NHL Team Record When Leading After Two 2018-19

Leaders: Record When Leading After Two, 2018-19

1stToronto Maple Leafs37 Games97.3%
2ndCalgary Flames32 Games96.9%
3rdNashville Predators37 Games94.6%
4thColumbus Blue Jackets34 Games94.1%
5thArizona Coyotes31 Games93.5%
6thPittsburgh Penguins39 Games92.3%
7thChicago Blackhawks25 Games92.0%
8thDallas Stars33 Games90.9%
9thTampa Bay Lightning43 Games90.7%
10thVegas Golden Knights31 Games90.3%

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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 2018-19, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 85.0% and Toronto Maple Leafs leads at 97.3%.

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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, 2018-19, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	97.3%	37	36-0-1	100.0%	95.2%	100.0%	1	2.7%	98.6%	45.1%	100
2	Calgary Flames	96.9%	32	31-1-0	94.1%	100.0%	100.0%	1	3.1%	96.9%	39.0%	97
3	Nashville Predators	94.6%	37	35-2-0	91.3%	100.0%	100.0%	2	5.4%	94.6%	45.1%	93
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	94.1%	34	32-2-0	94.4%	93.8%	100.0%	2	5.9%	94.1%	41.5%	90
5	Arizona Coyotes	93.5%	31	29-1-1	100.0%	84.6%	100.0%	2	6.5%	95.2%	37.8%	87
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	92.3%	39	36-0-3	95.0%	89.5%	100.0%	3	7.7%	96.2%	47.6%	83
7	Chicago Blackhawks	92.0%	25	23-1-1	93.3%	90.0%	100.0%	2	8.0%	94.0%	30.5%	80
8	Dallas Stars	90.9%	33	30-1-2	88.9%	93.3%	100.0%	3	9.1%	93.9%	40.2%	77
9	Tampa Bay Lightning	90.7%	43	39-2-2	87.5%	94.7%	100.0%	4	9.3%	93.0%	52.4%	73
10	Vegas Golden Knights	90.3%	31	28-0-3	93.8%	86.7%	75.0%	3	9.7%	95.2%	37.8%	70
11	Washington Capitals	90.2%	41	37-3-1	90.9%	89.5%	100.0%	4	9.8%	91.5%	50.0%	67
12	St. Louis Blues	89.7%	39	35-2-2	87.0%	93.8%	100.0%	4	10.3%	92.3%	47.6%	63
13	Colorado Avalanche	87.5%	32	28-1-3	94.1%	80.0%	85.7%	4	12.5%	92.2%	39.0%	60
14	Carolina Hurricanes	87.2%	39	34-3-2	82.6%	93.8%	71.4%	5	12.8%	89.7%	47.6%	55
15	San Jose Sharks	87.2%	39	34-3-2	95.0%	78.9%	50.0%	5	12.8%	89.7%	47.6%	55
16	New York Islanders	85.0%	40	34-2-4	81.0%	89.5%	100.0%	6	15.0%	90.0%	48.8%	50
17	Philadelphia Flyers	83.9%	31	26-3-2	94.1%	71.4%	100.0%	5	16.1%	87.1%	37.8%	47
18	Boston Bruins	83.8%	37	31-3-3	89.5%	77.8%	75.0%	6	16.2%	87.8%	45.1%	43
19	Los Angeles Kings	83.3%	24	20-1-3	90.9%	76.9%	100.0%	4	16.7%	89.6%	29.3%	40
20	Minnesota Wild	81.5%	27	22-2-3	66.7%	100.0%	100.0%	5	18.5%	87.0%	32.9%	35
21	New Jersey Devils	81.5%	27	22-2-3	88.2%	70.0%	100.0%	5	18.5%	87.0%	32.9%	35
22	Montreal Canadiens	79.4%	34	27-3-4	84.2%	73.3%	83.3%	7	20.6%	85.3%	41.5%	30
23	Edmonton Oilers	77.8%	27	21-2-4	84.6%	71.4%	66.7%	6	22.2%	85.2%	32.9%	27
24	Anaheim Ducks	76.9%	26	20-3-3	80.0%	72.7%	100.0%	6	23.1%	82.7%	31.7%	23
25	Ottawa Senators	76.0%	25	19-4-2	83.3%	57.1%	100.0%	6	24.0%	80.0%	30.5%	20
26	Vancouver Canucks	75.0%	28	21-3-4	81.3%	66.7%	80.0%	7	25.0%	82.1%	34.1%	15
27	Buffalo Sabres	75.0%	24	18-2-4	83.3%	50.0%	100.0%	6	25.0%	83.3%	29.3%	15
28	Winnipeg Jets	74.3%	35	26-5-4	70.0%	80.0%	66.7%	9	25.7%	80.0%	42.7%	10
29	Detroit Red Wings	73.9%	23	17-3-3	70.0%	76.9%	100.0%	6	26.1%	80.4%	28.0%	7
30	Florida Panthers	73.5%	34	25-6-3	68.4%	80.0%	100.0%	9	26.5%	77.9%	41.5%	3
31	New York Rangers	72.2%	18	13-0-5	66.7%	83.3%	50.0%	5	27.8%	86.1%	22.0%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Leading After Two in 2018-19?

Toronto Maple Leafs leads with 97.3%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 85.0%.

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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