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1999 NHL Preliminary round - Series 776.
Philadelphia Flyers vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Game 6: Toronto wins at Philadelphia, 1-0. Toronto wins the series in six games. Philadelphia now has a 1-8 series record when trailing 3 games to 2. In Prelim round best-of-7 action, the series record for Toronto improves to 4-4, while that for Philadelphia falls to 5-3.

Game 5: Toronto wins vs. Philadelphia, 2-1. Toronto has gone LWWLW in a best-of-7 series four previous times, compiling a series record of 3-1. Philadelphia has never gone WLLWL in a best-of-7 series before, and has a 1-7 series record when trailing 3 games to 2.

Game 4: Philadelphia wins vs. Toronto, 5-2. Toronto lost Game 1 and won Games 2 and 3 and lost Game 4 in a best-of-7 series six previous times, compiling a series record of 3-3. Philadelphia has won Game 1 and lost Games 2 and 3 and won Game 4 in a best-of-7 series only once (during the 1996 best-of-7 Prelim round): The Flyers won Games 5 and 6 to win that series.

Game 3: Toronto wins at Philadelphia, 2-1. Toronto lost Game 1 and won Games 2 and 3 in a best-of-7 series eight previous times, compiling a series record of 5-3. Philadelphia has won Game 1 and lost Games 2 and 3 in a best-of-7 series six times, compiling a 1-5 series record. The last loss was in 1989; the sole win occurred in the 1996 Conference Quarterfinals.

Game 2: Toronto wins vs. Philadelphia, 2-1. Toronto lost Game 1 and won Game 2 at home in a best-of-7 series in 1960, 1994, and 1996: Only the 1996 Leafs lost the series; only the 1996 series was a Preliminary round series. Philadelphia has won Game 1 and lost Game 2 on road ice in a best-of-7 series three times (in 1973, 1988, and 1989): Never has the Flyers won a series upon doing so.

Game 1: Philadelphia wins at Toronto, 3-0. Only once before in NHL best-of-7 Preliminary round action has the home team lost Game 1 3-0: In 1987, the New York Rangers shut out the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 in Philadelphia, in a series that Philadelphia would win in six games. Toronto will thus use the 1987 Flyers as a role model in their battle vs. the 1999 Flyers.

Pre-series history. In NHL best-of-7 Preliminary round action, the Toronto Maple Leafs' series record is 3-4 and the Philadelphia Flyers' series record is 5-2; Toronto's game record is 20-23 (46.51%) and Philadelphia's game record is 24-16 (60.00%) through 1998.

Toronto finished 4 points (2 games) ahead of Philadelphia in the 1998-99 NHL regular season.

In previous NHL best-of-7 Preliminary round action, the team with the 2-game lead has a series record of 1-3.

In previous best-of-7 action in all NHL playoff rounds, the team with the 2-game lead has a series record of 3-7 (30.00%).

In previous best-of-7 action in all NHL, NBA, and MLB playoff rounds, the team with the 2-game lead has a series record of 18-17 (51.43%).