Below you will find example sentences with "playoff games". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Playoff Games in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: playoff
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "playoff games" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 10 home playoff games for new, and 52 playoff games, season, two and regular stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with olympic games, epic games, playoff game, playoff game, football playoff and playoff series, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with playoff games
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
He's played in 697 career regular season games and 52 playoff games. (13 words)
He came back to play in six games and two playoff games in 2022. (14 words)
While playoff games are often thrilling and unpredictable, playoff matchups are seemingly written in stone. (15 words)
The over is 9-1 both in the last 10 Titans games as well as the last 10 home playoff games for New England while the over is 4-1 in the last five meetings between these two teams at Gillette Stadium; those are numbers you can’t ignore. (49 words)
That snapped a nearly two-month scoring drought for Stankoven, the 21-year-old rookie who made his NHL debut with six goals in his first dozen games from Feb. 24-March 20, then went 21 games without a goal, including Dallas’ first nine playoff games. (46 words)
Due to back problems, Larry Bird played in only 45 of the 82 regular season games, and only 4 of the 10 playoff games; during games he was frequently lying on the floor when out of the lineup, instead of sitting on the bench. (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
Burns added three goals and notched his sixth assist in two playoff games and Liam Connors had another two goals for six in this postseason and 16 in his playoff career.
Frederic came into this playoff season with a stat line of 0-0-0 in nine playoff games over two series in his first two NHL seasons.
First in a league of 32 and then up to 3 or 4 playoff games is far harder than first in a league of 14 and the only “playoff game” is the championship.
While playoff games are often thrilling and unpredictable, playoff matchups are seemingly written in stone.
That snapped a nearly two-month scoring drought for Stankoven, the 21-year-old rookie who made his NHL debut with six goals in his first dozen games from Feb. 24-March 20, then went 21 games without a goal, including Dallas’ first nine playoff games.
Due to back problems, Larry Bird played in only 45 of the 82 regular season games, and only 4 of the 10 playoff games; during games he was frequently lying on the floor when out of the lineup, instead of sitting on the bench.
Last year he played all 162 games on the Braves’ regular season schedule, plus their four playoff games.
He came back to play in six games and two playoff games in 2022.
He's played in 697 career regular season games and 52 playoff games.
Vesia, who went 5-4 with a 1.76 earned-run average in 67 regular-season games, has given up only one hit, struck out six and walked one in 4⅓ innings of five playoff games.
Zimmer called more than 500 Broncos games, including 20 playoff games and four Super Bowls.
The over is 7-0 in the Capitals last seven playoff games as a favourite and 5-0 in the Islanders last five games when their opponents allow less than three goals the previous game.
The over is 9-1 both in the last 10 Titans games as well as the last 10 home playoff games for New England while the over is 4-1 in the last five meetings between these two teams at Gillette Stadium; those are numbers you can’t ignore.
But after watching the Colts allow just 11 sacks over their final 12 games (including two playoff games), Reich figured the old-school, smash-mouth philosophy might help Indy take the next step.
Craig would play out the remaining regular season games and appear in all six of the Flyers’ playoff games.
Heading into this week, Brady had twice as many playoff games as Mahomes has had regular season games.
He has coached five playoff games for the Eagles and has allowed 20 or fewer points in 4 of the 5 games.
I hesitate to say those games will feel like playoff games, but they could be significant in terms of seeding.
After a grueling training camp in 2017, the Jaguars played 16 regular-season games and three playoff games, culminating in an AFC title-game loss to the Patriots.
Fultz was able to play in the final 10 games of the regular season, and in three playoff games, and while he attempted just one 3-pointer (which he missed), the perception coming into the season was that his struggles could be behind him.