<P> The following is the list of teams to overcome 3--1 series deficits by winning three straight games to win a best - of - seven playoff series . In the history of major North American pro sports, teams that were down 3--1 in the series came back and won the series 52 times, more than half of them were accomplished by National Hockey League (NHL) teams . Teams overcame 3--1 deficit in the final championship round eight times, six were accomplished by Major League Baseball (MLB) teams in the World Series . Teams overcoming 3--0 deficit by winning four straight games were accomplished five times, four times in the NHL and once in MLB . </P> <P> The Boston Red Sox of MLB and the Vancouver Canucks of NHL each overcame 3--1 deficits the most at three times, while the Washington Capitals of NHL blew 3--1 deficits the most at five times, followed by the St. Louis Cardinals of MLB at four times (including twice in the World Series). Two teams have overcome 3--1 deficits multiple times in the single playoffs, done by the Kansas City Royals of MLB in 1985 and the Minnesota Wild of NHL in 2003 . Two teams have also overcame 3 - 1 deficits in a single playoffs, only to have the favor returned to them, done by the Golden State Warriors of NBA in 2016, and Vancouver Canucks of NHL in 2003 . </P>

Teams that have comeback from a 3-1 deficit