Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After Two
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Washington Capitals leads NHL teams with a Win % of 32.1% in 2019-20, ahead of 
St. Louis Blues (31.8%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After Two, 2019-20
- 1stWashington Capitals28 Games32.1%
- 2ndSt. Louis Blues22 Games31.8%
3rdDallas Stars31 Games29.0%
4thColumbus Blue Jackets28 Games25.0%
5thPittsburgh Penguins28 Games25.0%
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 2019-20, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 14.3% and Washington Capitals leads at 32.1%.
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 | Washington Capitals | 32.1% | 28 | 9-17-2 | 100 |
| 2 | St. Louis Blues | 31.8% | 22 | 7-13-2 | 97 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | 29.0% | 31 | 9-19-3 | 93 |
| 4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 25.0% | 28 | 7-18-3 | 87 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 25.0% | 28 | 7-20-1 | 87 |
| 6 |  Boston Bruins | 25.0% | 20 | 5-11-4 | 87 |
| 7 |  Nashville Predators | 22.6% | 31 | 7-20-4 | 80 |
| 8 |  Calgary Flames | 22.2% | 36 | 8-26-2 | 77 |
| 9 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 21.1% | 19 | 4-15-0 | 73 |
| 10 |  Winnipeg Jets | 20.7% | 29 | 6-20-3 | 70 |
| 11 |  Florida Panthers | 19.4% | 31 | 6-22-3 | 67 |
| 12 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 19.2% | 26 | 5-19-2 | 63 |
| 13 |  New York Islanders | 18.5% | 27 | 5-19-3 | 60 |
| 14 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 17.2% | 29 | 5-23-1 | 57 |
| 15 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 14.8% | 27 | 4-21-2 | 53 |
| 16 |  Edmonton Oilers | 14.3% | 28 | 4-20-4 | 48 |
| 17 |  Vancouver Canucks | 14.3% | 28 | 4-20-4 | 48 |
| 18 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 12.5% | 24 | 3-17-4 | 43 |
| 19 |  New York Rangers | 12.0% | 25 | 3-21-1 | 40 |
| 20 |  Montreal Canadiens | 11.1% | 27 | 3-22-2 | 35 |
| 21 |  New Jersey Devils | 11.1% | 27 | 3-24-0 | 35 |
| 22 |  Arizona Coyotes | 9.5% | 21 | 2-19-0 | 30 |
| 23 |  Detroit Red Wings | 8.9% | 45 | 4-39-2 | 27 |
| 24 |  Minnesota Wild | 8.7% | 23 | 2-20-1 | 23 |
| 25 |  Buffalo Sabres | 7.4% | 27 | 2-22-3 | 18 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After Two in 2019-20?
Washington Capitals leads with 32.1%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 14.3%.
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.