Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After Two
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
New York Rangers leads NHL teams with a Win % of 34.5% in 2023-24, ahead of 
Colorado Avalanche (33.3%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After Two, 2023-24
- 1stNew York Rangers29 Games34.5%
- 2ndColorado Avalanche30 Games33.3%
3rdDallas Stars26 Games30.8%
4thDetroit Red Wings38 Games28.9%
5thCarolina Hurricanes24 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 2023-24, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 14.8% and New York Rangers leads at 34.5%.
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 | New York Rangers | 34.5% | 29 | 10-18-1 | 100 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 33.3% | 30 | 10-20-0 | 97 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | 30.8% | 26 | 8-17-1 | 94 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 28.9% | 38 | 11-24-3 | 90 |
| 5 | Carolina Hurricanes | 25.0% | 24 | 6-17-1 | 87 |
| 6 |  Calgary Flames | 23.8% | 42 | 10-30-2 | 84 |
| 7 |  Edmonton Oilers | 23.3% | 30 | 7-20-3 | 81 |
| 8 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 19.2% | 26 | 5-19-2 | 77 |
| 9 |  New Jersey Devils | 18.9% | 37 | 7-29-1 | 74 |
| 10 |  Los Angeles Kings | 17.9% | 28 | 5-21-2 | 71 |
| 11 |  Winnipeg Jets | 17.4% | 23 | 4-17-2 | 68 |
| 12 |  Washington Capitals | 17.1% | 35 | 6-27-2 | 65 |
| 13 |  Ottawa Senators | 16.7% | 42 | 7-32-3 | 60 |
| 14 |  Florida Panthers | 16.7% | 24 | 4-19-1 | 60 |
| 15 |  Vancouver Canucks | 15.8% | 19 | 3-14-2 | 55 |
| 16 |  Nashville Predators | 15.4% | 26 | 4-21-1 | 52 |
| 17 |  Anaheim Ducks | 14.3% | 49 | 7-40-2 | 47 |
| 18 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 14.3% | 28 | 4-21-3 | 47 |
| 19 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 13.9% | 36 | 5-30-1 | 42 |
| 20 |  Minnesota Wild | 12.5% | 32 | 4-25-3 | 35 |
| 21 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 12.5% | 32 | 4-22-6 | 35 |
| 22 |  St. Louis Blues | 12.5% | 32 | 4-26-2 | 35 |
| 23 |  Arizona Coyotes | 11.1% | 36 | 4-30-2 | 29 |
| 24 |  New York Islanders | 10.7% | 28 | 3-23-2 | 26 |
| 25 |  Buffalo Sabres | 10.5% | 38 | 4-32-2 | 23 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After Two in 2023-24?
New York Rangers leads with 34.5%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 14.8%.
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.