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 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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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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NHL Playoff Clean Sweep
After reading How many times has a 4 game sweep occurred during the Stanley Cup finals?, I was curious if there has ever been a team who has not lost a game during the NHL playoff to win the cup.
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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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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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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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What is the best record to miss and the worst record to make the NFL playoffs?
This question is inspired by the fact that the NFC currently has six teams (all outside of the NFC South division) that could finish with an 11-5 record or better. If that happened, one of those ...
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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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NFL conference top seed hosting divisional round playoff game as an underdog
The Philadelphia Eagles hosted and beat the Atalanta Falcons on NFC's Divisional playoffs round of the 2017-18 NFL season. The eagles became the first top seed team since the 70's to host a playoff ...
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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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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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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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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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Seasons in which all teams in a division made the playoffs
During the 2014-2015 NBA season, each team in the Southwest Division (Houston, Memphis, San Antonio, Dallas, New Orleans) of the Western Conference made the playoffs.
Has this happened before? If so,...
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What criteria determines which team makes the national college football championship playoffs?
With the inaugural year of the college playoffs, what criteria/criterion determines who makes the national championship playoff?
Also, does it make a difference if you win your conference, etc.
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Longest time between goals in NHL playoffs
Eric Staal of the Minnesota Wild scored a goal against the Winnipeg Jets on April 15th of the 2017/18 NHL season. The last playoffs goal he had scored came 9 years before that for the Carolina ...
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What are the biggest comebacks in NFL postseason history?
The New England Patriots overcame a 25 point deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51. What are the top 5 comebacks in the NFL playoffs history?
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How does NBA players' salary increase during the playoffs?
In a sports column I was reading, the writer mentioned something about "win shares", that existed to provide a financial incentive to win games during the playoffs, especially since otherwise players ...
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Why will there only be a 4 team playoff next year in College Football?
Why did they conclude that it should only be 4 instead of 8/16?
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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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Most consecutive NBA finals appearances by a player
The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached the 2017 - 2018 NBA finals. This is LeBron James' 8th consecutive trip to the finals, from 2011 to 2014 with the Miami Heats, and 2015 to 2018 with the Cleveland ...
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World cup winners qualified through play-offs
Has it ever happened that a team got to the world cup through the playoff and then won the cup?
Or any team who did the playoff is historically doomed? I couldn't find any statistics, maybe you know ...
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Has any two teams in the World Series ever get there without losing a game during the postseason?
Related: Has there been a time the 2 NBA or NHL teams in the playoffs final series got there without losing any games?
MLB Postseason Format Timeline:
Before 1969, the team with the best record from ...
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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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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 both conference finals series made it to game 7 in NBA history?
In the 2017 - 2018 playoffs, both the Eastern and the Western Conference finals have made it to game 7. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics are playing in the eastern conference, meanwhile the ...
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Does the 2-2-1-1-1 format get used in 7-game series anymore?
I can't remember the last time I saw a playoff series in the NBA, NHL or MLB use the 2-2-1-1-1 format (as opposed to the 2-3-2).
I understand the motivation. Usually the travel distances are so great,...
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NHL Playoffs format
The NHL has been working around its overtime format. It used to be a 5 minutes 5 on 5 frame. It then got changed to 4 on 4 for a while and latter to 3 on 3 for the regular season. But watching the ...
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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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Has any player on the Edmonton Oilers roster (16-17 season) played a postseason game as an Oiler before this season?
The Edmonton Oilers advanced the NHL playoffs this season (2016-17) for the first time since the 05-06 season when they reached the Stanley Cup Final. So given the 11 year hiatus, I'm wondering if ...
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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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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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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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How many players in the 2018 Stanley Cup finals have won a finals game before?
The Washington Capitals and the Las Vegas Golden Knights have made it to 2017-18 Stanley Cup finals. Neither team has won a Stanley cup final game before. Of all the NHL players in the 2018 Finals ...
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NBA 7 game playoff series where every game was won by the home team?
I'm looking for a list of all 7 game playoff series in the NBA history where the home team won every game.
So far I know:
2017-2018 First Round: Boston Celtics vs Milwaukee Bucks (4-3)
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Has there been a time the 2 NBA or NHL teams in the playoffs final series got there without losing any games?
The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers started the 2016-2017 postseason by winning their first 10 playoff games.
Given their dominance, I'm wondering if there has ever been an NBA or NHL ...
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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?