Teams having the lead in a game

[Gary Zentner]

I aM Florida Panther fan and I am extremely disappointed with the number of games this season in which they have held the lead at some point but have found a way to lose in regulation, overtime or a shootout. To be clear, they held the lead in each of their last four games and lost all four of them.

Does anyone know where one can find the statistic for the number of games in which each team has held the lead at some point in the game. All wins, overtime wins and shootout wins are included along with all losses of any kind when a team held the lead at some point (leading at some point during a shootout but losing would not count).

My hypothesis is that the Floroda Panthers are a top-10 team in the NHL in this category.

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[SniperHF]

NHLs site doesn't include leading at any time but does it at the period marks and also score first/trail first

The Panthers have the 7th most losses when they scored first in the game.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?repor...=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=lossScore1st


They have the second worst winning % when leading after 1 period:
http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?repor...ter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=winPctgAfterLead1p

And the second worst winning% when leading after 2 periods:
http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?repor...ter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=winPctgAfterLead2p

So your guess was basically right. They blow a good amount of the leads they build.

 

[morehockeystats]

The Panthers are worse by a margin in keeping leads. They are middle of the pack coming back from behind:
https://morehockeystats.com/teams/strikebacks

 

[goeb]

Yea Panthers have been frustrating this year as you know they have the personnel to contend for the playoffs but they have an atypical knack for blowing leads by 2 goals and giving up late goals in close games.

A lot of non-playoff teams though have issues holding the lead. In the Panthers' case, I'd have to imagine a lot of that falls on the poor goaltending they have been getting.

 

[islandersbob]

I'd say that Jack Capuano is a big part of the problem. Everything you describe that the Panthers are going through is exactly what the Isles went through during his entire tenure. Terrible at protecting leads, gave up an insane amount of end of period/end of game goals, but average to above when coming back from 2 goals down.