Team situational stats

NHL Team First-Period Goals

2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games

Carolina Hurricanes leads NHL teams with a GF/GP of 1.18 in 2025-26, ahead of Colorado Avalanche (1.17).

Updated Oct 21, 7:13 PM ET

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Leaders: First-Period Goals, 2025-26

1stCarolina Hurricanes82 GP1.18
2ndColorado Avalanche82 GP1.17
3rdPittsburgh Penguins82 GP1.13
4thBuffalo Sabres82 GP1.02
5thColumbus Blue Jackets82 GP1.01
6thEdmonton Oilers82 GP1.00
7thBoston Bruins82 GP0.99
8thSan Jose Sharks82 GP0.96
9thTampa Bay Lightning82 GP0.96
10thOttawa Senators82 GP0.95

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What First-Period Goals measures

Goals scored and allowed in the first period, per game. All 32 teams, regular season, with the number of games behind each figure. Goals for per game in the period, with goals against and the difference.

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.29 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.

First-period totals are a popular betting market. A team's first-period rate repeats only weakly, so blend it with its overall scoring and the opponent's, and never bet a 10-game split on its own. In 2025-26, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 0.84 and Carolina Hurricanes leads at 1.18.

First-Period Goals leaderboard

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.29 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.
The Home, Away and Last 10 columns (where shown) count only those games, so each holds a fraction of the season sample: a split of a few games is noise, not a trend.
Period and early-goal rates over a short window are mostly noise: ten games hold about 30 goals for and against per period. Read them over a season, and next to the team's overall goal rates.

NHL Team First-Period Goals, 2025-26, All situations
#	Team	GF/GP	GP	GA/GP	Home	Away	Last 10	Diff/GP	Scored in %	Allowed in %	GF	GA	Pctl
1	Carolina Hurricanes	1.18	82	0.78	1.24	1.12	1.80	+0.40	73.2%	53.7%	97	64	100
2	Colorado Avalanche	1.17	82	0.74	1.29	1.05	1.20	+0.43	68.3%	50.0%	96	61	97
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1.13	82	0.83	1.24	1.02	1.50	+0.30	70.7%	58.5%	93	68	94
4	Buffalo Sabres	1.02	82	0.94	1.02	1.02	1.00	+0.09	70.7%	64.6%	84	77	90
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	1.01	82	0.77	1.24	0.78	0.90	+0.24	73.2%	57.3%	83	63	87
6	Edmonton Oilers	1.00	82	0.95	1.02	0.98	1.20	+0.05	62.2%	59.8%	82	78	84
7	Boston Bruins	0.99	82	0.84	1.12	0.85	1.30	+0.15	62.2%	61.0%	81	69	81
8	San Jose Sharks	0.96	82	1.09	0.98	0.95	0.80	−0.12	61.0%	69.5%	79	89	76
9	Tampa Bay Lightning	0.96	82	0.93	0.80	1.12	0.40	+0.04	58.5%	57.3%	79	76	76
10	Ottawa Senators	0.95	82	0.89	0.83	1.07	0.80	+0.06	63.4%	56.1%	78	73	71
11	Florida Panthers	0.93	82	0.90	0.93	0.93	1.60	+0.02	59.8%	58.5%	76	74	66
12	Utah Mammoth	0.93	82	0.79	0.95	0.90	1.30	+0.13	59.8%	59.8%	76	65	66
13	Minnesota Wild	0.91	82	0.80	0.83	1.00	0.90	+0.11	57.3%	54.9%	75	66	60
14	Montreal Canadiens	0.91	82	0.85	0.93	0.90	0.30	+0.06	65.9%	61.0%	75	70	60
15	Dallas Stars	0.88	82	0.74	0.88	0.88	0.40	+0.13	58.5%	51.2%	72	61	55
16	Toronto Maple Leafs	0.84	82	0.99	1.00	0.68	0.90	−0.15	58.5%	63.4%	69	81	52
17	Vancouver Canucks	0.83	82	1.06	0.71	0.95	1.20	−0.23	57.3%	70.7%	68	87	47
18	Washington Capitals	0.83	82	0.76	0.73	0.93	1.10	+0.07	56.1%	48.8%	68	62	47
19	Anaheim Ducks	0.82	82	1.01	0.98	0.66	1.20	−0.20	54.9%	68.3%	67	83	39
20	Nashville Predators	0.82	82	1.00	0.93	0.71	0.80	−0.18	54.9%	64.6%	67	82	39
21	New York Rangers	0.82	82	0.95	0.54	1.10	0.80	−0.13	58.5%	63.4%	67	78	39
22	St. Louis Blues	0.80	82	0.96	0.80	0.80	1.10	−0.16	57.3%	61.0%	66	79	32
23	Philadelphia Flyers	0.79	82	0.83	0.71	0.88	1.10	−0.04	53.7%	62.2%	65	68	27
24	Winnipeg Jets	0.79	82	0.78	0.90	0.68	0.50	+0.01	56.1%	54.9%	65	64	27
25	New Jersey Devils	0.78	82	0.98	0.85	0.71	0.90	−0.20	56.1%	64.6%	64	80	21
26	New York Islanders	0.78	82	0.82	0.85	0.71	0.40	−0.04	51.2%	53.7%	64	67	21
27	Vegas Golden Knights	0.76	82	0.98	0.80	0.71	0.30	−0.22	48.8%	67.1%	62	80	16
28	Chicago Blackhawks	0.74	82	0.88	0.68	0.80	0.80	−0.13	59.8%	54.9%	61	72	13
29	Los Angeles Kings	0.73	82	0.74	0.73	0.73	0.80	−0.01	53.7%	46.3%	60	61	10
30	Calgary Flames	0.72	82	0.85	0.85	0.59	0.60	−0.13	48.8%	52.4%	59	70	6
31	Seattle Kraken	0.70	82	0.89	0.71	0.68	0.50	−0.20	51.2%	62.2%	57	73	3
32	Detroit Red Wings	0.60	82	0.77	0.54	0.66	0.60	−0.17	46.3%	56.1%	49	63	0