Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After Two
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Tampa Bay Lightning leads NHL teams with a Win % of 42.9% in 2018-19, ahead of 
Calgary Flames (24.2%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After Two, 2018-19
- 1stTampa Bay Lightning21 Games42.9%
- 2ndCalgary Flames33 Games24.2%
3rdMontreal Canadiens29 Games24.1%
4thNew York Islanders24 Games20.8%
5thWinnipeg Jets30 Games20.0%
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 2018-19, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 14.7% and Tampa Bay Lightning leads at 42.9%.
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 | 42.9% | 21 | 9-12-0 | 100 |
| 2 | Calgary Flames | 24.2% | 33 | 8-22-3 | 97 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 24.1% | 29 | 7-22-0 | 93 |
| 4 | New York Islanders | 20.8% | 24 | 5-19-0 | 90 |
| 5 | Winnipeg Jets | 20.0% | 30 | 6-24-0 | 87 |
| 6 |  Nashville Predators | 19.4% | 31 | 6-20-5 | 83 |
| 7 |  San Jose Sharks | 18.5% | 27 | 5-19-3 | 80 |
| 8 |  Buffalo Sabres | 17.9% | 39 | 7-30-2 | 77 |
| 9 |  Florida Panthers | 17.9% | 28 | 5-18-5 | 73 |
| 10 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 17.2% | 29 | 5-24-0 | 70 |
| 11 |  Anaheim Ducks | 16.7% | 36 | 6-28-2 | 67 |
| 12 |  New York Rangers | 16.2% | 37 | 6-27-4 | 63 |
| 13 |  Detroit Red Wings | 15.8% | 38 | 6-30-2 | 60 |
| 14 |  Dallas Stars | 14.8% | 27 | 4-20-3 | 55 |
| 15 |  Washington Capitals | 14.8% | 27 | 4-17-6 | 55 |
| 16 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 14.7% | 34 | 5-22-7 | 50 |
| 17 |  Colorado Avalanche | 13.8% | 29 | 4-20-5 | 47 |
| 18 |  Vancouver Canucks | 13.2% | 38 | 5-28-5 | 43 |
| 19 |  Boston Bruins | 13.0% | 23 | 3-18-2 | 40 |
| 20 |  New Jersey Devils | 12.2% | 41 | 5-34-2 | 37 |
| 21 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 11.5% | 26 | 3-20-3 | 32 |
| 22 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 11.5% | 26 | 3-21-2 | 32 |
| 23 |  Edmonton Oilers | 10.3% | 39 | 4-32-3 | 27 |
| 24 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 9.8% | 41 | 4-33-4 | 23 |
| 25 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 9.7% | 31 | 3-24-4 | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After Two in 2018-19?
Tampa Bay Lightning leads with 42.9%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 14.7%.
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.