NHL Team Record When Leading After Two 2025-26

Leaders: Record When Leading After Two, 2025-26

1stColorado Avalanche41 Games100.0%
2ndNew Jersey Devils24 Games100.0%
3rdTampa Bay Lightning34 Games97.1%
4thBuffalo Sabres37 Games94.6%
5thLos Angeles Kings27 Games92.6%
6thAnaheim Ducks26 Games92.3%
7thDallas Stars34 Games91.2%
8thWashington Capitals34 Games91.2%
9thSan Jose Sharks31 Games90.3%
10thCarolina Hurricanes41 Games90.2%

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What Record When Leading After Two measures

Win percentage in games the team led after two periods. League-wide, teams leading after two win about 80 percent of the time. All 32 teams, regular season, with the number of games behind each figure. Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it. Blown leads are the games with the lead at that point that the team did not win (losses in regulation, overtime or a shootout).

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.25 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.

Blown third-period leads make headlines, but this split repeats weakly: few teams are reliably bad at protecting a lead. In 2025-26, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 87.3% and Colorado Avalanche leads at 100.0%.

Record When Leading After Two leaderboard

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.25 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.
The Home, Away and Last 10 columns (where shown) count only those games, so each holds a fraction of the season sample: a split of a few games is noise, not a trend.
We have no live or period odds history, so we can’t compare these records to the market after vig. This is a description of what happened, not a bet.

NHL Team Record When Leading After Two, 2025-26, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Colorado Avalanche	100.0%	41	41-0-0	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0	0.0%	100.0%	50.0%	98
2	New Jersey Devils	100.0%	24	24-0-0	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0	0.0%	100.0%	29.3%	98
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	97.1%	34	33-1-0	93.8%	100.0%	100.0%	1	2.9%	97.1%	41.5%	94
4	Buffalo Sabres	94.6%	37	35-2-0	95.0%	94.1%	100.0%	2	5.4%	94.6%	45.1%	90
5	Los Angeles Kings	92.6%	27	25-2-0	91.7%	93.3%	100.0%	2	7.4%	92.6%	32.9%	87
6	Anaheim Ducks	92.3%	26	24-1-1	93.8%	90.0%	33.3%	2	7.7%	94.2%	31.7%	84
7	Dallas Stars	91.2%	34	31-0-3	93.3%	89.5%	100.0%	3	8.8%	95.6%	41.5%	79
8	Washington Capitals	91.2%	34	31-1-2	90.9%	91.7%	100.0%	3	8.8%	94.1%	41.5%	79
9	San Jose Sharks	90.3%	31	28-1-2	94.1%	85.7%	80.0%	3	9.7%	93.5%	37.8%	74
10	Carolina Hurricanes	90.2%	41	37-2-2	90.0%	90.5%	100.0%	4	9.8%	92.7%	50.0%	71
11	Philadelphia Flyers	89.7%	29	26-0-3	93.3%	85.7%	100.0%	3	10.3%	94.8%	35.4%	68
12	Florida Panthers	89.3%	28	25-1-2	87.5%	91.7%	80.0%	3	10.7%	92.9%	34.1%	65
13	Vegas Golden Knights	88.5%	26	23-0-3	94.1%	77.8%	75.0%	3	11.5%	94.2%	31.7%	61
14	New York Islanders	88.0%	25	22-2-1	100.0%	70.0%	100.0%	3	12.0%	90.0%	30.5%	58
15	Utah Mammoth	87.9%	33	29-2-2	84.2%	92.9%	100.0%	4	12.1%	90.9%	40.2%	55
16	Seattle Kraken	87.5%	24	21-2-1	93.8%	75.0%	100.0%	3	12.5%	89.6%	29.3%	52
17	Minnesota Wild	87.2%	39	34-1-4	85.7%	88.9%	85.7%	5	12.8%	92.3%	47.6%	48
18	St. Louis Blues	86.7%	30	26-2-2	93.3%	80.0%	100.0%	4	13.3%	90.0%	36.6%	45
19	Detroit Red Wings	84.8%	33	28-2-3	81.3%	88.2%	100.0%	5	15.2%	89.4%	40.2%	42
20	Boston Bruins	84.6%	39	33-2-4	92.0%	71.4%	60.0%	6	15.4%	89.7%	47.6%	39
21	Edmonton Oilers	83.8%	37	31-1-5	88.9%	78.9%	100.0%	6	16.2%	90.5%	45.1%	35
22	Montreal Canadiens	82.9%	35	29-4-2	87.5%	78.9%	100.0%	6	17.1%	85.7%	42.7%	32
23	Calgary Flames	81.5%	27	22-2-3	88.9%	66.7%	75.0%	5	18.5%	87.0%	32.9%	29
24	Vancouver Canucks	81.3%	16	13-1-2	71.4%	88.9%	100.0%	3	18.8%	87.5%	19.5%	26
25	Ottawa Senators	81.1%	37	30-3-4	83.3%	78.9%	80.0%	7	18.9%	86.5%	45.1%	23
26	New York Rangers	79.2%	24	19-1-4	60.0%	92.9%	83.3%	5	20.8%	87.5%	29.3%	19
27	Pittsburgh Penguins	76.9%	39	30-2-7	83.3%	71.4%	100.0%	9	23.1%	85.9%	47.6%	16
28	Columbus Blue Jackets	75.7%	37	28-2-7	76.2%	75.0%	33.3%	9	24.3%	85.1%	45.1%	13
29	Chicago Blackhawks	75.0%	24	18-2-4	72.7%	76.9%	100.0%	6	25.0%	83.3%	29.3%	10
30	Nashville Predators	73.1%	26	19-3-4	75.0%	71.4%	80.0%	7	26.9%	80.8%	31.7%	6
31	Winnipeg Jets	71.9%	32	23-3-6	75.0%	66.7%	100.0%	9	28.1%	81.3%	39.0%	3
32	Toronto Maple Leafs	68.0%	25	17-3-5	75.0%	61.5%	50.0%	8	32.0%	78.0%	30.5%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Leading After Two in 2025-26?

Colorado Avalanche leads with 100.0%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 87.3%.

How is Record When Leading After Two calculated?

Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it. Blown leads are the games with the lead at that point that the team did not win (losses in regulation, overtime or a shootout). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.

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