High seed sweep rate (Round 2): 15% historically (33 of 220 R2 series since 1939) . Round 2 is actually the most sweep-prone round outside the Final.
Past decade R2 high-seed sweeps: 2015 Chicago over Minnesota, 2019 Boston over Carolina, 2022 Colorado over Edmonton. So 3 in 10 years (about 7-8% of all R2 series in the decade went this way). Reverse sweep odds (the bet against Carolina):
Two extra pieces for tonight’s read: Carolina is the 13th team in NHL history to start a postseason 7-0, and 8 of the previous 12 went on to win the Cup
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High seed sweep rate (Round 2): 15% historically (33 of 220 R2 series since 1939) . Round 2 is actually the most sweep-prone round outside the Final.
Past decade R2 high-seed sweeps: 2015 Chicago over Minnesota, 2019 Boston over Carolina, 2022 Colorado over Edmonton. So 3 in 10 years (about 7-8% of all R2 series in the decade went this way). Reverse sweep odds (the bet against Carolina):
Two extra pieces for tonight’s read: Carolina is the 13th team in NHL history to start a postseason 7-0, and 8 of the previous 12 went on to win the Cup