Oh I understand the joke value for sure. I forget what All Star game it was when one team went up by 5 but got smoked for 6 straight, and the commentator deadpanned about how "a five goal lead was the most dangerous lead in hockey"
But strictly speaking, even if you're more complacent up by 2, once you get scored on, you're now back up by 1 and should be in "one goal lead mode", right?
I guess you'd have to compare "percentage of one goal leads blown" versus "percentage of same where you were also up by 2"? Like if you blew six games where you were up by one goal, but 4 of them were games where you were also up by 2, and only 2 of them were one that you were never up by one? There'd be an argument.
Sounds like I just gave myself a new math assignment