Playoff teams' record vs other Playoff teams

by nuftjedi on Apr 29, 2009 8:29 PM EDT

I just went through this really quick and found it pretty interesting that the Caps had the best regular season record out of the remaining teams vs the teams that remain. again I know regular seasons numbers don't mean a lot, but just something I thought I'd share.

		W	L	OTL			W	L	OTL
DET	ANA	3	0	1	BOS	ANA	1	0	0
	CHI	4	2	0		DET	1	0	0
25	VAN	2	0	2	26	CHI	2	0	0
Points	BOS	0	1	0	Points	VAN	1	0	0
	PIT	1	1	0		PIT	2	1	1
1.32 PPG	WAS	0	1	0	1.53 PPG	WAS	1	2	1
	CAR	1	0	0		CAR	4	0	0



CHI	ANA	3	1	0	WAS	ANA	1	0	0
	DET	2	2	2		DET	1	0	0
18	VAN	2	2	0	28	CHI	1	0	0
Points	BOS	0	1	1	Points	VAN	1	0	0
	PIT	0	0	1		PIT	3	0	1
0.94 PPG	WAS	0	1	0	1.56 PPG	BOS	3	0	1
	CAR	0	1	0		CAR	3	3	0



VAN	ANA	2	1	1	PIT	ANA	1	0	0
	DET	2	2	0		DET	1	1	0
17	CHI	2	2	0	17	CHI	1	0	0
Points	BOS	0	1	0	Points	VAN	0	1	0
	PIT	1	0	0		WAS	1	3	0
1.06 PPG	WAS	0	1	0	1.00 PPG	BOS	2	2	0
	CAR	1	0	0		CAR	2	1	1



ANA	VAN	2	1	1	CAR	ANA	1	1	0
	DET	1	3	0		DET	0	1	0
12	CHI	1	2	1	14	CHI	0	0	1
Points	BOS	0	1	0	Points	BOS	0	4	0
	PIT	0	1	0		PIT	2	2	0
0.75 PPG	WAS	0	1	0	0.73 PPG	WAS	3	2	1
	CAR	1	1	0		VAN	0	1	0

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Looking at this on a points per game basis confirms this. Unless my math sucks, possible since I don’t feel like double checking the following:

Boston played 17 games…26 points
Washington played 18 games…28 points
Pittsburgh played 17 games…17 points
Carolina played 19 games…14 points

Detroit played 19 games…25 points
Chicago played 19 games…18 points
Vancouver played 16 games…17 points
Anaheim played 17 games…12 points

by RickyRage on Apr 29, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions

doh!

I meant to include Points Per Game as well.

here they are….

Boston – 1.53
Washington -1.56
Pittsburgh – 1.00
Carolina – 0.73

Detroit – 1.32
Chicago – 0.94
Vancouver – 1.06
Anaheim – 0.75

by nuftjedi on Apr 29, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Just out of curiosity, is there anything more than anecdotal evidence to suggest a lack of correlation between regular season head-to-head matchups and playoff series matchups?

I hear this thrown around a lot as though it’s the gospel truth, and I’m not sure I’m buying it. This has the smell of an “unexamined truth” to me.

by D'ohboy on Apr 29, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

We beat Anaheim? Moot point, likely, but I thought we lost every game that swing. Weird.

I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.

by Whiter Mage on Apr 29, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, we crushed Anaheim – but that was the game where Green got smushed by Pronger, and I think that’s where Sergei first hurt his ankle. The next night, we got creamed by LA, then followed that up a few days later by getting pounded by SJ.

by D'ohboy on Apr 30, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t say “crushed”. Caps jumped out to a 6-2 lead, then took some penalties and it got close, ended 6-4.

by katzistan on Apr 30, 2009 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but the Caps did that a lot this year. If you look at their record, they only had 5 games where they won by 4 or more goals. For a team with this kind of offensive firepower, you’d think that they’d have a handful of 7-1 or 8-2 games, but they really didn’t.

I guess my point is that the Caps let a lot of teams score soft goals at the end of games that were already essentially decided, such as game 6 vs. the Rangers.

by D'ohboy on Apr 30, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

For all the troubles with Western Teams...

The Caps went 4-0 vs. the remaining teams, including a dominant performance over Vancouver ( a 5-1 win with Vancouver only getting 10 shots on goal….)

Let's go Caps!

by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 30, 2009 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

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