| 100% | CAN | 3 | Like seven teams in the N.H.L. |
| 68% | SABRES | 6 | Team in the N.H.L.'s Atlantic Division |
| 59% | WHALERS | 7 | N.H.L. team that became the Hurricanes in 1997 |
| 54% | SKATE | 5 | Play in the N.H.L. |
| 54% | OTS | 3 | Fourth periods in the N.H.L. |
| 54% | TORONTORAPTORS | 14 | Canadian team in the N.B.A. |
| 54% | MIAMIHEAT | 9 | Southernmost team in the N.B.A. |
| 53% | ATL | 3 | Thrashers' home in the N.H.L.: Abbr. |
| 52% | OTS | 3 | When golden goals happen in the N.H.L. |
| 52% | ATL | 3 | Div. in the N.H.L.'s Eastern Conference |
| 52% | HASEK | 5 | Goalie Dominik with 16 seasons in the N.H.L. |
| 52% | GANG | 4 | Jets or Sharks not found in the N.H.L. |
| 50% | EAST | 4 | One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the" |
| 50% | LOSS | 4 | An overtime one counts as a point in the N.H.L. |
| 50% | OILERS | 6 | N.H.L. team with five championship-winning seasons in the 1980s |
| 49% | TIEGAME | 7 | Outcome disallowed by the N.H.L. in 2005 |
| 49% | EUROPEAN | 8 | Like both teams in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup finals |
| 48% | CAN | 3 | Like 7 teams in the NHL but like only one in the NBA |
| 48% | BOS | 3 | One of the N.H.L.'s original six teams: Abbr. |
| 48% | QUEBECNORDIQUES | 15 | N.H.L. team that became the Colorado Avalanche |
| 48% | ASPIRATED | 9 | Like the h in "hat" |
| 47% | BROWNS | 6 | Seven-time N.F.L. East champions in the 1950's |
| 47% | BOBBYORR | 8 | N.H.L. defenseman who twice led the league in scoring |
| 46% | LASTUP | 6 | Like the home team, in baseball |
| 46% | GORDIEHOWE | 10 | Six-time winner of the N.H.L.'s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan |
| 45% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Like a team that loses in the first round |
| 45% | SENATORS | 8 | Ottawa ___, Canadian ice hockey team in the NHL whose name sounds like a group of politicians |
| 45% | SEAU | 4 | Junior in the N.F.L. |
| 45% | MENCKEN | 7 | H L —, Baltimore-born writer; co-founder of magazine The American Mercury in 1924 |
| 44% | TBA | 3 | Like the teams in some broadcast listings: Abbr. |