Going down 3-1 in a series during the Stanley Cup playoffs is about as close to the most dire of circumstances a team can find itself in without teetering on the verge of being swept.
With 31 comebacks out of a total of 325 series to reach Game 5 at 3-1, a paltry 9.5 percent of all teams have scaled the mountain and clawed back, fractionally higher than the 2 percent of teams to race back from down 3-0. To find yourself in a 3-1 hole is more predictive of a season on life support than many often suspect, even if it would only take a meager two wins to bring a series all square for a decisive Game 7.