NHL Team Record When Trailing After Two 2025-26

Leaders: Record When Trailing After Two, 2025-26

1stDallas Stars26 Games30.8%
2ndCarolina Hurricanes22 Games22.7%
3rdColorado Avalanche23 Games21.7%
4thMontreal Canadiens28 Games21.4%
5thSan Jose Sharks36 Games19.4%
6thBuffalo Sabres22 Games18.2%
7thEdmonton Oilers34 Games17.6%
8thUtah Mammoth29 Games17.2%
9thToronto Maple Leafs41 Games17.1%
10thTampa Bay Lightning24 Games16.7%

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What Record When Trailing After Two measures

Win percentage in games the team trailed after two periods. League-wide, teams trailing after two win fewer than one game in five. 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.

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.21 (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.

Few games and weak repeatability: a team that came back often last season is not a reliable comeback team this season. In 2025-26, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 14.9% and Dallas Stars leads at 30.8%.

Record When Trailing After Two leaderboard

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

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.21 (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 Trailing After Two, 2025-26, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Dallas Stars	30.8%	26	8-14-4	40.0%	18.2%	100.0%	38.5%	31.7%	100
2	Carolina Hurricanes	22.7%	22	5-15-2	40.0%	8.3%	0.0%	27.3%	26.8%	97
3	Colorado Avalanche	21.7%	23	5-12-6	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	34.8%	28.0%	94
4	Montreal Canadiens	21.4%	28	6-17-5	13.3%	30.8%	25.0%	30.4%	34.1%	90
5	San Jose Sharks	19.4%	36	7-26-3	20.0%	19.0%	25.0%	23.6%	43.9%	87
6	Buffalo Sabres	18.2%	22	4-15-3	12.5%	21.4%	50.0%	25.0%	26.8%	84
7	Edmonton Oilers	17.6%	34	6-26-2	26.3%	6.7%	0.0%	20.6%	41.5%	81
8	Utah Mammoth	17.2%	29	5-23-1	18.2%	16.7%	0.0%	19.0%	35.4%	77
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	17.1%	41	7-30-4	15.0%	19.0%	14.3%	22.0%	50.0%	74
10	Tampa Bay Lightning	16.7%	24	4-17-3	25.0%	8.3%	33.3%	22.9%	29.3%	71
11	Philadelphia Flyers	16.2%	37	6-26-5	15.8%	16.7%	0.0%	23.0%	45.1%	68
12	Nashville Predators	15.8%	38	6-28-4	17.6%	14.3%	0.0%	21.1%	46.3%	61
13	New York Rangers	15.8%	38	6-29-3	15.0%	16.7%	0.0%	19.7%	46.3%	61
14	Vegas Golden Knights	15.8%	38	6-22-10	6.7%	21.7%	0.0%	28.9%	46.3%	61
15	Minnesota Wild	15.4%	26	4-19-3	18.2%	13.3%	0.0%	21.2%	31.7%	55
16	New York Islanders	15.2%	33	5-27-1	11.8%	18.8%	0.0%	16.7%	40.2%	52
17	Detroit Red Wings	14.7%	34	5-25-4	29.4%	0.0%	0.0%	20.6%	41.5%	47
18	Florida Panthers	14.7%	34	5-28-1	28.6%	5.0%	0.0%	16.2%	41.5%	47
19	Anaheim Ducks	14.3%	35	5-26-4	18.8%	10.5%	14.3%	20.0%	42.7%	42
20	Pittsburgh Penguins	12.0%	25	3-19-3	8.3%	15.4%	0.0%	18.0%	30.5%	39
21	Chicago Blackhawks	11.4%	35	4-28-3	15.0%	6.7%	12.5%	15.7%	42.7%	35
22	Los Angeles Kings	10.7%	28	3-16-9	6.3%	16.7%	33.3%	26.8%	34.1%	31
23	Washington Capitals	10.7%	28	3-22-3	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%	16.1%	34.1%	31
24	Columbus Blue Jackets	9.5%	21	2-19-0	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	9.5%	25.6%	26
25	New Jersey Devils	9.1%	33	3-28-2	11.1%	6.7%	16.7%	12.1%	40.2%	23
26	Seattle Kraken	8.3%	36	3-30-3	11.1%	5.6%	12.5%	12.5%	43.9%	18
27	Ottawa Senators	8.3%	24	2-20-2	9.1%	7.7%	0.0%	12.5%	29.3%	18
28	Boston Bruins	7.7%	26	2-21-3	11.1%	5.9%	25.0%	13.5%	31.7%	13
29	Vancouver Canucks	6.5%	46	3-42-1	4.2%	9.1%	0.0%	7.6%	56.1%	10
30	Calgary Flames	6.5%	31	2-28-1	12.5%	4.3%	0.0%	8.1%	37.8%	5
31	Winnipeg Jets	6.5%	31	2-26-3	0.0%	10.5%	0.0%	11.3%	37.8%	5
32	St. Louis Blues	6.3%	32	2-28-2	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	9.4%	39.0%	0

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Frequently asked questions

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

Dallas Stars leads with 30.8%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 14.9%.

How is Record When Trailing After Two calculated?

Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.

How reliable is Record When Trailing After Two?