Team situational stats
NHL Team Goals in the First 5 Minutes
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Florida Panthers leads NHL teams with a Scored % of 29.0% in 2019-20, ahead of 
Philadelphia Flyers (26.1%).
Leaders: Goals in the First 5 Minutes, 2019-20
- 1stFlorida Panthers69 GP29.0%
- 2ndPhiladelphia Flyers69 GP26.1%
3rdColorado Avalanche70 GP25.7%
4thCarolina Hurricanes68 GP25.0%
5thLos Angeles Kings70 GP24.3%
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Goals in the First 5 Minutes measures
Share of games in which the team scored within the first five minutes of the first period, next to how often it allowed one. All 32 teams, regular season, with the number of games behind each figure. Share of games with a goal for in the window, next to the share with a goal against.
Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.04 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is noise: last season tells you almost nothing about this one.
The "goal in the first 5 / 10 minutes" props are priced from league rates near 25 and 45 percent. Team differences in this split did not repeat from one season to the next in our data, so a team's number here is not an edge. In 2019-20, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 20.3% and Florida Panthers leads at 29.0%.
Goals in the First 5 Minutes leaderboard
- Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.04 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is noise: last season tells you almost nothing about this one.
- 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.
| # | Team | Scored % | GP | Allowed % | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Panthers | 29.0% | 69 | 17.4% | 100 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 26.1% | 69 | 23.2% | 97 |
| 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 25.7% | 70 | 12.9% | 93 |
| 4 | Carolina Hurricanes | 25.0% | 68 | 25.0% | 90 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 24.3% | 70 | 17.1% | 87 |
| 6 |  St. Louis Blues | 23.9% | 71 | 15.5% | 83 |
| 7 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 22.9% | 70 | 22.9% | 78 |
| 8 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 22.9% | 70 | 24.3% | 78 |
| 9 |  Buffalo Sabres | 21.7% | 69 | 13.0% | 72 |
| 10 |  Vancouver Canucks | 21.7% | 69 | 21.7% | 72 |
| 11 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 21.4% | 70 | 17.1% | 67 |
| 12 |  Anaheim Ducks | 21.1% | 71 | 22.5% | 60 |
| 13 |  Edmonton Oilers | 21.1% | 71 | 21.1% | 60 |
| 14 |  Montreal Canadiens | 21.1% | 71 | 11.3% | 60 |
| 15 |  Nashville Predators | 20.3% | 69 | 20.3% | 52 |
| 16 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 20.3% | 69 | 14.5% | 52 |
| 17 |  Boston Bruins | 20.0% | 70 | 15.7% | 47 |
| 18 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 19.7% | 71 | 23.9% | 43 |
| 19 |  New York Islanders | 19.1% | 68 | 16.2% | 40 |
| 20 |  Calgary Flames | 18.6% | 70 | 22.9% | 37 |
| 21 |  Detroit Red Wings | 18.3% | 71 | 16.9% | 33 |
| 22 |  New Jersey Devils | 17.4% | 69 | 20.3% | 28 |
| 23 |  Washington Capitals | 17.4% | 69 | 21.7% | 28 |
| 24 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 17.1% | 70 | 21.4% | 23 |
| 25 |  Dallas Stars | 15.9% | 69 | 18.8% | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Goals in the First 5 Minutes in 2019-20?
Florida Panthers leads with 29.0%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 20.3%.
How is Goals in the First 5 Minutes calculated?
Share of games with a goal for in the window, next to the share with a goal against. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Goals in the First 5 Minutes?
Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.04 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is noise: last season tells you almost nothing about this one.