| 100% | SEATTLEKRAKEN | 13 | Pacific Northwest expansion team that will begin playing in the NHL in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 60% | MINNESOTAWILD | 13 | Midwest expansion team that began playing in the NHL in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SANJOSESHARKS | 13 | West Coast expansion team that began playing in the NHL in 1991: 3 wds. |
| 47% | NJDEVILS | 8 | NHL team that plays in the Prudential Center: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TORONTOMAPLE | 12 | ___ Leafs, professional ice hockey team from Ontario who play in the NHL: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MIGHTYDUCKS | 11 | NHL team whose first game was played October 8, 1993 (and the team featured in the Disney films that had cameos by the answers to the starred clues) (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SEATTLEKRAKEN | 13 | National Hockey League expansion team in Washington State that played its first game in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SANJOSESHARKS | 13 | NHL team based in California that has never won the Stanley Cup: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MINNESOTAWILD | 13 | NHL team based in St. Paul that has never won the Stanley Cup: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BUFFALOSABRES | 13 | NHL team based in New York that has never won the Stanley Cup: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Northwest Division team that won the franchise's first-ever NBA Championship in 2023, after 56 years: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BOSTONBRUINS | 12 | NHL team that lost to 44-Across in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TOD | 3 | Businessman Leiweke, CEO of Seattle's NHL expansion team which will begin play next year |
| 38% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STATEWARRIORS | 13 | "Golden ___," American professional basketball team based in Oakland that was recognised as the seventh highest valued sports franchise: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LALAKERS | 8 | Pacific Division NBA team that hired a first-time head coach in 2022: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 37% | CHICAGOBEARS | 12 | NFL team that began as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TAMPABAYRAYS | 12 | AL East squad that is the only MLB team that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium: 3 wds. |
| 37% | DETROITLIONS | 12 | NFC North squad that is one of four NFL teams that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | Actor who made a cameo in "Glengarry Glen Ross" by playing the role of Blake, the guy who is sent to motivate the sales team: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Northwest Division team that has never reached the NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DEVILRAYS | 9 | MLB expansion team that played its first regular season game against the Tigers on March 31, 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | UTAHJAZZ | 8 | Northwest Division NBA team that hired a first-time head coach in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who played Donna in "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 36% | UTAHHOCKEYCLUB | 14 | Beehive State team that joined the NHL in 2024: 3 wds. |
| 36% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | Team that 27-Across played for before the Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INDIANAFEVER | 12 | Midwestern WNBA team that won the title in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DEVILRAYS | 9 | Now-renamed MLB expansion team that played its first regular season game against the Tigers on March 31, 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | REDSOX | 6 | Team that plays home games at Fenway Park, the MLB's third-smallest stadium in seating capacity (2 wds.) |