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

Home Team Records Table
	All		G1		G2		G3		G4		G5		G6		G7
Regular Games	2398-1774	.575	472-268	.638	463-276	.627	376-364	.508	365-374	.494	390-219	.640	224-196	.533	108-77	.584
Overtime Games	401-397	.503	67-60	.528	76-63	.547	67-75	.472	65-75	.464	65-56	.537	38-47	.447	23-21	.523
Closeout Games	397-232	.631							40-18	.690	144-71	.670	105-66	.614
Elimination Games	359-343	.511							64-91	.413	68-45	.602	119-130	.478

Series Results When ...

Series Results When ... Table
Scenario	W4		W5		W6		W7		Tot W		L5		L6		L7		Tot L		Num Series
Win Game 1, Series 1-0	132	17.8	152	20.5	148	20.0	83	11.2	515	69.6	37	5.0	86	11.6	102	13.8	225	30.4	740
Home	93	19.7	120	25.4	91	19.3	55	11.7	359	76.1	17	3.6	46	9.7	50	10.6	113	23.9	472
Away	39	14.6	32	11.9	57	21.3	28	10.4	156	58.2	20	7.5	40	14.9	52	19.4	112	41.8	268
Win Game 2, Series 1-1			36	10.8	63	19.0	73	22.0	172	51.8	39	11.7	71	21.4	50	15.1	160	48.2	332
Home			19	11.5	29	17.6	43	26.1	91	55.2	13	7.9	40	24.2	21	12.7	74	44.8	165
Away			17	10.2	34	20.4	30	18.0	81	48.5	26	15.6	31	18.6	29	17.4	86	51.5	167
Win Game 2, Series 2-0	132	32.4	113	27.8	77	18.9	33	8.1	355	87.2			23	5.7	29	7.1	52	12.8	407
Home	92	30.9	92	30.9	57	19.1	25	8.4	266	89.3			12	4.0	20	6.7	32	10.7	298
Away	40	36.7	21	19.3	20	18.3	8	7.3	89	81.7			11	10.1	9	8.3	20	18.3	109
Win Game 3, Series 2-1			75	22.6	88	26.5	59	17.8	222	66.9			46	13.9	64	19.3	110	33.1	332
Home			30	17.8	52	30.8	24	14.2	106	62.7			25	14.8	38	22.5	63	37.3	169
Away			45	27.6	36	22.1	35	21.5	116	71.2			21	12.9	26	16.0	47	28.8	163
Win Game 3, Series 3-0	132	61.7	59	27.6	14	6.5	5	2.3	210	98.1					4	1.9	4	1.9	214
Home	39	63.9	14	23.0	5	8.2	2	3.3	60	98.4					1	1.6	1	1.6	61
Away	93	60.8	45	29.4	9	5.9	3	2.0	150	98.0					3	2.0	3	2.0	153
Win Game 3, Series 1-2					23	11.9	25	13.0	48	24.9	54	28.0	63	32.6	28	14.5	145	75.1	193
Home					12	8.2	17	11.6	29	19.9	47	32.2	49	33.6	21	14.4	117	80.1	146
Away					11	23.4	8	17.0	19	40.4	7	14.9	14	29.8	7	14.9	28	59.6	47
Win Game 4, Series 3-1			129	52.7	67	27.3	24	9.8	220	89.8					25	10.2	25	10.2	245
Home			38	38.4	38	38.4	10	10.1	86	86.9					13	13.1	13	13.1	99
Away			91	62.3	29	19.9	14	9.6	134	91.8					12	8.2	12	8.2	146
Win Game 4, Series 2-2					69	24.6	64	22.9	133	47.5			84	30.0	63	22.5	147	52.5	280
Home					34	21.0	31	19.1	65	40.1			56	34.6	41	25.3	97	59.9	162
Away					35	29.7	33	28.0	68	57.6			28	23.7	22	18.6	50	42.4	118
Win Game 4, Series 1-3							4	4.9	4	4.9	59	72.0	14	17.1	5	6.1	78	95.1	82
Home							3	4.7	3	4.7	48	75.0	9	14.1	4	6.2	61	95.3	64
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					153	54.6	68	24.3	221	78.9					59	21.1	59	21.1	280
Home					92	52.0	51	28.8	143	80.8					34	19.2	34	19.2	177
Away					61	59.2	17	16.5	78	75.7					25	24.3	25	24.3	103
Win Game 5, Series 2-3							29	20.9	29	20.9			81	58.3	29	20.9	110	79.1	139
Home							14	20.6	14	20.6			43	63.2	11	16.2	54	79.4	68
Away							15	21.1	15	21.1			38	53.5	18	25.4	56	78.9	71
Win Game 6, Series 3-3							88	47.6	88	47.6					97	52.4	97	52.4	185
Home							50	42.0	50	42.0					69	58.0	69	58.0	119
Away							38	57.6	38	57.6					28	42.4	28	42.4	66

Series Records by Franchise

Series Records by Franchise Table
Team	W	L	Pct.
Anaheim Ducks	16	13	.552
Arizona Coyotes	4	19	.174
Boston Bruins	61	66	.480
Buffalo Sabres	21	29	.420
Calgary Flames	16	28	.364
Carolina Hurricanes	12	13	.480
Chicago Blackhawks	56	56	.500
Cleveland Barons	0	2	.000
Colorado Avalanche	26	22	.542
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	5	.167
Dallas Stars	30	31	.492
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	58	.611
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	32	21	.604
New York Rangers	53	55	.491
Ottawa Senators	11	16	.407
Ottawa Senators	4	6	.400
Philadelphia Flyers	43	37	.537
Pittsburgh Penguins	40	29	.580
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	2	.000
San Jose Sharks	20	21	.488
St. Louis Blues	31	41	.431
Tampa Bay Lightning	14	10	.583
Toronto Maple Leafs	56	55	.505
Vancouver Canucks	16	27	.372
Vegas Golden Knights	3	2	.600
Washington Capitals	20	28	.417
Winnipeg Jets	2	4	.333

Game 7 Records by Franchise

Game 7 Records by Franchise Table
	Overall			Home			Away
Team	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
Anaheim Ducks	3	6	.333	2	4	.333	1	2	.333
Arizona Coyotes	0	5	.000	0	2	.000	0	3	.000
Boston Bruins	15	13	.536	14	9	.609	1	4	.200
Buffalo Sabres	1	6	.143	1	1	.500	0	5	.000
Calgary Flames	5	7	.417	2	4	.333	3	3	.500
Carolina Hurricanes	5	3	.625	2	0	1.000	3	3	.500
Chicago Blackhawks	7	7	.500	5	3	.625	2	4	.333
Cleveland Barons	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0
Colorado Avalanche	6	8	.429	4	3	.571	2	5	.286
Dallas Stars	5	8	.385	3	3	.500	2	5	.286
Detroit Red Wings	14	11	.560	11	5	.688	3	6	.333
Edmonton Oilers	6	4	.600	3	1	.750	3	3	.500
Florida Panthers	1	1	.500	0	1	.000	1	0	1.000
Los Angeles Kings	7	4	.636	2	1	.667	5	3	.625
Minnesota Wild	3	0	1.000	0	0		3	0	1.000
Montreal Canadiens	14	9	.609	8	3	.727	6	6	.500
Nashville Predators	1	2	.333	0	1	.000	1	1	.500
New Jersey Devils	7	7	.500	3	2	.600	4	5	.444
New York Islanders	3	5	.375	0	1	.000	3	4	.429
New York Rangers	9	6	.600	7	1	.875	2	5	.286
Ottawa Senators	0	6	.000	0	1	.000	0	5	.000
Philadelphia Flyers	9	7	.562	6	3	.667	3	4	.429
Pittsburgh Penguins	10	7	.588	4	7	.364	6	0	1.000
San Jose Sharks	8	4	.667	5	1	.833	3	3	.500
St. Louis Blues	10	8	.556	5	2	.714	5	6	.455
Tampa Bay Lightning	5	3	.625	3	1	.750	2	2	.500
Toronto Maple Leafs	12	12	.500	7	1	.875	5	11	.312
Vancouver Canucks	6	5	.545	4	3	.571	2	2	.500
Vegas Golden Knights	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000
Washington Capitals	5	12	.294	3	9	.250	2	3	.400
Winnipeg Jets	1	0	1.000	0	0		1	0	1.000

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