The pc28Maple Leafs are the only home team to win a game in the second round of both the NHL and NBA playoffs so far. Matt Knies (left) celebrates his goal with captain Auston Matthews on Monday.
The pc28Maple Leafs are the only home team to win a game in the second round of both the NHL and NBA playoffs so far. Matt Knies (left) celebrates his goal with captain Auston Matthews on Monday.
The pc28Maple Leafs have done something no other team in the NHL and the NBA has accomplished in this year’s playoffs: win the first game of the second round series at home.
In an unusual stat from the post-season, the road teams from both leagues have won every home game so far, with the exception of the Leafs, who beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Monday at Scotiabank Arena. Game 2 of the series is tonight. (7 p.m., CBC, Sportsnet).
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On Tuesday, the Carolina Hurricanes went into Capital One Arena in Washington to beat the Capitals with a 2-1 victory in overtime. Then the Edmonton Oilers followed suit by beating the Golden Knights 4-2 in Las Vegas.
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The Dallas Stars will try to continue the trend when they visit the Jets tonight at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg to open their series.
The Golden State Warriors, who had dispatched the Houston Rockets on the road in seven games Sunday, kicked off their second-round date with Minnesota Timberwolves with what looked like an easy win despite not having Stephen Curry in the lineup for the better part of the game.
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The NBA road teams have a 23-25 record so far in the playoffs.
Home teams in the NBA have won 54 per cent of games in the regular season, the fourth time the home winning percentage has dipped that low in the last five years.
Boston and Oklahoma will try to bounce back tonight, while Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves will take a crack at the Warriors again Thursday.
With files from The Associated Press
Gilbert Ngabo is a Toronto-based sports reporter for the Star.
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