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BEST-OF-7 SERIES RESULTS
The master list: Winner and loser of each and every best-of-7 MLB, NBA, and NHL playoff series from 1905 (the year of the first best-of-7 series).

BEST-OF-7 HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES
SERIES STATUS IN GAMES
leading, 1-game-nil
leading, 2-games-nil
leading, 3-games-nil
leading, 2-games-1
leading, 3-games-1
leading, 3-games-2

WhoWins™ BEST-OF-7 GREATEST COMEBACK EVER
Surmounting the 3-games-nil deficit.

WhoWins™ BEST-OF-7 ANNIHILATIONS
The ultimate ignominy: Sweeps during which the swept team never, ever leads.

BEST-OF-7 FRANCHISE SERIES OUTCOMES
ALL ROUNDS
Irrespective of Game 1 site
Game 1 played at home
Game 1 played on road
FINALS
Irrespective of Game 1 site
Game 1 played at home
Game 1 played on road
SEMIFINALS
Irrespective of Game 1 site
Game 1 played at home
Game 1 played on road
QUARTERFINALS (NBA, NHL)
Irrespective of Game 1 site
Game 1 played at home
Game 1 played on road
PRELIMINARIES (NBA, NHL)
Irrespective of Game 1 site
Game 1 played at home
Game 1 played on road

BEST-OF-7 FRANCHISE GAME OUTCOMES
ALL ROUNDS
All | Home Games | Road Games
FINALS
All | Home Games | Road Games
SEMIFINALS
All | Home Games | Road Games
QUARTERFINALS (NBA, NHL)
All | Home Games | Road Games
PRELIMINARIES (NBA, NHL)
All | Home Games | Road Games

BEST-OF-7 FRANCHISE SCORING OUTCOMES
MLB: all runs for/against
NBA: all points for/against
NHL: all goals for/against

BEST-OF-7 SCORING RECORDS
BEST-OF-7 MLB, NBA, NHL Series and Game Scoring Records

NHL 2025 BEST-OF-7 SERIES
PRELIM
Series 1584: Ottawa(0) vs. Toronto(2)
Series 1585: Florida(1) vs. Tampa Bay(0)
Series 1586: Montreal(0) vs. Washington(2)
Series 1587: New Jersey(0) vs. Carolina(2)
Series 1588: St. Louis(0) vs. Winnipeg(II)(2)
Series 1589: Colorado(1) vs. Dallas (2)
Series 1590: Minnesota(1) vs. Vegas(1)
Series 1591: Edmonton(0) vs. Los Angeles(2)
QTRS
Series 1592: NHL Eastern Conference Semifinals
Series 1593: NHL Eastern Conference Semifinals
Series 1594: NHL Western Conference Semifinals
Series 1595: NHL Western Conference Semifinals
SEMIFINALS
Series 1596: NHL Eastern Conference Finals
Series 1597: NHL Western Conference Finals
FINALS
Series 1598: NHL Finals

NBA 2025 BEST-OF-7 SERIES
PRELIM
Series 1599: Miami(0) vs. Cleveland(2)
Series 1600: Orlando(0) vs. Boston(2)
Series 1601: Detroit(1) vs. New York(1)
Series 1602: Milwaukee(0) vs. Indiana(2)
Series 1603: Memphis(0) vs. Oklahoma City(2)
Series 1604: Golden State(1) vs. Houston(1)
Series 1605: Minnesota(1) vs. Los Angeles Lakers(1)
Series 1606: Los Angeles Clippers(1) vs. Denver(1)
QTRS
Series 1607: NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals
Series 1608: NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals
Series 1609: NBA Western Conference Semifinals
Series 1610: NBA Western Conference Semifinals
SEMIFINALS
Series 1611: NBA Eastern Conference Finals
Series 1612: NBA Western Conference Finals
FINALS
Series 1613: NBA Finals

MLB 2024 BEST-OF-7 SERIES
SEMIFINALS
Series 1581: Cleveland(1) vs. New York Yankees(4)
Series 1582: New York Mets(2) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers(4)
FINALS
Series 1583: New York Yankees(1) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers(4)

CURRENT STANDINGS
NBA 2024-25 standings
NHL 2024-25 standings
MLB 2025 standings

ARCHIVES
Best-of-7 series coverage since Spring 1999.

United We Stand: 9.11.01

History:
Spring 2023 marked the 25th year in which WhoWins has been providing historical victory probabilities, team performance records, and web-site design from the previous millennium on MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series and games. Our first archived web page, from 1999.

Spring 2025 Day 5:
Results from Wednesday 24 April.
NHL
Washington Capitals host, defeat Montreal Canadiens, 3-goals-1
Dallas Stars win at Colorado Avalanche, 2-goals-1(OT)
Los Angeles Kings host, defeat Edmonton Oilers, 6-goals-2
NBA
Cleveland Cavaliers host, defeat Miami Heat, 121-pts-112
Boston Celtics host, defeat Orlando Magic, 109-pts-100
Houston Rockets host, defeat Golden State Warriors, 109-pts-94

Win-Site Orders through Wednesday:
WW@HH: Toronto, Washington, Carolina, Winnipeg, Los Angeles in NHL; Cleveland, Boston, Indiana, Oklahoma City in NBA
WL@HH: Vegas in NHL; New York and Denver in NBA
LW@HH: Dallas (actually now LWW@HHV) in NHL; Houston and Lakers in NBA
Other: Florida NHL won Game 1 in Tampa Bay.

No Sweet Sixteen:
The victory by the Detroit Pistons in their Game 2 in New York over the Knickerbockers snaps a best-of-7 format NBA playoffs 15-game losing streak by the Pistons, begun with 2008 NBA Semifinals Games 5-6 losses to the Boston Celtics, continuing through series losses through sweeps in the 2009 NBA Preliminary round by the Cleveland Cavaliers, in the 2016 Preliminary round by Cleveland again, and in the 2019 Preliminary round by the Milwaukee Bucks, and finally terminated after Game 1 to the Knickerbockers.

Spring 2025 Ouster Board:
start (in Indiana NBA): 4/29, 1:11pmEDT

SCOPE
WhoWins™ provides comprehensive coverage of historical victory probabilities and team performance in MLB, NBA, and NHL best-of-7 playoff series. WhoWins™ maintains comprehensive team performance inter-game (194 MLB best-of-7 series; 618 NBA best-of-7 series; 771 NHL best-of-7 series) and intra-game (1115 MLB best-of-7 series games; 3496 NBA best-of-7 series games; 4375 NHL best-of-7 series games) data through Fall 2024.

RESOURCES
Societies, books, and other resources.

BEST-OF-7 FEATURES
Articles on best-of-7 series phenomena.

FAQ
Frequently-asked questions.

SEARCH RESULTS
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PROBABILITY FORMULAE
Mathematical formulae for best-of-7 probability computations.

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