Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After Two
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Tampa Bay Lightning leads NHL teams with a Win % of 30.0% in 2017-18, ahead of 
Vegas Golden Knights (24.0%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After Two, 2017-18
- 1stTampa Bay Lightning30 Games30.0%
- 2ndVegas Golden Knights25 Games24.0%
3rdNew Jersey Devils34 Games23.5%
4thBoston Bruins28 Games21.4%
5thFlorida Panthers34 Games20.6%
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
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 2017-18, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 15.0% and Tampa Bay Lightning leads at 30.0%.
Record When Trailing After Two leaderboard
- 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.
| # | Team | Win % | Games | W-L-OTL | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 30.0% | 30 | 9-20-1 | 100 |
| 2 | Vegas Golden Knights | 24.0% | 25 | 6-17-2 | 97 |
| 3 | New Jersey Devils | 23.5% | 34 | 8-24-2 | 93 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 21.4% | 28 | 6-17-5 | 90 |
| 5 | Florida Panthers | 20.6% | 34 | 7-23-4 | 87 |
| 6 |  Nashville Predators | 20.0% | 25 | 5-15-5 | 83 |
| 7 |  Los Angeles Kings | 18.8% | 32 | 6-22-4 | 78 |
| 8 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 18.8% | 32 | 6-23-3 | 78 |
| 9 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 18.5% | 27 | 5-20-2 | 73 |
| 10 |  Anaheim Ducks | 17.2% | 29 | 5-19-5 | 68 |
| 11 |  San Jose Sharks | 17.2% | 29 | 5-21-3 | 68 |
| 12 |  Calgary Flames | 16.7% | 30 | 5-25-0 | 63 |
| 13 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 15.6% | 32 | 5-24-3 | 60 |
| 14 |  Edmonton Oilers | 15.4% | 39 | 6-31-2 | 57 |
| 15 |  St. Louis Blues | 15.2% | 33 | 5-26-2 | 53 |
| 16 |  New York Islanders | 15.0% | 40 | 6-31-3 | 50 |
| 17 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 14.8% | 27 | 4-19-4 | 47 |
| 18 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 14.3% | 35 | 5-28-2 | 43 |
| 19 |  Winnipeg Jets | 13.6% | 22 | 3-16-3 | 40 |
| 20 |  Ottawa Senators | 13.3% | 45 | 6-37-2 | 37 |
| 21 |  Washington Capitals | 13.0% | 23 | 3-18-2 | 33 |
| 22 |  New York Rangers | 11.9% | 42 | 5-33-4 | 30 |
| 23 |  Arizona Coyotes | 11.8% | 34 | 4-26-4 | 27 |
| 24 |  Buffalo Sabres | 10.6% | 47 | 5-39-3 | 23 |
| 25 |  Dallas Stars | 10.3% | 29 | 3-24-2 | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After Two in 2017-18?
Tampa Bay Lightning leads with 30.0%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 15.0%.
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?
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.