History:
Spring 2026 marks the 28th year in which WhoWins™ has been providing historical victory probabilities, team performance records, and web-site design from the previous millennium on MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series and games. Our first archived web page, from 1999.

Spring 2026 Day 1:
Results from Saturday 18 April.
NHL
Carolina Hurricanes host, defeat Ottawa Senators 2-goals-nil
Philadelphia Flyers win at Pittsburgh Penguins 3-goals-2
Minnesota Wild win at Dallas Stars 6-goals-1
NBA
New York Knickerbockers host, defeat Atlanta Hawks 113-pts-102
Cleveland Cavaliers host, defeat Toronto Raptors 126-pts-113
Denver Nuggets host, defeat Minnesota Timberwolves 116-pts-105
Los Angeles Lakers host, defeat Houston Rockets 107-pts-98

Streakiness:
Leading a best-of-7 NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have an active five-series winning streak, while the Cleveland Cavaliers have an active eleven-series winning streak and the Los Angeles Lakers have an active 26-series winning streak. Leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last eighteen such series (17 wins, one loss). Trailing such a series 1-game-nil, the Atlanta Hawks have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last eleven such series (one win, ten losses). Irrespective of Game 1 outcome, the Atlanta Hawks have an active best-of-7 seven-Game 2 losing streak.

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