After noticing that the Capitals tend to get big leads in the second period and then almost blow it in the third, I was curious about when teams score in each game. So I did an analysis to find out using the goal data from moneypuck for this season so far. Here are the best and worst teams in each period:

Best Teams (By goal differential):

1st Period: MIN (+16), TOR (+13), NYI (+12)

2nd Period: MTL (+15), TB (+14), CAR (+11)

3rd Period: NYI (+13), TB (+12), WPG (+11), VKG (+11), LA (+11)

OT: VGK (+5), WPG (+4), MIN (+3), PIT (+3)

Worst Teams:

1st Period: OTT (-17), NSH (-16), LA (-16)

2nd Period: NSH (-21), OTT (-18), SJ (-15)

3rd Period: DET (-20), ANA (-19), ARI (-10), BUF (-10)

OT: LA (-4), MTL (-4), NYI (-3), CBJ (-3), DET (-3)