Coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs is rare, but not impossible. Heres a look back at the teams that pulled off historic comebacks.
Boston opened its second-round series against Philadelphia with a pair of one-goal wins at home before picking up a 4-1 road victory in Game 3. The Flyers turned things around with an OT win in Game 4 before shutting out the Bruins in Game 5 and earning a 2-1 win in Game 6.
Back in Boston for Game 7, the Bruins got out to a 3-0 lead in the first 14:10 of the contest. But like the series itself, the Flyers clawed back. By the midway point of the second period, the game was knotted at 3-3. Simon Gagne scored the game-winning goal on the power play with just over seven minutes to go to complete two improbable comebacks at once.
The Flyers kept that momentum going into the next series. The team picked up a gentleman’s sweep against the Canadiens in the next round before falling to theAs for the Bruins, they bounced back in a big way the following season. The team ended a 39-year Stanley Cup drought by beating the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 final.2014 Cup run began with three straight defeats against a division foe.
L.A. beat San Jose 6-3 in Game 4 and then allowed just two more goals over the final three games. The Kings won those contests by a combined score of 12-2, including a 5-1 Game 7 triumph on enemy ice. Each of the Kings’ next two series went the distance. They needed seven games to get past the Ducks in the second round and the Blackhawks in the conference finals. The Kings made quick work of theCopyright RSN