Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After Two
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Vegas Golden Knights leads NHL teams with a Win % of 37.5% in 2020-21, ahead of 
Boston Bruins (30.8%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After Two, 2020-21
- 1stVegas Golden Knights16 Games37.5%
- 2ndBoston Bruins13 Games30.8%
3rdFlorida Panthers18 Games27.8%
4thMinnesota Wild20 Games25.0%
5thPittsburgh Penguins17 Games23.5%
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 2020-21, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 13.6% and Vegas Golden Knights leads at 37.5%.
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 | Vegas Golden Knights | 37.5% | 16 | 6-9-1 | 100 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 30.8% | 13 | 4-8-1 | 97 |
| 3 | Florida Panthers | 27.8% | 18 | 5-11-2 | 93 |
| 4 | Minnesota Wild | 25.0% | 20 | 5-13-2 | 90 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 23.5% | 17 | 4-12-1 | 87 |
| 6 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 23.1% | 26 | 6-19-1 | 83 |
| 7 |  Nashville Predators | 20.8% | 24 | 5-19-0 | 80 |
| 8 |  Edmonton Oilers | 20.0% | 20 | 4-16-0 | 77 |
| 9 |  St. Louis Blues | 19.0% | 21 | 4-16-1 | 72 |
| 10 |  Winnipeg Jets | 19.0% | 21 | 4-17-0 | 72 |
| 11 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 16.7% | 24 | 4-20-0 | 63 |
| 12 |  Montreal Canadiens | 16.7% | 24 | 4-16-4 | 63 |
| 13 |  New York Islanders | 16.7% | 18 | 3-14-1 | 63 |
| 14 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 15.4% | 13 | 2-9-2 | 55 |
| 15 |  Washington Capitals | 15.4% | 13 | 2-11-0 | 55 |
| 16 |  Arizona Coyotes | 13.6% | 22 | 3-16-3 | 50 |
| 17 |  San Jose Sharks | 11.1% | 27 | 3-23-1 | 43 |
| 18 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 11.1% | 9 | 1-6-2 | 43 |
| 19 |  Colorado Avalanche | 11.1% | 9 | 1-8-0 | 43 |
| 20 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 10.5% | 19 | 2-17-0 | 37 |
| 21 |  Vancouver Canucks | 9.1% | 33 | 3-27-3 | 33 |
| 22 |  Buffalo Sabres | 8.8% | 34 | 3-29-2 | 30 |
| 23 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 7.7% | 26 | 2-18-6 | 25 |
| 24 |  Ottawa Senators | 7.7% | 26 | 2-22-2 | 25 |
| 25 |  Los Angeles Kings | 7.4% | 27 | 2-23-2 | 18 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After Two in 2020-21?
Vegas Golden Knights leads with 37.5%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 13.6%.
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.