NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

OVERALL TEAM PLAYOFF PERFORMANCE

(since formation of NHL in 1917-1918)


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| Team  Active               | Cups  Initial  Yrs.  % Won   Yrs.  |    No.      W   L   % Won  |   GP    GW   GL  GT  % Won |
| Rank  Team Name            |  Won   Season  Tot.   Cups  missed |  Series            Series  |                      Games |
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|  1.   Edmonton Oilers      |   5   1979-80   31    .161    11   |     49     34  15    .694  |  251   152   99   0   .606 |
|  2.   New York Islanders   |   4   1972-73   38    .105    17   |     47     30  17    .638  |  240   134  106   0   .558 |
|  3.   Montreal Canadiens   |  23   1917-18   93    .247    14   |  ! 144     89  55    .617  |  710   409  293   8   .582 |
|  4.   Anaheim Mighty Ducks |   1   1993-94   17    .059     9   |     18     11   7    .611  |   98    55   43   0   .561 |
|  5.   Tampa Bay Lightning  |   1   1992-93   18    .056    12   |     12      7   5    .583  |   69    37   32   0   .536 |
|  6.   Detroit Red Wings**  |  11   1926-27   84    .131    25   |    115     67  48    .583  |  586   312  273   1   .533 |
|  7.   Colorado Avalanche++ |   2   1979-80   31    .065    10   |     44     25  19    .568  |  249   132  117   0   .530 |
|  8.   Philadelphia Flyers  |   2   1967-68   43    .047     8   |     75     42  33    .560  |  403   209  194   0   .519 |
|  9.   New Jersey Devils*** |   3   1974-75   36    .083    15   |     40     22  18    .550  |  230   122  108   0   .530 |
| 10.   Pittsburgh Penguins  |   3   1967-68   43    .070    17   |     51     28  23    .549  |  277   150  127   0   .542 |
| 11.   Toronto Maple Leafs* |  13   1917-18   93    .140    29   |    109     58  51    .532  |  524   252  268   4   .485 |
| 12.   Dallas Stars*****    |   1   1967-68   43    .023    14   |     56     28  28    .500  |  307   154  153   0   .502 |
| 13.   Florida Panthers     |   0   1993-94   17    .000    14   |      6      3   3    .500  |   31    13   18   0   .419 |
| 14.   San Jose Sharks      |   0   1991-92   19    .000     5   |     27     13  14    .481  |  158    76   82   0   .481 |
| 15.   New York Rangers     |   4   1926-27   84    .048    31   |     93     44  49    .473  |  423   199  216   8   .480 |
| 16.   Boston Bruins        |   6   1924-25   86    .058    20   |    113     53  60    .469  |  568   275  287   6   .489 |
| 17.   Chicago Black Hawks  |   4   1926-27   84    .048    28   |     98     46  52    .469  |  457   216  236   5   .478 |
| 18.   Carolina Hurricanes+ |   1   1979-80   31    .032    18   |     22     10  12    .455  |  127    59   68   0   .465 |
| 19.   Buffalo Sabres       |   0   1970-71   40    .000    11   |     50     21  29    .420  |  256   124  132   0   .484 |
| 20.   Ottawa Senators      |   0   1992-93   18    .000     6   |     20      8  12    .400  |  109    51   58   0   .468 |
| 21.   Vancouver Canucks    |   0   1970-71   40    .000    16   |     40     16  24    .400  |  214    98  116   0   .458 |
| 22.   Minnesota Wild       |   0   2000-01   10    .000     7   |      5      2   3    .400  |   29    11   18   0   .379 |
| 23.   St. Louis Blues      |   0   1967-68   43    .000     8   |     58     23  35    .397  |  307   138  169   0   .450 |
| 24.   Calgary Flames****   |   1   1972-73   38    .026    12   |     40     15  25    .375  |  208    94  114   0   .452 |
| 25.   Washington Capitals  |   0   1974-75   36    .000    14   |     34     12  22    .353  |  191    86  105   0   .450 |
| 26.   Los Angeles Kings    |   0   1967-68   43    .000    18   |     36     11  25    .306  |  182    69  113   0   .379 |
| 27.   Nashville Predators  |   0   1998-99   12    .000     6   |      7      1   6    .143  |   40    14   26   0   .350 |
| 28.   Phoenix Coyotes+++   |   0   1979-80   31    .000    13   |     20      2  18    .110  |  103    32   71   0   .311 |
| 29.   Columbus Blue Jackets|   0   2000-01   10    .000     9   |      1      0   1    .000  |    4     0    4   0   .000 |
| 30.   Atlanta Thrashers    |   0   1999-00   11    .000    10   |      1      0   1    .000  |    4     0    4   0   .000 |
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*     Includes Toronto Arenas and Toronto St. Patricks totals
**    Includes Detroit Cougars and Detroit Falcons totals
***   Includes Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies totals
****  Includes Atlanta Flames totals
***** Includes Minnesota North Stars totals
+     Includes Hartford Whalers totals
++    Includes Quebec Nordiques totals
+++   Includes Winnipeg Jets totals
!     Includes 1919 finals which were suspended at 2-2-1

      Sources: The Encyclopedia of Hockey
	       Richard A. Crowe

Richard Crowe (rcrowe@hubble.uhh.hawaii.edu)