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	2330-1785	.566	458-269	.630	451-275	.621	360-367	.495	355-371	.489	374-230	.619	225-196	.534	107-77	.582
Overtime Games	413-413	.500	67-60	.528	76-66	.535	73-77	.487	65-76	.461	68-62	.523	41-50	.451	23-22	.511
Closeout Games	384-237	.618							35-18	.660	135-76	.640	107-66	.618
Elimination Games	350-343	.505							58-88	.397	67-48	.583	118-130	.476

Series Results When ...

Series Results When ... Table
Scenario	W4		W5		W6		W7		Tot W		L5		L6		L7		Tot L		Num Series
Any Series, Up 1-0	124	17.1	144	19.8	147	20.2	84	11.6	499	68.6	39	5.4	89	12.2	100	13.8	228	31.4	727
Any Series, Up 2-1			129	24.5	152	28.8	88	16.7	369	70.0			71	13.5	87	16.5	158	30.0	527
Any Series, Up 3-1			183	56.1	81	24.8	32	9.8	296	90.8					30	9.2	30	9.2	326
Any Series, Up 3-2					236	56.2	96	22.9	332	79.0					88	21.0	88	21.0	420
Any Series, Up 3-0	124	62.0	54	27.0	13	6.5	5	2.5	196	98.0					4	2.0	4	2.0	200
Any Series, Up 2-0	124	31.9	103	26.5	78	20.1	32	8.2	337	86.6			24	6.2	28	7.2	52	13.4	389
Win Game 1, Series 1-0	124	17.1	144	19.8	147	20.2	84	11.6	499	68.6	39	5.4	89	12.2	100	13.8	228	31.4	727
Home	90	19.7	110	24.0	90	19.7	54	11.8	344	75.1	18	3.9	48	10.5	48	10.5	114	24.9	458
Away	34	12.6	34	12.6	57	21.2	30	11.2	155	57.6	21	7.8	41	15.2	52	19.3	114	42.4	269
Win Game 2, Series 1-1			38	11.3	65	19.3	72	21.4	175	51.9	41	12.2	69	20.5	52	15.4	162	48.1	337
Home			20	11.9	30	17.9	43	25.6	93	55.4	14	8.3	39	23.2	22	13.1	75	44.6	168
Away			18	10.7	35	20.7	29	17.2	82	48.5	27	16.0	30	17.8	30	17.8	87	51.5	169
Win Game 2, Series 2-0	124	31.9	103	26.5	78	20.1	32	8.2	337	86.6			24	6.2	28	7.2	52	13.4	389
Home	89	31.4	82	29.0	57	20.1	23	8.1	251	88.7			13	4.6	19	6.7	32	11.3	283
Away	35	33.0	21	19.8	21	19.8	9	8.5	86	81.1			11	10.4	9	8.5	20	18.9	106
Win Game 3, Series 2-1			79	23.4	87	25.8	61	18.1	227	67.4			47	13.9	63	18.7	110	32.6	337
Home			32	19.4	50	30.3	23	13.9	105	63.6			24	14.5	36	21.8	60	36.4	165
Away			47	27.3	37	21.5	38	22.1	122	70.9			23	13.4	27	15.7	50	29.1	172
Win Game 3, Series 3-0	124	62.0	54	27.0	13	6.5	5	2.5	196	98.0					4	2.0	4	2.0	200
Home	34	60.7	14	25.0	5	8.9	2	3.6	55	98.2					1	1.8	1	1.8	56
Away	90	62.5	40	27.8	8	5.6	3	2.1	141	97.9					3	2.1	3	2.1	144
Win Game 3, Series 1-2					24	12.7	24	12.7	48	25.4	49	25.9	65	34.4	27	14.3	141	74.6	189
Home					13	9.4	16	11.5	29	20.9	41	29.5	50	36.0	19	13.7	110	79.1	139
Away					11	22.0	8	16.0	19	38.0	8	16.0	15	30.0	8	16.0	31	62.0	50
Win Game 4, Series 3-1			128	51.4	68	27.3	27	10.8	223	89.6					26	10.4	26	10.4	249
Home			40	40.0	36	36.0	11	11.0	87	87.0					13	13.0	13	13.0	100
Away			88	59.1	32	21.5	16	10.7	136	91.3					13	8.7	13	8.7	149
Win Game 4, Series 2-2					71	25.6	61	22.0	132	47.7			84	30.3	61	22.0	145	52.3	277
Home					37	22.8	30	18.5	67	41.4			55	34.0	40	24.7	95	58.6	162
Away					34	29.6	31	27.0	65	56.5			29	25.2	21	18.3	50	43.5	115
Win Game 4, Series 1-3							4	5.3	4	5.3	54	71.1	13	17.1	5	6.6	72	94.7	76
Home							3	5.2	3	5.2	43	74.1	8	13.8	4	6.9	55	94.8	58
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					155	56.0	64	23.1	219	79.1					58	20.9	58	20.9	277
Home					90	52.6	48	28.1	138	80.7					33	19.3	33	19.3	171
Away					65	61.3	16	15.1	81	76.4					25	23.6	25	23.6	106
Win Game 5, Series 2-3							30	21.0	30	21.0			81	56.6	32	22.4	113	79.0	143
Home							14	20.9	14	20.9			41	61.2	12	17.9	53	79.1	67
Away							16	21.1	16	21.1			40	52.6	20	26.3	60	78.9	76
Win Game 6, Series 3-3							88	47.8	88	47.8					96	52.2	96	52.2	184
Home							50	42.4	50	42.4					68	57.6	68	57.6	118
Away							38	57.6	38	57.6					28	42.4	28	42.4	66

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Series Records by Franchise

Series Records by Franchise Table
Team	W	L	Pct.
Anaheim Ducks	16	13	.552
Arizona Coyotes	4	20	.167
Boston Bruins	63	68	.481
Buffalo Sabres	21	29	.420
Calgary Flames	16	29	.356
Carolina Hurricanes	13	15	.464
Chicago Blackhawks	56	57	.496
Cleveland Barons	0	2	.000
Colorado Avalanche	28	24	.538
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	6	.143
Dallas Stars	33	32	.508
Detroit Red Wings	68	53	.562
Edmonton Oilers	35	17	.673
Florida Panthers	3	6	.333
Hamilton Tigers	0	1	.000
Los Angeles Kings	21	28	.429
Minnesota Wild	4	10	.286
Montreal Canadiens	94	60	.610
Montreal Maroons	10	9	.526
Nashville Predators	7	13	.350
New Jersey Devils	25	20	.556
New York Americans	2	5	.286
New York Islanders	36	23	.610
New York Rangers	53	55	.491
Ottawa Senators	11	16	.407
Ottawa Senators	4	6	.400
Philadelphia Flyers	44	38	.537
Pittsburgh Penguins	40	30	.571
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	2	.000
San Jose Sharks	20	21	.488
St. Louis Blues	31	43	.419
Tampa Bay Lightning	22	10	.688
Toronto Maple Leafs	56	56	.500
Vancouver Canucks	17	28	.378
Vegas Golden Knights	7	4	.636
Washington Capitals	20	30	.400
Winnipeg Jets	3	5	.375

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	9	.400	4	4	.500	2	5	.286
Dallas Stars	6	8	.429	3	3	.500	3	5	.375
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	1	.750	0	0		3	1	.750
Montreal Canadiens	15	9	.625	8	3	.727	7	6	.538
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	4	6	.400	0	1	.000	4	5	.444
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	8	.529	6	4	.600	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	6	3	.667	4	1	.800	2	2	.500
Toronto Maple Leafs	12	13	.480	7	2	.778	5	11	.312
Vancouver Canucks	6	6	.500	4	3	.571	2	3	.400
Vegas Golden Knights	2	1	.667	2	0	1.000	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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