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	2283-1742	.567	451-260	.634	442-268	.623	354-357	.498	344-366	.485	370-221	.626	217-194	.528	105-76	.580
Overtime Games	399-398	.501	66-58	.532	75-63	.543	69-74	.483	61-74	.452	67-58	.536	38-49	.437	23-22	.511
Closeout Games	374-233	.616							33-18	.647	134-73	.647	102-66	.607
Elimination Games	343-337	.504							57-87	.396	66-46	.589	115-128	.473

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	121	17.0	142	20.0	144	20.3	83	11.7	490	68.9	38	5.3	85	12.0	98	13.8	221	31.1	711
Any Series, Up 2-1			127	24.7	148	28.7	86	16.7	361	70.1			68	13.2	86	16.7	154	29.9	515
Any Series, Up 3-1			180	56.4	79	24.8	31	9.7	290	90.9					29	9.1	29	9.1	319
Any Series, Up 3-2					229	55.9	94	22.9	323	78.8					87	21.2	87	21.2	410
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	20.0	144	20.3	83	11.7	490	68.9	38	5.3	85	12.0	98	13.8	221	31.1	711
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	12.7	55	21.2	29	11.2	149	57.3	21	8.1	40	15.4	50	19.2	111	42.7	260
Win Game 2, Series 1-1			37	11.2	62	18.8	70	21.3	169	51.4	41	12.5	68	20.7	51	15.5	160	48.6	329
Home			20	12.3	29	17.8	41	25.2	90	55.2	14	8.6	38	23.3	21	12.9	73	44.8	163
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	23.7	85	25.8	59	17.9	222	67.5			45	13.7	62	18.8	107	32.5	329
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	28.3	36	21.7	36	21.7	119	71.7			21	12.7	26	15.7	47	28.3	166
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	51.9	66	27.2	26	10.7	218	89.7					25	10.3	25	10.3	243
Home			38	39.2	35	36.1	11	11.3	84	86.6					13	13.4	13	13.4	97
Away			88	60.3	31	21.2	15	10.3	134	91.8					12	8.2	12	8.2	146
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	20.9	29	20.9			79	56.8	31	22.3	110	79.1	139
Home							14	21.2	14	21.2			40	60.6	12	18.2	52	78.8	66
Away							15	20.5	15	20.5			39	53.4	19	26.0	58	79.5	73
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

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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	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	31	.516
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	17	10	.630
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

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	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	4	5	.444	0	1	.000	4	4	.500
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	5	3	.625	3	1	.750	2	2	.500
Toronto Maple Leafs	12	12	.500	7	1	.875	5	11	.312
Vancouver Canucks	6	6	.500	4	3	.571	2	3	.400
Vegas Golden Knights	1	1	.500	1	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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