NHL Team Record When Leading After Two 2017-18

Leaders: Record When Leading After Two, 2017-18

1stNew York Rangers23 Games95.7%
2ndWinnipeg Jets44 Games95.5%
3rdNew Jersey Devils34 Games94.1%
4thFlorida Panthers31 Games93.5%
5thTampa Bay Lightning39 Games92.3%
6thPittsburgh Penguins26 Games92.3%
7thSt. Louis Blues35 Games91.4%
8thEdmonton Oilers23 Games91.3%
9thSan Jose Sharks33 Games90.9%
10thWashington Capitals40 Games90.0%

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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 2017-18, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 86.1% and New York Rangers leads at 95.7%.

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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, 2017-18, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	New York Rangers	95.7%	23	22-0-1	100.0%	90.0%	100.0%	1	4.3%	97.8%	28.0%	100
2	Winnipeg Jets	95.5%	44	42-1-1	96.2%	94.4%	100.0%	2	4.5%	96.6%	53.7%	97
3	New Jersey Devils	94.1%	34	32-0-2	88.9%	100.0%	100.0%	2	5.9%	97.1%	41.5%	93
4	Florida Panthers	93.5%	31	29-1-1	94.1%	92.9%	80.0%	2	6.5%	95.2%	37.8%	90
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	92.3%	39	36-1-2	93.8%	91.3%	100.0%	3	7.7%	94.9%	47.6%	85
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	92.3%	26	24-0-2	100.0%	83.3%	100.0%	2	7.7%	96.2%	31.7%	85
7	St. Louis Blues	91.4%	35	32-1-2	94.7%	87.5%	75.0%	3	8.6%	94.3%	42.7%	80
8	Edmonton Oilers	91.3%	23	21-1-1	85.7%	100.0%	75.0%	2	8.7%	93.5%	28.0%	77
9	San Jose Sharks	90.9%	33	30-1-2	94.4%	86.7%	75.0%	3	9.1%	93.9%	40.2%	73
10	Washington Capitals	90.0%	40	36-1-3	100.0%	78.9%	100.0%	4	10.0%	93.8%	48.8%	68
11	Los Angeles Kings	90.0%	30	27-2-1	87.5%	92.9%	100.0%	3	10.0%	91.7%	36.6%	68
12	Boston Bruins	89.2%	37	33-0-4	90.5%	87.5%	100.0%	4	10.8%	94.6%	45.1%	63
13	Colorado Avalanche	87.5%	40	35-2-3	96.2%	71.4%	80.0%	5	12.5%	91.3%	48.8%	60
14	New York Islanders	86.2%	29	25-2-2	84.6%	87.5%	100.0%	4	13.8%	89.7%	35.4%	57
15	Dallas Stars	86.1%	36	31-2-3	90.5%	80.0%	66.7%	5	13.9%	90.3%	43.9%	50
16	Toronto Maple Leafs	86.1%	36	31-3-2	89.5%	82.4%	60.0%	5	13.9%	88.9%	43.9%	50
17	Vegas Golden Knights	86.1%	36	31-3-2	90.9%	78.6%	80.0%	5	13.9%	88.9%	43.9%	50
18	Nashville Predators	86.0%	43	37-2-4	87.0%	85.0%	80.0%	6	14.0%	90.7%	52.4%	43
19	Minnesota Wild	83.8%	37	31-2-4	87.0%	78.6%	100.0%	6	16.2%	89.2%	45.1%	40
20	Columbus Blue Jackets	83.3%	36	30-3-3	94.7%	70.6%	80.0%	6	16.7%	87.5%	43.9%	35
21	Calgary Flames	83.3%	30	25-3-2	78.6%	87.5%	100.0%	5	16.7%	86.7%	36.6%	35
22	Philadelphia Flyers	82.9%	35	29-1-5	86.7%	80.0%	100.0%	6	17.1%	90.0%	42.7%	30
23	Detroit Red Wings	79.3%	29	23-0-6	77.8%	81.8%	66.7%	6	20.7%	89.7%	35.4%	27
24	Anaheim Ducks	78.0%	41	32-3-6	86.4%	68.4%	100.0%	9	22.0%	85.4%	50.0%	23
25	Carolina Hurricanes	77.8%	27	21-3-3	71.4%	84.6%	100.0%	6	22.2%	83.3%	32.9%	18
26	Montreal Canadiens	77.8%	27	21-2-4	78.9%	75.0%	75.0%	6	22.2%	85.2%	32.9%	18
27	Chicago Blackhawks	76.9%	26	20-2-4	91.7%	64.3%	66.7%	6	23.1%	84.6%	31.7%	13
28	Vancouver Canucks	75.0%	28	21-1-6	73.3%	76.9%	100.0%	7	25.0%	85.7%	34.1%	10
29	Buffalo Sabres	72.7%	22	16-1-5	88.9%	61.5%	50.0%	6	27.3%	84.1%	26.8%	5
30	Ottawa Senators	72.7%	22	16-2-4	61.5%	88.9%	100.0%	6	27.3%	81.8%	26.8%	5
31	Arizona Coyotes	67.7%	31	21-6-4	80.0%	56.3%	62.5%	10	32.3%	74.2%	37.8%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Leading After Two in 2017-18?

New York Rangers leads with 95.7%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 86.1%.

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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