Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team leading LWW irrespective of site order (Tampa Bay) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2015 NBA and NHL Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 194-76 (.719)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 38-9 (.809)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 99-43 (.697)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 10-3 (.769)
Game 4 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 136-134 (.504)
Game 4 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 29-18 (.617)
Game 4 record, NHL only, all rounds: 69-73 (.486)
Game 4 record, NHL only, Finals round: 8-5 (.615)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1281 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and
MLB series played through the 2015 NBA and NHL Semifinals. Note in
general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a
particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding
winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning
fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is
400-100 rather than 4-1.
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading LWW @ HHV:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading LWW with site order HHV (Tampa Bay) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2015 NBA and NHL Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 92-28 (.767)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 18-2 (.900)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 47-21 (.691)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 5-0 (1.000)
Game 4 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 61-59 (.508)
Game 4 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 13-7 (.650)
Game 4 record, NHL only, all rounds: 36-32 (.529)
Game 4 record, NHL only, Finals round: 4-1 (.800)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1281 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and
MLB series played through the 2015 NBA and NHL Semifinals. Note in
general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a
particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding
winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning
fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is
400-100 rather than 4-1.
SERIES NOTES:
After Game 3: The Tampa Bay Lightning visited and defeated the
Chicago Blackhawks 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff
series 1268 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL
playoff series 2-games-1, the Tampa Bay Lightning have a series record
of 3-2 and a Game 4 record of 1-4 (with an active three-Game 4 losing
streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1,
the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 13-18 and a Game 4
record of 21-10. In the history of best-of-7 NHL Finals, teams such as
the Tampa Bay Lightning which post a win/site order through three games
of LWW @ HHV have a series record of 5-0 (1.000).