NHL Coach Database

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Stats Glossary

GPGames Coached

Total games the coach was the head coach for.

WWins

Games the team won while the coach was the head coach. This includes overtime wins too.

OTWOvertime Wins

Games the team won in overtime. In regular season this does not include shootout wins. In playoffs, overtime wins are the only extra-time wins there are.

Shown whenever the current coach table view has OTW data at all. A value of 0 still stays visible.

LLosses

Games the team lost in regular time. Overtime and shootout losses show up in the OTL column instead.

OTLOvertime Losses

In regular season: games the team lost in overtime or a shootout. In playoffs: games the team lost in overtime.

The NHL only started tracking this in the 1999-2000 season. Coaches from earlier eras don't have this stat. The column only hides when the current view has no OTL data at all, and a value of 0 still stays visible.

Win%Win Percentage

W / GPHow often the team won. It's wins divided by the total games the coach was the head coach for. Older coaches can look worse here because many games used to end in ties, which count as games but not as wins.

Shown as a number with 3 decimal places, like 0.547.

PtsStandings Points

Points the team earned in the standings while the coach was the head coach. A win is worth 2 points, an overtime or shootout loss is worth 1 point, and a regulation loss is worth 0 points.

Shown in regular-season view only. Hidden during playoffs.

Pts%Point Percentage

Pts / (GP × 2)How many of the available standings points the team actually picked up. Each game is worth up to 2 points per team, so a team that wins every game ends at 1.000.

Shown in regular-season view only. Hidden during playoffs.

Shown as a number with 3 decimal places, like 0.623.

GFGoals For

Total goals the coach's team scored.

GAGoals Against

Total goals opponents scored on the coach's team.

GDGoal Differential

GF − GAGoals scored minus Goals conceded. A positive number means the team scored more than it conceded.

Positive numbers show a plus sign in front, like +64.

GF%Goals For Percentage

GF / (GF + GA) × 100Of all the goals scored in the coach's games (both teams combined), what share were scored by the coach's team. A quick way to see whether the coach's team outscored its opponents overall.

Shown as a percentage with 1 decimal place, like 54.7%.

SFShots For

Total shots on goal the coach's team attempted.

SAShots Against

Total shots on goal the coach's team faced.

SF%Shots For Percentage

SF / (SF + SA) × 100Of all the shots on goal in the coach's games (both teams combined), what share were taken by the coach's team. A rough way to tell whether the coach's team had the puck more than its opponents.

Shown as a percentage with 1 decimal place, like 52.1%.

RankLeague Rank / Playoff Result

In regular-season view: where the team finished in the overall league standings that season, shown as rank/total teams when the total is known, like 5/32. It falls back to just 5 on older seasons where the team-count is not available. In playoff view: how far the team went that year, like R1, R2, CF (Conference Final), SCF (Stanley Cup Final), or WON 🏆 (Stanley Cup winner). For older seasons with legacy bracket names, the raw series name may be shown instead.

Shown only when looking at a single season.

PlayoffsMade Playoffs

Did the coach's team make the playoffs that season? Yes or No.

Shown in regular-season view only.

CupsStanley Cup Wins

How many Stanley Cups the coach has won during their career.

Shown in career-total view only.

Cups%Stanley Cup Win Rate

Cups / Total Seasons × 100Out of all the seasons in the coach's career, how often they won a Stanley Cup.

Shown in career-total, regular-season view only.

Shown as a percentage with 1 decimal place, like 11.1%.