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 26:
Results from Wednesday 13 May.
NHL
Colorado Avalanche host, defeat Minnesota Wild 4-goals-3(OT)
NBA
Cleveland Cavaliers win at Detroit Pistons 117-pts-113(OT)

Wednesday Status:
NHL: Colorado ousts Minnesota 4-games-1 with overtime comeback. NBA: Cleveland takes 3-games-2 lead over Detroit with overtime comeback.

Grade-B Comeback:
The Cleveland Cavaliers trailed the host Detroit Pistons by eight points as late as after two quarters but won their NBA Quarterfinals Game 5: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 12 May 2026, inclusive, road teams down eight points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 25-113 (.181) - the Cleveland Cavaliers thus achieve a grade-B (.100 - .199) in-game comeback.

Grade-A Comeback:
The Colorado Avalanche trailed the visiting Minnesota Wild by two goals as late as 16:26 into the third period at low ebb of their NHL Quarterfinals Game 5, but won to oust the Wild: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2025, inclusive, home teams down two goals as late as 16:26 into the third period had a game record of only 6-429 (.014) - the Colorado Avalanche thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback.

Comeback of Spring 2026:
On Wednesday 13 May, the Colorado Avalanche trailed the visiting Minnesota Wild by two goals as late as 16:26 into the third period at low ebb of their NHL Quarterfinals Game 5, but won to oust the Wild: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2025, inclusive, home teams down two goals as late as 16:26 into the third period had a game record of only 6-429 (.014) - the Colorado Avalanche thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback.

Spring 2026 Ouster Board:
start (in Cleveland NBA): 4/18, 1:09pmEDT
--- Preliminary round ---
Ottawa NHL: 4/25, 5:57pmEDT
Los Angeles NHL: 4/26, 7:28pmEDT
Phoenix NBA: 4/28, 12:13amEDT
Portland NBA: 4/29, 12:24amEDT
Pittsburgh NHL: 4/29, 10:47pmEDT
Atlanta NBA: 4/30, 9:42pmEDT
Dallas NHL: 4/30, 10:13pmEDT
Denver NBA: 5/1, 12:22amEDT
Edmonton NHL: 5/1, 12:49amEDT
Boston NHL: 5/1, 10:14pmEDT
Houston NBA: 5/2, 12:14amEDT
Utah NHL: 5/2, 1:01amEDT
Boston NBA: 5/2, 10:02pmEDT
Orlando NBA: 5/3, 6:12pmEDT
Tampa Bay NHL: 5/3, 8:48pmEDT
Toronto NBA: 5/3, 10:26pmEDT
--- Quarterfinals round ---
Philadelphia NHL: 5/9, 9:13pmEDT
Philadelphia NBA: 5/10, 6:11pmEDT
Los Angeles Lakers NBA: 5/12, 1:23amEDT
Minnesota NHL: 5/13, 11:06pmEDT

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