From JohnKryk: Why the NHL should consider a different playoff format
Understand that it’s not just slight favourites that typically lose in Round 1. For the past 36 seasons the NHL has awarded the Presidents’ Trophy to the regular-season champion, and seven times that team got bounced in Round 1 like an unfrozen puck off a crossbar.
So being dominant during the regular season often means little come playoff time. We’ll find out imminently how that applies to this season’s Bruins, who set an NHL record with 65 wins. Boston plays the Florida Panthers in Round 1.When the higher-seeded team loses Games 1 and 2, it has won only 20 of 103 series .When the higher-seeded team wins Game 1 but loses Game 2, it has won 89 of 173 series .
When a series goes the distance, the higher-seeded team is little better than a coin-flip to win Game 7 at home — 110 of 190 times in history .
The worst thing about the long-standing 2-2-1-1-1 format is that the pressure is all on the higher-ranked team to start — especially given the statistics above — because if it loses that tone-setting first series game, then the lesser-ranked team immediately takes command of the series for at least the next two games, regardless of the outcome of Game 2.Article content
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