NHL STREAK TRACKER · STREAK TYPES
EVERY STREAK EXPLAINED.
BY THE STREAKOKEY TEAM AT VIBR8LAB · LAST REVIEWED
Skater Streaks
FORWARDS AND DEFENCE
Point Streak
A skater records at least one point (a goal or an assist) in consecutive games played. Games the skater misses, through injury or a scratch, are skipped rather than ending the streak; a game played without a point ends it.
Goal Streak
A skater scores at least one goal in consecutive games played. Assists don't count. Missed games are skipped; a game played without a goal ends it.
Drought
A skater goes consecutive games played without recording a point: no goals, no assists. Missed games are skipped; the first point ends it.
Games Played
A player dresses and plays in consecutive team games. Any team game the player misses, through injury, a healthy scratch or anything else, ends it. A backup goalie who never gets on the ice hasn't played.
Games Benched
A player misses consecutive team games, whether through a healthy scratch, an injury or any other absence. It ends the first time the player gets into a game. Only players with at least one game in the segment are listed.
Goalie Streaks
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Win Streak
A goalie is credited with the win in consecutive decisions. Games where the goalie gets no decision are skipped; a regulation, overtime or shootout loss ends it.
Losing Streak
A goalie is charged with the loss in consecutive decisions, counting overtime and shootout losses. Games without a decision are skipped; a win ends it.
Shutout Streak
A goalie records a shutout in consecutive starts. Relief appearances are skipped; a start with a goal against ends it.
Winning Game
A goalie plays in consecutive games the team wins, whether or not the goalie earns the decision. Games the goalie doesn't play are skipped; playing in a loss ends it.
Losing Game
A goalie plays in consecutive games the team loses, whether or not the goalie takes the decision. Games the goalie doesn't play are skipped; playing in a win ends it.
Questions
QUICK ANSWERS
Are playoff games included in Streakokey streaks?
Yes, but they are counted separately. Streakokey splits each NHL season into a regular-season segment and a playoff segment, and every streak lives inside one segment: a run that is still going when the regular season ends does not carry into the playoffs. Leaderboards show the current segment, and the footer names it.
Does an injury end a streak?
It depends on the streak. Point streaks, goal streaks and droughts only count games the player actually plays, so games missed through injury are skipped and the streak resumes when the player returns. A games-played streak is different: any missed team game, injury included, ends it and starts a games-benched streak instead.
How often is the data updated?
Once a day. After each night's games are final, Streakokey pulls the official box scores from the NHL's public API and rebuilds every streak from scratch. The date and time of the last successful update appears at the bottom of every page, in Eastern time, so you can always tell how fresh the numbers are.
What happens to streaks between seasons?
When a segment ends, every streak still open is closed at its last game, so nothing is labelled active over the summer or between the regular season and the playoffs. Leaderboards keep showing the finished segment, marked final, until the site switches to the next one. From then on, every streak starts again from zero.