Obviously there haven't been many instances of teams playing a 4+ OT game in NHL history, 15 to be exact, including Thursday's Carolina/Florida game. It's such a unique experience that I decided to look into what effect, if any, the game had on the winning/losing team's performance in the following game. It such a small sample size, but I still found what I feel could be an interesting angle. In the previous 14 games, the winner of the excessively long game won the next game of the series 6 of 10 times, so not much of an edge there (the other 4 games were series ending games, so there was no next game). However, in 8 of 10 cases, 5 goals or less were scored in the following game, which I think makes sense due to the fact that both teams are likely strong defensively if they were able to go 4+ periods without allowing any goals between them & I also believe the overtime mentality of not making mistakes & being extremely careful with the puck might carry over into the next game. Also, the team that won the 4+ OT game, went on to win the series 8 of 10 times. Personally, I'm betting the under 5.5 fairly heavy. Actually, leaning to playing the under every game of the series, but I definitely like the under tonight.
Obviously there haven't been many instances of teams playing a 4+ OT game in NHL history, 15 to be exact, including Thursday's Carolina/Florida game. It's such a unique experience that I decided to look into what effect, if any, the game had on the winning/losing team's performance in the following game. It such a small sample size, but I still found what I feel could be an interesting angle. In the previous 14 games, the winner of the excessively long game won the next game of the series 6 of 10 times, so not much of an edge there (the other 4 games were series ending games, so there was no next game). However, in 8 of 10 cases, 5 goals or less were scored in the following game, which I think makes sense due to the fact that both teams are likely strong defensively if they were able to go 4+ periods without allowing any goals between them & I also believe the overtime mentality of not making mistakes & being extremely careful with the puck might carry over into the next game. Also, the team that won the 4+ OT game, went on to win the series 8 of 10 times. Personally, I'm betting the under 5.5 fairly heavy. Actually, leaning to playing the under every game of the series, but I definitely like the under tonight.
Worked out well tonight. I didn't get to watch a lot of the Carolina/Jersey series, but I find it hard to believe their offense has regressed so much. They look like their hope is that the puck will take a bad bounce, or get deflected in front. I haven't seen more than a half dozen nice setup passes, or decent finishing shots from them in the first two games. I know they lost a lot of firepower to injury this year, but they've definitely shown more than this. Bobrovsky is playing very well, but Florida did give up the most goals of any playoff team this year during the regular season.
Worked out well tonight. I didn't get to watch a lot of the Carolina/Jersey series, but I find it hard to believe their offense has regressed so much. They look like their hope is that the puck will take a bad bounce, or get deflected in front. I haven't seen more than a half dozen nice setup passes, or decent finishing shots from them in the first two games. I know they lost a lot of firepower to injury this year, but they've definitely shown more than this. Bobrovsky is playing very well, but Florida did give up the most goals of any playoff team this year during the regular season.
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