Home teams are 2-17 in the last 19

[Ties5o11]

Are you kidding? Of course the touring hockey school known as the San Jose Sharks have been on the road, so that accounts for 2 of the losses, but is this just a statistical anomaly or is there a reason for it? A lot of these home losses aren't even close either.

It could just be random, but is it actually a disadvantage to play on home ice? Some reasons I can think of:

1) Home teams try to hard to please their fans, where road teams just play a simple efficient hockey game
2) A slight majority of the home teams over that 17 game stretch were the lower seeds.
3) Home teams have to deal with their media, fans, etc more.
4) NHL fans need to get better at booing
5) ?

 

[postmaster]

From the Pens thread:
Since the commentator took his opinion in why the home team isn't playing so well and mentioned being with family, I will give my own.

At home, you have last line change and are worried about match-ups and trying to stop the line you are designated to match up against.
On the road, you are just focused on trying to beat whoever is matched up against you.

 

[Ties5o11]

I think Ive solved it... since home teams get to choose when they want to shoot in a shootout, coaches at home are just playing to get to the shootout. 5 minutes into OT no shootout comes and home teams have no idea whats going on. Would explain why no home team can win a damn OT game (minus the touring hockey school, of course)

 

[Destroydacre]

Home ice has never really meant a whole lot in the NHL playoffs. The road team is winning more than ever in this year's playoffs and that is unusual, but it's not like the home team typically blows the road team away (like the NBA).

The only game where home ice really tends to mean something is game 7. That's why you want home ice. IIRC the team with home ice wins game 7 two thirds of the time.

 

[kenyg54]

Visitors 23-16 if LA holds onto 3-0 lead tonight.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

We went 3-0 at home :shrugs:

 

[Darkstone42]

Anomalies happen. That's why the word "anomaly" exists.

That's my entire evaluation.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Anomalies happen. That's why the word "anomaly" exists.

No, the word exists so that there is an adverb that can be used to describe an action as being one commonly seen in the wild (the anomal kingdom, if you will).

 

[BostonAJ]

No, the word exists so that there is an adverb that can be used to describe an action as being one commonly seen in the wild (the anomal kingdom, if you will).

That may have been the worst joke of the night, but it made me laugh.

 

[quoipourquoi]

That may have been the worst joke of the night, but it made me laugh.

Post-overtime euphoria. It will wear off eventually, and you will feel the shame of having indulged my awesome anomal joke.

 

[Automattic]

We went 3-0 at home :shrugs:

((((HIGH FIVE))))

 

[kenyg54]

We went 3-0 at home :shrugs:

Which makes it even more lopsided if you eliminate the Wings and Caps 5-0 at home