# NHL April 2018 & post-season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 2, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611 "2018-04-02T00:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/261 "2018-06-05T01:03:25Z")
It’s DC sports though. I’m not gonna celebrate till the end, though I’ll confess to cautious optimism. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/262 "2018-06-05T01:22:25Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > It’s DC sports though. I’m not gonna celebrate till the end, though I’ll confess to cautious optimism. I said today the playoffs have been moments of joy separated by history based dread. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/263 "2018-06-05T02:03:51Z")
Ovi’s gonna get his cup: no doubt. I’m happy for him. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/264 "2018-06-05T03:01:19Z")
Well, they’re certainly not holding anything back. I can’t blame them for wanting to keep their foot on the gas. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/265 "2018-06-05T03:02:29Z")
I don’t know what the hell was happening in the last few minutes. Is oshii suspended now? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/266 "2018-06-05T03:24:10Z")
Holy crap. Are we gonna win this thing? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/267 "2018-06-05T03:27:06Z")
Either that or you’ll become the latest addition to the “blew a 3-1 lead” meme club. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/268 "2018-06-05T03:27:42Z")
Oof. Grats Caps; they just continue to out-play the Knights. For sure, the Knights aren’t getting any breaks, but they are also being outplayed. Next game is Thursday! ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/269 "2018-06-05T03:58:38Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Either that or you’ll become the latest addition to the “blew a 3-1 lead” meme club. We OWN that meme. [The Caps hold the record for the most 2-game postseason leads blown](http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/news/washington-capitals-playoff-history-biggest-worst-collapse-blown-series-leads/1hsae6ypckdjy1myz86neu98qt) Of course, this is the postseason that we beat the Penguins for the second time in the playoffs after eleven tries, so maybe there’re some exorcisms going on. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/270 "2018-06-05T13:28:34Z")
If I believed in karma I would say that six goals against Fleury was payback for violating an unwritten rule when he shot into the Caps goal at the end of warm ups. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/271 "2018-06-05T21:30:33Z")
Here’s another annoying stat: The Caps have held a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven series 12 times…and lost five of those, with a totally mind-fucking 58.3% winning percentage. To repeat: that’s when holding a 3-1 lead in a best of seven series. 58.3% success rate. (7-5) That is Complete Shittytown, with a side of hands over throat. (Well, considering the rest of the league has a 92.1% success rate) (269-23) **Bo** - there’s still hope.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/272 "2018-06-05T22:06:12Z")
In other words, **41.7%** of the time, the Caps lost three in a row when up 3-1. If Vegas wins Game 5, both cities will go bonkers, and one of them not in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/273 "2018-06-05T23:25:14Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > In other words, **41.7%** of the time, the Caps lost three in a row when up 3-1. 😛 ::wracking my mind to find yet another way to put it…can’t:( :: Pleased to announce - a lot less crowd shots of a freaked-out-hands-on-head Mrs. Holtby than in previous play-off series. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/274 "2018-06-06T02:09:51Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > **Bo** - there’s still hope.🙂 Oh, we believe in this team and still think they can win 3 in a row: they just did 4 in a row against Winnipeg, so we know it’s possible. But the truth is, the city is already immensely proud of this team, no matter the outcome. The Cup would be a cherry on top of what is already going to go down as one of the greatest team sport seasons in history, but if it goes to Washington, we’ll be no less proud of the Knights. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/275 "2018-06-07T20:57:57Z")
The last 2017/2018 season hockey game I’m gonna watch on the 135" screen starts in a little more than 3 hours! Here’s hoping that it isn’t the last game of the season, just the last one on the big screen! Let’s go Knights! ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/276 "2018-06-07T21:49:57Z")
Let’s go Caps! ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/277 "2018-06-07T21:56:43Z")
If Tom Wilson had been suspended for the entire playoffs (as he should have been), would the Caps still be up 3 games to 1? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/278 "2018-06-08T00:25:52Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Oh, we believe in this team and still think they can win 3 in a row: they just did 4 in a row against Winnipeg, so we know it’s possible. > > But the truth is, the city is already immensely proud of this team, no matter the outcome. The Cup would be a cherry on top of what is already going to go down as one of the greatest team sport seasons in history, but if it goes to Washington, we’ll be no less proud of the Knights. The Knights have PLENTY to be proud of. I’m seriously bummed about my Pens, but I’m thrilled for the Knights. (Especially Fleury) Although if the Knights end up losing, please, someone take a run at Wilson. Let him go up against Reaves. I want to see that soooo bad. (At least we beat the Flyers though. THAT still feels good) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/279 "2018-06-08T00:56:28Z")
Lotta red in the stands. I can here Go caps go over the tv. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611/280 "2018-06-08T02:22:01Z")
Yeah, the Knights fanbase still has a ways to go. You could hear part of the crowd shouting “Red!” and “O!” during the anthem. But the Knights and Vegas are still growing. I liked how they shouted “Knight!” during the anthem. They have some diehard fans already. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2018-post-season/811611.md?page=15)