Has any team ever came back from 0-3 deficit in NHL history?

[User9992]

Has any team ever came back from 0-3 deficit in NHL history?

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[belair]

Yes. The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.

 

[Forge]

Yes. Kings did it like 10 years ago and the Flyers did it a few years before that.

I think the Flyers were even down 3-0 in game seven before winning 4-3.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

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[Mirka the Turka]

This is the first time it'll happen in the SCF, and pre 1950's hockey doesn't really count as it wasn't a truly professional league at the time.

 

[tarheelhockey]

This is the first time it'll happen in the SCF, and pre 1950's hockey doesn't really count as it wasn't a truly professional league at the time.

Of course it was a professional league. What are you talking about?

 

[TheNumber4]

Original six stuff doesn’t count anymore.

So no.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

I'll tell you what this is, this is the most amazing coaching performance I've ever seen out of Kris Knoblauch.

 

[KevinRedkey]

9 teams have been down 3-0 and forced game 7
4 of those teams won, and 5 have lost.

The 1942 Leafs did it to win the cup but their finals was only the 2nd round of hockey for them. No one has done it in the 4th round to get win 16 quite yet.

Winners who forced game 7:
2014 Kings defeat Sharks, (RND 1/4)
2010 Flyers defeat Bruins, (RND 2/4)
1975 Islanders defeat Penguins, (RND 2/4)
1942 Maple Leafs defeat Red Wings, (RND 3/3)

Forced game 7 but ultimately lost:
2011 Red Wings lost to Sharks, (RND 2/4)
2011 Blackhawks lost to Canucks, (RND 1/4)
1975 Islanders lost to Flyers, (RND 3/4)
1945 Red Wings lost to Maple Leafs, (RND 2/2)
1939 Rangers lost to Bruins, (RND 2/3)

TBD:
2024 Oilers vs Panthers, (RND 4/4)

Notes:
1939 (6 teams qualify for playoffs): Bruins had a bye in round 1.
1942 (6 teams): The 1st round was best-of-3, and the Leafs had a bye in round 1.
1945 (4 teams): Not sure why it was only 4 teams but my guess is WW2.
1975 (12 teams): 1st round was best-of-3.
2010+ (16 teams): Nothing of note as it's similar to today.

Edit 06/24:
Thank you to post #58 for catching a mistake I have now corrected.

 

[GMR]

Everyone sleeps on the 1975 Islanders.

 

[JianYang]

Yes. Kings did it like 10 years ago and the Flyers did it a few years before that.

I think the Flyers were even down 3-0 in game seven before winning 4-3.

Not only that, but the flyers came back down 3-0 in game 7 and won the game 4-3.

It almost sounds too fake to be true.

 

[ThePsychicSaw]

Not only that, but the flyers came back down 3-0 in game 7 and won the game 4-3.

It almost sounds too fake to be true.

Its even crazier, I'm pretty sure the FLYERS roared to burn down a village from 0-3 to win 4-3.

 

[Snotbubbles]

Not only that, but the flyers came back down 3-0 in game 7 and won the game 4-3.

It almost sounds too fake to be true.

The teams were pretty evenly matched. Then David Krejci broke his foot in game 3 and Simon Gagne returned from injury in game 4 after missing the first 3 games of the series. That was all it took to tilt the balance in favor of Philly.

 

[JianYang]

The teams were pretty evenly matched. Then David Krejci broke his foot in game 3 and Simon Gagne returned from injury in game 4 after missing the first 3 games of the series. That was all it took to tilt the balance in favor of Philly.

That reminds me when the blackhawks came back against Vancouver from 3-0. I think the return of David Bolland had a big part to do with it

 

[Oddbob]

Has any team ever came back from 0-3 deficit in NHL history?

Google would have gotten you your answer.

This is the first time it'll happen in the SCF, and pre 1950's hockey doesn't really count as it wasn't a truly professional league at the time.

Way off. Happened in 1942 in the Finals and it was every bit of a professional league. Adding teams doesn't make things more professional. It would be like saying Ford wasn't a professional automaker before 1950.

Original six stuff doesn’t count anymore.

So no.

Yikes!

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Yeah the Kings came back against the Sharks in 2014 and the Flyers did it against the Bruins in 2010

 

[GMR]

Didn’t the Kings blow out the Sharks in their four wins? I remember the games weren’t close.

 

[Realgud]

Original six stuff doesn’t count anymore.

So no.

Agreed, Flyers and Kings are two of my favourite original six teams but 2014 was too long ago.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Sure, but only one team has won.

Original six stuff doesn’t count anymore.

So no.

Yeah, there has to be at least 7 teams for it to count.

 

[Leaf Fans]

This is the first time it'll happen in the SCF, and pre 1950's hockey doesn't really count as it wasn't a truly professional league at the time.

It has been a professional league since it's beginnings with the NHA. "National Hockey Association of Canada Limited, was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor of today's National Hockey League (NHL), and much of the business processes of the NHL today are based on the NHA." It was and still is a professional league.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I'll tell you what this is, this is the most amazing coaching performance I've ever seen out of Kris Knoblauch.

And it shows how bad Jay Woodcroft severely underachieved coaching the Oilers

 

[FissionFire]

Agreed, Flyers and Kings are two of my favourite original six teams but 2014 was too long ago.

Neither of those teams are original 6 lol

 

[sabresEH]

So the islanders come back from 0-3 to win. Come back from 0-3 again in the very next round but lose. And then rattle off 4 straight cups?

 

[Nasti]

Didn’t the Kings blow out the Sharks in their four wins? I remember the games weren’t close.

Scores were:

6-3
3-0
4-1
5-1

 

[ItWasJustified]

Original six stuff doesn’t count anymore.

So no.

Damn, I wasn't aware that the original six era stretched deep into the 2010s...

So the islanders come back from 0-3 to win. Come back from 0-3 again in the very next round but lose. And then rattle off 4 straight cups?

Yes. Everyone knows the Islanders won 4 straight Stanley Cups between 1976 and 1979.