Vancouver 3-0 at Chicago.
Teams that won the first game at home and are up 3-0, have a winning % of 64% for game 4 and a series win % of 98.1.
In the 2010-11 regular season, Vancouver finished 20 points ahead of Chicago. From 1939 through the 2010 NHL Finals, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 20 regular-season points, they have posted a 5-1 (.833) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents.
MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1126 is the 71st best-of-7 playoff series for Chicago, and the 29th for Vancouver. In best-of-7 playoff series, Chicago has a 32-38 series record, a 7-7 Prelim-round series record, and a 26-44 Game 1 record, while Vancouver has a 12-16 series record, an 8-6 Prelim-round record, and a 17-11 Game 1 record. Series 1126 is the fifth best-of-7 meeting between Chicago and Vancouver; Chicago won three of the previous four.
The 2011 NHL Chicago Blackhawks thus become the 288th MLB/NBA/NHL team to face a 3-games-nil deficit, and hope to become the fifth team to surmount that deficit (with the Philadelphia Flyers' having accomplished that feat as recently as Spring 2010). The 2011 Phoenix Coyotes are 289th in the same queue.
San Jose at LA. Series tied 1-1
The NHL San Jose Sharks find themselves tied 1-game-all after Games 1-2 of their 2011 NHL Preliminary-round best-of-7 series. In best-of-7 NHL Preliminary-round action from 1987 through 2010 inclusive, teams tied 1-game-all with Games 1-2 at home posted a 48-46 (.511) series record. Does victory order matter? When the home NHL team (such as San Jose) wins Game 1 but loses Game 2, its Preliminary-round series record is 18-24 (.429). But when the home NHL team loses Game 1 but wins Game 2, its Preliminary-round series record is 30-22 (.577).
In the 2010-11 regular season, San Jose finished seven points ahead of Los Angeles. From 1939 through the 2010 NHL Finals, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by seven regular-season points, they have posted a 14-6 (.700) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents.
MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1127 is the 27th best-of-7 playoff series for Los Angeles, and the 25th for San Jose. In best-of-7 playoff series, Los Angeles has an 8-18 series record, a 5-7 Prelim-round series record, and an 8-18 Game 1 record, while San Jose has an 11-13 series record, a 9-4 Prelim-round record, and an 11-13 Game 1 record. Series 1127 is the first best-of-7 meeting between Los Angeles and San Jose.