Journal
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 195-199Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.02.010
Keywords
Championship; Choke; Clutch; Home advantage; Pressure; Self-attention
Funding
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship award
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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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