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glynnenstein
Feb 18, 2014


I think I'll be surprised if Karlsson plays in all the ECF games given the TOI he's seeing + his injuries.

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Slappy Pappy
Oct 15, 2003

Mighty, mighty eagle soaring free
Defender of our homes and liberty
Bravery, humility, and honesty...
Mighty, mighty eagle, rescue me!
Dinosaur Gum

Wonderllama posted:

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7


teams with a 3 - 1 series lead have a 268 - 28 record in the playoffs

that means 90.5% of the time the team with the 3 - 1 series lead ends up winning the series

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7

Yeah but we have Justin Williams who has a 100% chance of winning game 7.

DO YALL WANT A BOXC
Jul 20, 2010

HAHA! WOOOOOOO WOOO!
Fun Shoe

Wonderllama posted:

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7


teams with a 3 - 1 series lead have a 268 - 28 record in the playoffs

that means 90.5% of the time the team with the 3 - 1 series lead ends up winning the series

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7

a buhhhh

glynnenstein
Feb 18, 2014


The trick is to have Crosby do the math.

268 / 28 = bananna split

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

See normally, you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But I'm a genetic freak and I'm not normal! So you got a 22.5, AT BEST, at beat me. Then you add Evgeni Malkin to the mix, your chances of winning drastic go down. You got a 13% chance of winning, but I- I got a 87% chance of winning, because Braden Holtby KNOWS he can't beat me and he's not even gonna try!

So Alex Ovechkin, you take your 22.5% chance, minus my 13% chance and you got a 9.5% chance of winning in game 7. But then you take my 77.5% chance of winning, if we was to go one on one, and then add 87%, I got 164.5% chance of winning game 7. See Ovie, the numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you in game 7.

spanky69
Nov 5, 2004
I THINK sba HAS LOST HIS MIND. WOOOOOO DOGGIES PUPPIES KITTENS CRAP TURDS, love sba
Fun Shoe
Has anyone checked on Kawalimus? I feel that he may try to stab people with a fork if the Caps lose tonight

Deus Ex Macklemore
Jul 2, 2004


Zelensky's Zealots
Last week I agreed to pick my buddy and his wife up at the airport tonight at 1030.

:shepicide:

I told him today that there is a great chance that he will be taking a cab and he said they already knew that if my wife was behind the wheel the game went to OT.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Aphrodite posted:

See normally, you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But I'm a genetic freak and I'm not normal! So you got a 22.5, AT BEST, at beat me. Then you add Evgeni Malkin to the mix, your chances of winning drastic go down. You got a 13% chance of winning, but I- I got a 87% chance of winning, because Braden Holtby KNOWS he can't beat me and he's not even gonna try!

So Alex Ovechkin, you take your 22.5% chance, minus my 13% chance and you got a 9.5% chance of winning in game 7. But then you take my 77.5% chance of winning, if we was to go one on one, and then add 87%, I got 164.5% chance of winning game 7. See Ovie, the numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you in game 7.

lmao

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


This will be my final meltdown post of the series, possibly the season. In celebration of tonight's game seven for the Caps, let's take a trip down memory lane.




:suicide:

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa

Wonderllama posted:

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7


teams with a 3 - 1 series lead have a 268 - 28 record in the playoffs

that means 90.5% of the time the team with the 3 - 1 series lead ends up winning the series

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7


ya but Justin Williams has literally never lost a game 7

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Jamwad Hilder posted:

ya but Justin Williams has literally never lost a game 7

Technically, neither have most if not all of the oilers.

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
yet

Fifty Three
Oct 29, 2007

Wonderllama posted:

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7


teams with a 3 - 1 series lead have a 268 - 28 record in the playoffs

that means 90.5% of the time the team with the 3 - 1 series lead ends up winning the series

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7
I'd honestly like to know a team's record in Game 7 after trailing 3-1 in a series. I'm assuming someone, somewhere keeps track of such an insane stat.

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Fifty Three posted:

I'd honestly like to know a team's record in Game 7 after trailing 3-1 in a series. I'm assuming someone, somewhere keeps track of such an insane stat.

http://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/playoff-comebacks.cgi

Canucks have done it three times, no other team's done it more than twice.

e: Penguins did it twice, both times against the Caps :spooky:

Deus Ex Macklemore
Jul 2, 2004


Zelensky's Zealots

Jamwad Hilder posted:

ya but Justin Williams has literally never lost a game 7

The old Immovable Object versus the GODDAMIT HE loving DID IT AGAIN gently caress JUSTIN WILLIAMS IN THE MOUTH argument

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
I wonder how many of the caps players/coaching staff are giving Williams meaningful looks today in the locker room

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




JawKnee posted:

I wonder how many of the caps players/coaching staff are giving Williams meaningful looks today in the locker room

THIS IS WHY WE SIGNED YOU! GO SCORE A HAT TRICK

or else

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

JawKnee posted:

I wonder how many of the caps players/coaching staff are giving Williams meaningful looks today in the locker room

probably all of them because this is literally what he was brought in for - to see if one justin williams can overcome a roster of career capitals, former blues, and the former coach of the nashville predators.

Slappy Pappy
Oct 15, 2003

Mighty, mighty eagle soaring free
Defender of our homes and liberty
Bravery, humility, and honesty...
Mighty, mighty eagle, rescue me!
Dinosaur Gum
1000000% chance Pierre interviews Justin Williams right before tonight's game.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

flakeloaf posted:

http://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/playoff-comebacks.cgi

Canucks have done it three times, no other team's done it more than twice.

e: Penguins did it twice, both times against the Caps :spooky:

I also found this site http://www.puckreport.com/2009/04/nhl-playoff-comebacks-trailing-3-1.html , which about halfway down says:

quote:

In the eleven postseasons since the 2004 NHL Lockout, ten teams have squandered a 3-1 series lead only to stave off elimination by winning Game 7.

If you combine that with the Hockey-Reference info, it looks like there have been 18 total Game 7s since the '04 lockout that involved come backs from 3-1. The comeback team has won 8 of the 18 (44%) and the defending team has won 10 of the 18 (56%). And, of those 10 wins for the defending team, 7 of them had home ice for Gm7.

I don't know what the pre-04 lockout data is, but this paints a picture that's not so great for the Pens. And it doesn't even factor Justin Williams in.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Slappy Pappy posted:

1000000% chance Pierre interviews Justin Williams right before tonight's game.

"Guys I'm down here on the ice with Sidney Crosby, Sid how many goals will you beat the Caps by tonight? Six? Seven?"

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

i bet all the caps players and staff are being super nice to JW, to the point where they're almost being aggressive in their niceness, and it's totally getting into his head and psyching him out

checksin
Nov 23, 2006

I joined the new sensation, the #RXT REVOLUTION~!

:chillout:

he knows...
the ottawa senators are going to win the stanley cup

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Wonderllama posted:

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7


teams with a 3 - 1 series lead have a 268 - 28 record in the playoffs

that means 90.5% of the time the team with the 3 - 1 series lead ends up winning the series

caps have a 9.5% chance of winning game 7

good....good

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



TJ Oshie has been relatively quiet this series. I imagine him scoring approximately 8 goals tonight.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Sharks Eat Bear posted:

i bet all the caps players and staff are being super nice to JW, to the point where they're almost being aggressive in their niceness, and it's totally getting into his head and psyching him out

maybe justin williams decided that after winning a conn smythe for being mr game 7 he had nothing left to prove and let his game 7 skills atrophy

Slappy Pappy
Oct 15, 2003

Mighty, mighty eagle soaring free
Defender of our homes and liberty
Bravery, humility, and honesty...
Mighty, mighty eagle, rescue me!
Dinosaur Gum
I have decided to remain optimistic tonight in spite of the past 30 years of my life telling me how stupid this is. If the Capitals lose tonight, I will procure a non-disparaging Penguins-related avatar.

:toxx:

whatis
Jun 6, 2012

Kawalimus
Jan 17, 2008

Better Living Through Birding And Pessimism

spanky69 posted:

Has anyone checked on Kawalimus? I feel that he may try to stab people with a fork if the Caps lose tonight

I won't stab any person but maybe some of these migrant warblers if they don't start showing up in the numbers I'd like them to. What a weird and cold May this has been. At least the breeders are around.

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
against my better judgement I will be venturing in to DC for the game tonight. I'm not going to it, but I will enjoy the thrill of victory or sting of defeat with Caps fans, and its going to be fun

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010


Taylor Hall lookin' like he's packed on a couple pounds there

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Aphrodite posted:

Those numbers are the result of their luck, not evidence against it.

Their luck may have been running in to two teams that somehow had worse defensive cores.

Wonderllama
Mar 15, 2003

anyone wanna andreyfuck?
I, of course, cribbed that lovely stats post from hfboards. But what's scary is that all this Justin Williams game seven talk reminds me of the henrik lundqvist/rangers game seven records right before the lightning clowned on them in game seven. Almost like...like stats are bullshit. Bullshit!

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
Stats are stats, and prone to misuse by math-abusers

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Mind_Taker posted:

TJ Oshie has been relatively quiet this series. I imagine him scoring approximately 8 goals tonight.

Too boring. If the Pens lose I'd prefer it to be via Kuznetsov scoring and doing the bird dance so I can read all the hot takes by the Pittsburgh media and Don Cherry.

Friendly Lurker
Apr 7, 2012

IOIOIOIOIOIOIO

flakeloaf posted:

I'm getting Ray Emery flashbacks. When he was on, man was he brilliant but when he was off, yikes could he play some awful hockey. I'd spent the time up till about a week or two ago thinking Anderson was a pretty solid puck handler; has he been using a borrowed stick or something?
Imagine a Ducks vs. Sens Finals again, a decade later.

I bet the NHL would never let that happen to ratings, though.

bewbies
Sep 23, 2003

Fun Shoe

Mind_Taker posted:

TJ Oshie has been relatively quiet this series. I imagine him scoring approximately 8 goals tonight.

Clearly you have not been introduced to Playoff Timothy Jimothy Oshie.

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



bewbies posted:

Clearly you have not been introduced to Playoff Timothy Jimothy Oshie.

Sorry that he stank for the Blues but he's been really good in the playoffs for the Caps. 22 points in 24 games.

ALFbrot
Apr 17, 2002
There's actually a 9.5% chance that the Pens ever successfully break out of their zone tonight

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Today, in NHL is really, really backwards:
https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/862401724547452928

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