Questions tagged [stanley-cup]
For questions related to Stanley Cup and Stanley Cup play-offs.
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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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Bare minimum criteria to have name engraved on the Stanley cup
I became curious what the bare minimum requirements are to have one's name engraved on the Stanley cup.
Below is what I found here.
The official rule is that for a player to have their name engraved
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Most distinct goal scorers in a team to start the NHL playoffs
The Las Vegas Golden Knights Swept the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 2017-2018 Stanley Cup playoffs. In those 4 games, the Golden Knights scored 7 goals, by 7 different players.
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What is the longest duration a team didn't register a shot on goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs?
The Pittsburgh Penguins didn't have a shot on goal for about 37 minutes in game 1 of the 2016-17 Stanley Cup finals. Although the Penguins fired a number of shots, they all either went wide or got ...
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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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Do Stanley Cup Champions get a replica of the cup?
In most sports the champions of a cup get to keep it. For example NFL champions keep the Lombardi Trophy. However, the Stanley Cup is unique and NHL champions don't get to keep it forever. But do they ...
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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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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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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 have the Stanley Cup Finals featured two Canadian teams?
How many times have the Stanley Cup Finals been played between two Canadian hockey teams?
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Stanley Cup Finals matchup where both finalists needed 7 games in conference finals
Riddle me this....
When was the last time (if ever) the Stanley Cup Finals featured two teams that had both won game 7 on the road in their respective conference finals?
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Who was the youngest player to play in an NHL game?
I would like to know who was the youngest player to play in an NHL game. It would be also interesting to know also some related records (youngest goalscorer, youngest player with an assists, similar ...
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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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Why are the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC Sports and not NBC?
Why is it that only games 1,2,5,6 & 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals are on NBC while games 3 & 4 are relegated to NBC Sports?
I was wanting to watch the game tonight (6/9) and Wednesday (6/11) ...
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Do traded players get their names on the Stanley Cup if previous team wins?
So, I would assume the answer to this question is "No", but I can't actually verify it anywhere. The criteria for getting your name on the cup is to play at least 41 regular season games for the cup ...
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