Is your favorite team playing the Habs soon? It’s better if it’s on a Friday. If you’re a Habs fan you would hope the team only plays on Thursdays. Why? The Habs’ worst win percentage is when game day is Friday. Their best win percentage comes on Thursdays.

I’ve assembled the win percentages for each team, by day of the week. The numbers cover all games from the 2003-2004 season all the way up until the October 27th games played in this season. This represents ~715 games of data for each club.

As a lifelong Habs fan I was certain the team lost more often on Saturdays than any other day of the week. I felt tortured week after week while watching them lose on Saturday nights. They seemed to try and lose specifically on that day, in any number of ways, on a nationally televised broadcast. Sitting with popcorn in hand and friends over to watch the game, I blamed it on the infamous Montreal nightlife. The players’ minds were elsewhere, thinking of post-game festivities. That’s hogwash of course, and the numbers confirm it. Their 49.5% win percentage on Saturdays is no worse than other days of the week.

Some things I’ve discovered.

Toronto has played 0 home games on a Sunday in the last 10 seasons. Toronto has only played 1 Friday home game in the last 10 seasons. Montreal has played 2. These are the result of maintaining the tradition of Saturday games in the Canadian markets. Highest total (Home and Road) winning percentage? Detroit on Wednesdays. 66.0% via 68 wins in 103 Wednesday games. Highest Home winning percentage? Excluding Toronto (1 win in only 1 game on Friday) and Montreal (2 wins in only 2 Friday games) it would be Anaheim on Mondays. 76.7% via 23 wins in 30 Monday games. Highest Road winning percentage? Boston on Thursdays. 66.7% via 24 wins in 36 Thursday games. Lowest total (Home and Road) winning percentage? Edmonton on Tuesdays. 32.0% via 41 wins in 128 Tuesday games. Lowest Home winning percentage? St. Louis on Wednesdays. 27.3% via 3 wins in 11 Wednesday games. Lowest Road winning percentage? Columbus on Mondays. 19.0% via 4 wins in 21 Monday games.

Number crunchers rejoice!

Overall, the numbers are hard to digest. I’m posting them all here for someone else to get more insight than I’ve provided above. Please share any interesting findings in the Comments section.

Below you can find 3 large tables with the day of the week data for Total (Road & Home) games (Table 1), Home only games (Table 2), and Road only games (Table 3). The number of games, number of wins, and winning percentage are available for each day of the week, for each of the 30 teams.

Table 1 of 3. Total (Home & Road) Win Percentages by Day of the Week

Scroll left and right using the slider at the bottom of the table to be able to see all data in the table. 15 teams are displayed for easier viewing and the other 15 can be viewed by selecting ‘Next’ at the bottom-right of each table. All columns of data are sortable by clicking on the column header.

Team MONgames MONwins MONwin% TUEgames TUEwins TUEwin% WEDgames WEDwins WEDwin% THUgames THUwins THUwin% FRIgames FRIwins FRIwin% SATgames SATwins SATwin% SUNgames SUNwins SUNwin% ANA 62 38 61.3 80 42 52.5 141 76 53.9 62 26 41.9 131 60 45.8 109 53 48.6 131 73 55.7 BOS 67 35 52.2 115 59 51.3 61 36 59 168 91 54.2 40 17 42.5 207 102 49.3 56 28 50 BUF 57 30 52.6 95 55 57.9 109 59 54.1 92 49 53.3 131 77 58.8 189 79 41.8 44 23 52.3 CAR 57 29 50.9 116 56 48.3 85 36 42.4 114 57 50 112 60 53.6 176 77 43.8 55 24 43.6 CBJ 54 24 44.4 115 44 38.3 83 34 41 106 43 40.6 118 56 47.5 165 67 40.6 74 24 32.4 CGY 71 29 40.8 132 74 56.1 82 42 51.2 123 58 47.2 97 48 49.5 139 77 55.4 71 33 46.5 CHI 36 18 50 94 43 45.7 116 65 56 86 38 44.2 122 58 47.5 121 55 45.5 140 69 49.3 COL 80 42 52.5 106 56 52.8 95 41 43.2 114 47 41.2 86 44 51.2 146 73 50 88 40 45.5 DAL 75 38 50.7 86 43 50 102 53 52 114 54 47.4 108 65 60.2 162 82 50.6 67 37 55.2 DET 76 49 64.5 90 49 54.4 103 68 66 115 68 59.1 94 59 62.8 165 93 56.4 73 44 60.3 EDM 75 38 50.7 128 41 32 74 27 36.5 135 55 40.7 85 42 49.4 139 52 37.4 81 39 48.1 FLA 61 21 34.4 111 51 45.9 91 30 33 129 55 42.6 95 44 46.3 170 72 42.4 59 24 40.7 LAK 91 40 44 102 51 50 75 31 41.3 156 71 45.5 48 18 37.5 195 94 48.2 49 25 51 MIN 54 21 38.9 122 55 45.1 81 41 50.6 129 67 51.9 93 42 45.2 149 73 49 88 45 51.1 MTL 52 26 50 146 79 54.1 70 33 47.1 145 79 54.5 55 22 40 210 104 49.5 37 19 51.4 NJD 48 17 35.4 112 61 54.5 89 53 59.6 103 56 54.4 120 67 55.8 179 99 55.3 64 37 57.8 NSH 61 26 42.6 132 63 47.7 64 28 43.8 160 95 59.4 55 25 45.5 195 119 61 49 24 49 NYI 67 26 38.8 127 57 44.9 67 27 40.3 147 52 35.4 68 29 42.6 196 95 48.5 43 15 34.9 NYR 78 45 57.7 105 45 42.9 76 41 53.9 135 68 50.4 64 31 48.4 168 85 50.6 87 45 51.7 OTT 64 34 53.1 129 72 55.8 64 31 48.4 155 90 58.1 63 27 42.9 191 92 48.2 49 22 44.9 PHI 54 26 48.1 119 63 52.9 70 39 55.7 145 67 46.2 63 31 49.2 192 97 50.5 71 31 43.7 PHX 74 27 36.5 107 50 46.7 77 40 51.9 161 83 51.6 55 23 41.8 181 82 45.3 61 23 37.7 PIT 61 30 49.2 113 65 57.5 88 36 40.9 118 66 55.9 82 41 50 175 93 53.1 78 43 55.1 SJS 70 45 64.3 110 65 59.1 85 46 54.1 147 82 55.8 65 39 60 177 107 60.5 62 33 53.2 STL 54 27 50 121 57 47.1 75 27 36 138 66 47.8 82 42 51.2 176 82 46.6 67 29 43.3 TBL 57 25 43.9 136 60 44.1 61 26 42.6 152 75 49.3 75 35 46.7 181 88 48.6 53 23 43.4 TOR 72 40 55.6 153 68 44.4 58 25 43.1 144 67 46.5 55 20 36.4 213 104 48.8 21 8 38.1 VAN 71 34 47.9 122 70 57.4 82 50 61 135 78 57.8 82 47 57.3 142 82 57.7 83 45 54.2 WPG 50 28 56 123 53 43.1 70 28 40 133 53 39.8 106 52 49.1 170 78 45.9 65 29 44.6 WSH 59 27 45.8 117 60 51.3 90 47 52.2 115 54 47 96 40 41.7 172 85 49.4 66 36 54.5

Table 2 of 3. Home Win Percentages by Day of the Week

Scroll left and right using the slider at the bottom of the table to be able to see all data in the table. 15 teams are displayed for easier viewing and the other 15 can be viewed by selecting ‘Next’ at the bottom-right of each table. All columns of data are sortable by clicking on the column header.



Team MONgames MONwins MONwin% TUEgames TUEwins TUEwin% WEDgames WEDwins WEDwin% THUgames THUwins THUwin% FRIgames FRIwins FRIwin% SATgames SATwins SATwin% SUNgames SUNwins SUNwin% ANA 30 23 76.7 21 13 61.9 98 61 62.2 9 5 55.6 83 43 51.8 16 9 56.3 100 58 58 BOS 32 14 43.8 44 23 52.3 12 8 66.7 132 67 50.8 13 6 46.2 115 63 54.8 10 4 40 BUF 23 11 47.8 40 22 55 73 42 57.5 33 21 63.6 106 63 59.4 63 29 46 21 9 42.9 CAR 25 13 52 57 26 45.6 40 18 45 68 39 57.4 64 40 62.5 71 39 54.9 32 13 40.6 CBJ 33 20 60.6 60 33 55 50 24 48 39 17 43.6 67 34 50.7 69 33 47.8 40 13 32.5 CGY 35 18 51.4 73 48 65.8 47 31 66 53 30 56.6 56 31 55.4 73 41 56.2 19 12 63.2 CHI 16 11 68.8 28 19 67.9 80 50 62.5 30 12 40 69 37 53.6 27 12 44.4 109 54 49.5 COL 44 23 52.3 59 36 61 50 23 46 55 23 41.8 37 21 56.8 67 37 55.2 46 27 58.7 DAL 35 22 62.9 37 19 51.4 62 33 53.2 50 25 50 68 44 64.7 68 41 60.3 37 22 59.5 DET 40 28 70 38 23 60.5 69 52 75.4 57 34 59.6 59 37 62.7 60 40 66.7 36 21 58.3 EDM 35 22 62.9 69 25 36.2 39 13 33.3 70 35 50 45 18 40 67 30 44.8 31 18 58.1 FLA 32 9 28.1 37 19 51.4 56 21 37.5 60 29 48.3 63 32 50.8 79 43 54.4 32 14 43.8 LAK 53 26 49.1 36 22 61.1 21 10 47.6 95 46 48.4 10 5 50 130 67 51.5 13 8 61.5 MIN 23 11 47.8 65 34 52.3 47 28 59.6 59 31 52.5 41 25 61 72 42 58.3 51 30 58.8 MTL 31 17 54.8 97 59 60.8 22 13 59.1 52 30 57.7 2 2 100 137 66 48.2 18 9 50 NJD 15 9 60 53 30 56.6 63 42 66.7 44 27 61.4 84 48 57.1 63 36 57.1 33 22 66.7 NSH 26 11 42.3 74 41 55.4 8 6 75 102 66 64.7 10 5 50 129 85 65.9 10 4 40 NYI 39 17 43.6 68 30 44.1 30 17 56.7 62 25 40.3 17 9 52.9 120 66 55 23 7 30.4 NYR 55 34 61.8 58 24 41.4 38 20 52.6 70 35 50 19 12 63.2 44 28 63.6 68 38 55.9 OTT 31 18 58.1 61 36 59 19 11 57.9 99 59 59.6 22 10 45.5 110 56 50.9 14 9 64.3 PHI 30 16 53.3 56 35 62.5 28 15 53.6 93 40 43 23 14 60.9 105 54 51.4 23 12 52.2 PHX 32 18 56.3 46 21 45.7 24 15 62.5 93 55 59.1 21 7 33.3 127 58 45.7 14 4 28.6 PIT 28 14 50 68 40 58.8 51 23 45.1 45 29 64.4 37 24 64.9 87 46 52.9 43 28 65.1 SJS 28 17 60.7 57 36 63.2 31 20 64.5 92 56 60.9 21 16 76.2 113 72 63.7 15 11 73.3 STL 26 16 61.5 77 37 48.1 11 3 27.3 73 42 57.5 39 25 64.1 106 52 49.1 26 11 42.3 TBL 25 11 44 76 37 48.7 26 15 57.7 78 46 59 38 20 52.6 100 54 54 16 8 50 TOR 45 25 55.6 108 48 44.4 20 10 50 46 23 50 1 1 100 139 68 48.9 0 0 0 VAN 37 23 62.2 55 36 65.5 44 28 63.6 55 34 61.8 35 18 51.4 80 48 60 50 31 62 WPG 21 14 66.7 55 24 43.6 36 15 41.7 77 33 42.9 66 31 47 67 41 61.2 38 19 50 WSH 29 13 44.8 59 29 49.2 47 28 59.6 47 31 66 57 26 45.6 71 42 59.2 48 28 58.3

Table 3 of 3. Road Win Percentages by Day of the Week

Scroll left and right using the slider at the bottom of the table to be able to see all data in the table. 15 teams are displayed for easier viewing and the other 15 can be viewed by selecting ‘Next’ at the bottom-right of each table. All columns of data are sortable by clicking on the column header.



Team MONgames MONwins MONwin% TUEgames TUEwins TUEwin% WEDgames WEDwins WEDwin% THUgames THUwins THUwin% FRIgames FRIwins FRIwin% SATgames SATwins SATwin% SUNgames SUNwins SUNwin% ANA 32 15 46.9 59 29 49.2 43 15 34.9 53 21 39.6 48 17 35.4 93 44 47.3 31 15 48.4 BOS 35 21 60 71 36 50.7 49 28 57.1 36 24 66.7 27 11 40.7 92 39 42.4 46 24 52.2 BUF 34 19 55.9 55 33 60 36 17 47.2 59 28 47.5 25 14 56 126 50 39.7 23 14 60.9 CAR 32 16 50 59 30 50.8 45 18 40 46 18 39.1 48 20 41.7 105 38 36.2 23 11 47.8 CBJ 21 4 19 55 11 20 33 10 30.3 67 26 38.8 51 22 43.1 96 34 35.4 34 11 32.4 CGY 36 11 30.6 59 26 44.1 35 11 31.4 70 28 40 41 17 41.5 66 36 54.5 52 21 40.4 CHI 20 7 35 66 24 36.4 36 15 41.7 56 26 46.4 53 21 39.6 94 43 45.7 31 15 48.4 COL 36 19 52.8 47 20 42.6 45 18 40 59 24 40.7 49 23 46.9 79 36 45.6 42 13 31 DAL 40 16 40 49 24 49 40 20 50 64 29 45.3 40 21 52.5 94 41 43.6 30 15 50 DET 36 21 58.3 52 26 50 34 16 47.1 58 34 58.6 35 22 62.9 105 53 50.5 37 23 62.2 EDM 40 16 40 59 16 27.1 35 14 40 65 20 30.8 40 24 60 72 22 30.6 50 21 42 FLA 29 12 41.4 74 32 43.2 35 9 25.7 69 26 37.7 32 12 37.5 91 29 31.9 27 10 37 LAK 38 14 36.8 66 29 43.9 54 21 38.9 61 25 41 38 13 34.2 65 27 41.5 36 17 47.2 MIN 31 10 32.3 57 21 36.8 34 13 38.2 70 36 51.4 52 17 32.7 77 31 40.3 37 15 40.5 MTL 21 9 42.9 49 20 40.8 48 20 41.7 93 49 52.7 53 20 37.7 73 38 52.1 19 10 52.6 NJD 33 8 24.2 59 31 52.5 26 11 42.3 59 29 49.2 36 19 52.8 116 63 54.3 31 15 48.4 NSH 35 15 42.9 58 22 37.9 56 22 39.3 58 29 50 45 20 44.4 66 34 51.5 39 20 51.3 NYI 28 9 32.1 59 27 45.8 37 10 27 85 27 31.8 51 20 39.2 76 29 38.2 20 8 40 NYR 23 11 47.8 47 21 44.7 38 21 55.3 65 33 50.8 45 19 42.2 124 57 46 19 7 36.8 OTT 33 16 48.5 68 36 52.9 45 20 44.4 56 31 55.4 41 17 41.5 81 36 44.4 35 13 37.1 PHI 24 10 41.7 63 28 44.4 42 24 57.1 52 27 51.9 40 17 42.5 87 43 49.4 48 19 39.6 PHX 42 9 21.4 61 29 47.5 53 25 47.2 68 28 41.2 34 16 47.1 54 24 44.4 47 19 40.4 PIT 33 16 48.5 45 25 55.6 37 13 35.1 73 37 50.7 45 17 37.8 88 47 53.4 35 15 42.9 SJS 42 28 66.7 53 29 54.7 54 26 48.1 55 26 47.3 44 23 52.3 64 35 54.7 47 22 46.8 STL 28 11 39.3 44 20 45.5 64 24 37.5 65 24 36.9 43 17 39.5 70 30 42.9 41 18 43.9 TBL 32 14 43.8 60 23 38.3 35 11 31.4 74 29 39.2 37 15 40.5 81 34 42 37 15 40.5 TOR 27 15 55.6 45 20 44.4 38 15 39.5 98 44 44.9 54 19 35.2 74 36 48.6 21 8 38.1 VAN 34 11 32.4 67 34 50.7 38 22 57.9 80 44 55 47 29 61.7 62 34 54.8 33 14 42.4 WPG 29 14 48.3 68 29 42.6 34 13 38.2 56 20 35.7 40 21 52.5 103 37 35.9 27 10 37 WSH 30 14 46.7 58 31 53.4 43 19 44.2 68 23 33.8 39 14 35.9 101 43 42.6 18 8 44.4

What can you uncover in the data? Comment below.