Which team has had the best regular season and lost in the first round?
I never looked at if a team was favored to win the series and never put more emphasis on their seeding (Most disappointing if a #1 seed looses to a #8 rather than if the 8 looses to 1).
Obviously teams who have only played in a small number of playoffs are going to have a higher percentage of those teams who have played in more.
MIN 0.616
NAS 0.607
PHI 0.601
ATL 0.591
WAS 0.589
OTT 0.587
BOS 0.584
COL 0.582
BUF 0.574
FLO 0.571
NJD 0.567
DET 0.565
ANA 0.564
SJS 0.564
CLB 0.561
CAL 0.558
TBL 0.555
EDM 0.542
STL 0.539
NYI 0.535
LA 0.532
NYR 0.529
PIT 0.528
DAL 0.526
MON 0.516
CHI 0.514
PHO 0.509
TOR 0.498
CAR 0.496
VAN 0.477
Take away the Wild and the Trashers, and the top of this list makes a lot of sence.
Nashville has yet to win a first round yet always seem to be making the playoffs. The next 3 are Philly, Washington and Ottawa, again no real surprises there.
The bottom of the list is interesting too. These teams have had the least expectations to win in the first round and didnt.
Phoenix/Winnipeg, Toronto, Carolina and Vancouver.
