The New York Yankees took a commanding 3-0 lead with a 19-8 win in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Red Sox stayed alive with extra-inning wins in the next 2 video games, connecting the game off Hall of Fame more detailed Mariano Rivera both times. The Bruins, playing at home, took a 3-0 lead in Game 7 before the Flyers rallied to win 4-3 on Gagnes second game-winner of the series. The San Jose Sharks won the first 2 games of the first-round series with blowouts, then won Game 3 in overtime. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, who was pulled in Game 1, stopped 130 of 135 shots over the final four games to advance.
The Houston Astros will attempt to join rare company Saturday (8:37 p.m. ET, TBS) by winning a postseason series after conquering a 3-0 deficit.
Relatively on the ropes after being held to 5 overall runs in the opening three games, the Astros have actually emerged for 15 runs in three successive wins against the Tampa Bay Rays to require a Game 7 in the American League Championship Series..
If Houston can keep up the momentum, it will join five other major professional teams ahead of time after when routing 3-0. It has actually been done as soon as in MLB history and 4 times in the NHL. No NBA team has actually managed the feat.
The history-makers:.
MLB.
2004 Boston Red Sox.
The New York Yankees took a commanding 3-0 lead with a 19-8 win in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Red Sox stayed alive with extra-inning wins in the next 2 video games, connecting the game off Hall of Fame better Mariano Rivera both times.
Astros infielder Alex Bregman had colleagues see the ESPN documentary on that series, Four Days in October, before Houstons resurgence..
” I was sitting down seeing it with him,” Astros shortstop Carlos Correa said. “It was a super-inspiring video.”.
NHL.
1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs rallied against the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Final after coach Hap Day benched regular-season leading scorer Gordie Drillon. His replacement, Don Metz, had 4 objectives and 3 helps as Toronto outscored Detroit 19-7 in the final four games.
1975 New York Islanders.
They nearly did the very same the following round versus the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers before falling in Game 7. They went 8-1 in elimination games that year.
2010 Philadelphia Flyers.
Philadelphia then lost beginning goalie Brian Boucher to injury in the next video game, and backup Michael Leighton stopped 44 of 45 Bruins shots to win Games 5 and 6. The Bruins, playing at home, took a 3-0 lead in Game 7 before the Flyers rallied to win 4-3 on Gagnes 2nd game-winner of the series.
2014 Los Angeles Kings.
The San Jose Sharks won the very first two video games of the first-round series with blowouts, then won Game 3 in overtime. Then Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, who was pulled in Game 1, stopped 130 of 135 shots over the last four games to advance. The Kings won three Game 7s that year to catch the Stanley Cup for the 2nd time in three years.
Contributing: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports.
