Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 3-games-2 with site order VVHHV (Chicago) 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: 172-56 (.754)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 12-5 (.706)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 109-34 (.762)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 6-4 (.600)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 141-87 (.618)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 10-7 (.588)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 87-56 (.608)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: 5-5 (.500)
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 WLLWW:
Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team leading WLLWW irrespective of site order (Chicago) 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: 50-15 (.769)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 7-4 (.636)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 30-9 (.769)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 2-0 (1.000)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 32-33 (.492)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 4-7 (.364)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 21-18 (.538)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: 2-0 (1.000)
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 WLLWW @ VVHHV:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading WLLWW with site order VVHHV (Chicago) 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: 12-5 (.706)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: no precedent
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 10-5 (.667)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: no precedent
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 12-5 (.706)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: no precedent
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 10-5 (.667)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Finals round: no precedent
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.