NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, Historical Data
Historical Stanley Cup Playoff data for 7-game series
"Closeout Games" are ones where that team had a chance to end the series with a win. Elimination games are ones where that team would lose the series with a loss.
The "Series Results When..." chart shows the distribution of series results given results so far. Across the top are the possible outcomes of the series, i.e. "W6"="Win in 6 games."
Home Team Records
All | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | |||||||||
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Regular Games | 2284-1747 | .567 | 451-261 | .633 | 443-268 | .623 | 354-358 | .497 | 344-367 | .484 | 370-222 | .625 | 217-195 | .527 | 105-76 | .580 |
Overtime Games | 399-400 | .499 | 66-58 | .532 | 75-63 | .543 | 69-74 | .483 | 61-75 | .449 | 67-59 | .532 | 38-49 | .437 | 23-22 | .511 |
Closeout Games | 374-234 | .615 | 33-18 | .647 | 134-74 | .644 | 102-66 | .607 | ||||||||
Elimination Games | 343-338 | .504 | 57-87 | .396 | 66-46 | .589 | 115-129 | .471 |
Series Results When ...
Scenario | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | Tot W | L5 | L6 | L7 | Tot L | Num Series | |||||||||
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Any Series, Up 1-0 | 121 | 17.0 | 142 | 19.9 | 144 | 20.2 | 83 | 11.7 | 490 | 68.8 | 38 | 5.3 | 86 | 12.1 | 98 | 13.8 | 222 | 31.2 | 712 |
Any Series, Up 2-1 | 127 | 24.6 | 149 | 28.9 | 86 | 16.7 | 362 | 70.2 | 68 | 13.2 | 86 | 16.7 | 154 | 29.8 | 516 | ||||
Any Series, Up 3-1 | 180 | 56.2 | 80 | 25.0 | 31 | 9.7 | 291 | 90.9 | 29 | 9.1 | 29 | 9.1 | 320 | ||||||
Any Series, Up 3-2 | 230 | 56.0 | 94 | 22.9 | 324 | 78.8 | 87 | 21.2 | 87 | 21.2 | 411 | ||||||||
Any Series, Up 3-0 | 121 | 61.7 | 53 | 27.0 | 13 | 6.6 | 5 | 2.6 | 192 | 98.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 196 | ||||
Any Series, Up 2-0 | 121 | 31.8 | 101 | 26.5 | 76 | 19.9 | 32 | 8.4 | 330 | 86.6 | 23 | 6.0 | 28 | 7.3 | 51 | 13.4 | 381 | ||
Win Game 1, Series 1-0 | 121 | 17.0 | 142 | 19.9 | 144 | 20.2 | 83 | 11.7 | 490 | 68.8 | 38 | 5.3 | 86 | 12.1 | 98 | 13.8 | 222 | 31.2 | 712 |
Home | 89 | 19.7 | 109 | 24.2 | 89 | 19.7 | 54 | 12.0 | 341 | 75.6 | 17 | 3.8 | 45 | 10.0 | 48 | 10.6 | 110 | 24.4 | 451 |
Away | 32 | 12.3 | 33 | 12.6 | 55 | 21.1 | 29 | 11.1 | 149 | 57.1 | 21 | 8.0 | 41 | 15.7 | 50 | 19.2 | 112 | 42.9 | 261 |
Win Game 2, Series 1-1 | 37 | 11.2 | 63 | 19.1 | 70 | 21.2 | 170 | 51.5 | 41 | 12.4 | 68 | 20.6 | 51 | 15.5 | 160 | 48.5 | 330 | ||
Home | 20 | 12.2 | 30 | 18.3 | 41 | 25.0 | 91 | 55.5 | 14 | 8.5 | 38 | 23.2 | 21 | 12.8 | 73 | 44.5 | 164 | ||
Away | 17 | 10.2 | 33 | 19.9 | 29 | 17.5 | 79 | 47.6 | 27 | 16.3 | 30 | 18.1 | 30 | 18.1 | 87 | 52.4 | 166 | ||
Win Game 2, Series 2-0 | 121 | 31.8 | 101 | 26.5 | 76 | 19.9 | 32 | 8.4 | 330 | 86.6 | 23 | 6.0 | 28 | 7.3 | 51 | 13.4 | 381 | ||
Home | 88 | 31.5 | 81 | 29.0 | 56 | 20.1 | 23 | 8.2 | 248 | 88.9 | 12 | 4.3 | 19 | 6.8 | 31 | 11.1 | 279 | ||
Away | 33 | 32.4 | 20 | 19.6 | 20 | 19.6 | 9 | 8.8 | 82 | 80.4 | 11 | 10.8 | 9 | 8.8 | 20 | 19.6 | 102 | ||
Win Game 3, Series 2-1 | 78 | 23.6 | 86 | 26.1 | 59 | 17.9 | 223 | 67.6 | 45 | 13.6 | 62 | 18.8 | 107 | 32.4 | 330 | ||||
Home | 31 | 19.0 | 49 | 30.1 | 23 | 14.1 | 103 | 63.2 | 24 | 14.7 | 36 | 22.1 | 60 | 36.8 | 163 | ||||
Away | 47 | 28.1 | 37 | 22.2 | 36 | 21.6 | 120 | 71.9 | 21 | 12.6 | 26 | 15.6 | 47 | 28.1 | 167 | ||||
Win Game 3, Series 3-0 | 121 | 61.7 | 53 | 27.0 | 13 | 6.6 | 5 | 2.6 | 192 | 98.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 196 | ||||
Home | 32 | 59.3 | 14 | 25.9 | 5 | 9.3 | 2 | 3.7 | 53 | 98.1 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.9 | 54 | ||||
Away | 89 | 62.7 | 39 | 27.5 | 8 | 5.6 | 3 | 2.1 | 139 | 97.9 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 142 | ||||
Win Game 3, Series 1-2 | 23 | 12.4 | 24 | 13.0 | 47 | 25.4 | 48 | 25.9 | 63 | 34.1 | 27 | 14.6 | 138 | 74.6 | 185 | ||||
Home | 12 | 8.8 | 16 | 11.7 | 28 | 20.4 | 41 | 29.9 | 49 | 35.8 | 19 | 13.9 | 109 | 79.6 | 137 | ||||
Away | 11 | 22.9 | 8 | 16.7 | 19 | 39.6 | 7 | 14.6 | 14 | 29.2 | 8 | 16.7 | 29 | 60.4 | 48 | ||||
Win Game 4, Series 3-1 | 126 | 51.6 | 67 | 27.5 | 26 | 10.7 | 219 | 89.8 | 25 | 10.2 | 25 | 10.2 | 244 | ||||||
Home | 38 | 39.2 | 35 | 36.1 | 11 | 11.3 | 84 | 86.6 | 13 | 13.4 | 13 | 13.4 | 97 | ||||||
Away | 88 | 59.9 | 32 | 21.8 | 15 | 10.2 | 135 | 91.8 | 12 | 8.2 | 12 | 8.2 | 147 | ||||||
Win Game 4, Series 2-2 | 68 | 25.1 | 61 | 22.5 | 129 | 47.6 | 82 | 30.3 | 60 | 22.1 | 142 | 52.4 | 271 | ||||||
Home | 34 | 21.7 | 30 | 19.1 | 64 | 40.8 | 54 | 34.4 | 39 | 24.8 | 93 | 59.2 | 157 | ||||||
Away | 34 | 29.8 | 31 | 27.2 | 65 | 57.0 | 28 | 24.6 | 21 | 18.4 | 49 | 43.0 | 114 | ||||||
Win Game 4, Series 1-3 | 4 | 5.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 53 | 70.7 | 13 | 17.3 | 5 | 6.7 | 71 | 94.7 | 75 | ||||||
Home | 3 | 5.3 | 3 | 5.3 | 42 | 73.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 54 | 94.7 | 57 | ||||||
Away | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.6 | 11 | 61.1 | 5 | 27.8 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 | 18 | ||||||
Win Game 5, Series 3-2 | 150 | 55.4 | 63 | 23.2 | 213 | 78.6 | 58 | 21.4 | 58 | 21.4 | 271 | ||||||||
Home | 89 | 52.7 | 47 | 27.8 | 136 | 80.5 | 33 | 19.5 | 33 | 19.5 | 169 | ||||||||
Away | 61 | 59.8 | 16 | 15.7 | 77 | 75.5 | 25 | 24.5 | 25 | 24.5 | 102 | ||||||||
Win Game 5, Series 2-3 | 29 | 20.7 | 29 | 20.7 | 80 | 57.1 | 31 | 22.1 | 111 | 79.3 | 140 | ||||||||
Home | 14 | 21.2 | 14 | 21.2 | 40 | 60.6 | 12 | 18.2 | 52 | 78.8 | 66 | ||||||||
Away | 15 | 20.3 | 15 | 20.3 | 40 | 54.1 | 19 | 25.7 | 59 | 79.7 | 74 | ||||||||
Win Game 6, Series 3-3 | 87 | 48.1 | 87 | 48.1 | 94 | 51.9 | 94 | 51.9 | 181 | ||||||||||
Home | 49 | 42.6 | 49 | 42.6 | 66 | 57.4 | 66 | 57.4 | 115 | ||||||||||
Away | 38 | 57.6 | 38 | 57.6 | 28 | 42.4 | 28 | 42.4 | 66 |
Series Records by Franchise
Team | W | L | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|
Anaheim Ducks | 16 | 13 | .552 |
Arizona Coyotes | 4 | 20 | .167 |
Boston Bruins | 62 | 67 | .481 |
Buffalo Sabres | 21 | 29 | .420 |
Calgary Flames | 16 | 29 | .356 |
Carolina Hurricanes | 12 | 14 | .462 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 56 | 57 | .496 |
Cleveland Barons | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Colorado Avalanche | 27 | 23 | .540 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 6 | .143 |
Dallas Stars | 33 | 32 | .508 |
Detroit Red Wings | 68 | 53 | .562 |
Edmonton Oilers | 35 | 16 | .686 |
Florida Panthers | 3 | 5 | .375 |
Hamilton Tigers | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Los Angeles Kings | 21 | 28 | .429 |
Minnesota Wild | 4 | 9 | .308 |
Montreal Canadiens | 91 | 59 | .607 |
Montreal Maroons | 10 | 9 | .526 |
Nashville Predators | 7 | 12 | .368 |
New Jersey Devils | 25 | 20 | .556 |
New York Americans | 2 | 5 | .286 |
New York Islanders | 34 | 22 | .607 |
New York Rangers | 53 | 55 | .491 |
Ottawa Senators | 11 | 16 | .407 |
Ottawa Senators | 4 | 6 | .400 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 44 | 38 | .537 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 40 | 29 | .580 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 2 | .000 |
San Jose Sharks | 20 | 21 | .488 |
St. Louis Blues | 31 | 42 | .425 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 18 | 10 | .643 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 56 | 55 | .505 |
Vancouver Canucks | 17 | 28 | .378 |
Vegas Golden Knights | 5 | 3 | .625 |
Washington Capitals | 20 | 29 | .408 |
Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 4 | .333 |
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