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A home advantage? Examining 100 years of team success in National Hockey League playoff overtime games

(Ein Heimvorteil? Untersuchung von 100 Jahren Teamerfolg in den Finalspielen der National Hockey League)

Objectives: To examine a potential home (dis)advantage in various types of playoff overtime games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Design: Archival. Method: Success rates for home and away teams in win-imminent overtime games (i.e., wherein a team has an opportunity to win the playoff series) were compared to their respective success in non-imminent overtime games (i.e., the outcome of the game does not determine the outcome of the series). Results: When away teams had an opportunity to win a series, they were significantly more likely to win an overtime game compared to home teams. No such advantage was evident for home teams when they had an opportunity to win a series. Conclusions: When an NHL team has an opportunity to win a playoff series, there appears to be an advantage for visiting teams—not home teams—in winning an overtime game.
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Schlagworte: Eishockey Wettkampf Analyse Sportgeschichte USA
Notationen: Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften Spielsportarten Biowissenschaften und Sportmedizin
Tagging: NHL Clutch Heimvorteil Heimspiel
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.02.010
Veröffentlicht in: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Jahrgang: 43
Heft: July
Seiten: 195-199
Dokumentenarten: Artikel
Literaturanalyse
Sprache: Englisch
Level: hoch