NHL Team Record When Allowing First 2025-26

Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2025-26

1stCarolina Hurricanes33 Games51.5%
2ndMontreal Canadiens36 Games44.4%
3rdBoston Bruins41 Games43.9%
4thTampa Bay Lightning44 Games43.2%
5thAnaheim Ducks49 Games42.9%
6thColorado Avalanche32 Games40.6%
7thPhiladelphia Flyers50 Games40.0%
8thDallas Stars40 Games40.0%
9thOttawa Senators42 Games38.1%
10thBuffalo Sabres38 Games36.8%

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What Record When Allowing First measures

Win percentage in games where the opponent scored first: the comeback board. All 32 teams, regular season, with the number of games behind each figure. Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it.

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.44 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is moderate, and most of it is team quality: a good team wins more in every split.

"Comeback teams" are mostly good teams. The split repeats at the same rate as the scoring-first one, which is what team quality alone would produce. In 2025-26, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 33.0% and Carolina Hurricanes leads at 51.5%.

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

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

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.44 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is moderate, and most of it is team quality: a good team wins more in every split.
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.
We have no live or period odds history, so we can’t compare these records to the market after vig. This is a description of what happened, not a bet.

NHL Team Record When Allowing First, 2025-26, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Carolina Hurricanes	51.5%	33	17-12-4	63.2%	35.7%	100.0%	57.6%	40.2%	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	44.4%	36	16-14-6	47.6%	40.0%	40.0%	52.8%	43.9%	97
3	Boston Bruins	43.9%	41	18-19-4	50.0%	40.0%	50.0%	48.8%	50.0%	94
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	43.2%	44	19-21-4	45.0%	41.7%	44.4%	47.7%	53.7%	90
5	Anaheim Ducks	42.9%	49	21-24-4	43.5%	42.3%	0.0%	46.9%	59.8%	87
6	Colorado Avalanche	40.6%	32	13-14-5	33.3%	50.0%	33.3%	48.4%	39.0%	84
7	Philadelphia Flyers	40.0%	50	20-22-8	42.3%	37.5%	25.0%	48.0%	61.0%	79
8	Dallas Stars	40.0%	40	16-14-10	50.0%	30.0%	40.0%	52.5%	48.8%	79
9	Ottawa Senators	38.1%	42	16-21-5	45.5%	30.0%	40.0%	44.0%	51.2%	74
10	Buffalo Sabres	36.8%	38	14-17-7	31.6%	42.1%	40.0%	46.1%	46.3%	69
11	New York Islanders	36.8%	38	14-22-2	30.0%	44.4%	16.7%	39.5%	46.3%	69
12	San Jose Sharks	36.4%	44	16-24-4	37.5%	35.0%	50.0%	40.9%	53.7%	65
13	Minnesota Wild	35.1%	37	13-18-6	36.8%	33.3%	42.9%	43.2%	45.1%	61
14	Utah Mammoth	34.2%	38	13-21-4	35.3%	33.3%	33.3%	39.5%	46.3%	58
15	Nashville Predators	33.3%	51	17-28-6	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	39.2%	62.2%	53
16	Vegas Golden Knights	33.3%	48	16-22-10	34.6%	31.8%	71.4%	43.8%	58.5%	53
17	Detroit Red Wings	32.6%	46	15-24-7	41.7%	22.7%	0.0%	40.2%	56.1%	48
18	Toronto Maple Leafs	31.8%	44	14-25-5	38.9%	26.9%	14.3%	37.5%	53.7%	45
19	New Jersey Devils	31.3%	48	15-31-2	32.0%	30.4%	28.6%	33.3%	58.5%	42
20	Calgary Flames	30.2%	43	13-25-5	42.9%	24.1%	25.0%	36.0%	52.4%	39
21	Pittsburgh Penguins	28.6%	35	10-18-7	22.2%	35.3%	25.0%	38.6%	42.7%	34
22	St. Louis Blues	28.6%	35	10-21-4	29.4%	27.8%	50.0%	34.3%	42.7%	34
23	Washington Capitals	28.1%	32	9-20-3	37.5%	18.8%	33.3%	32.8%	39.0%	29
24	Florida Panthers	26.8%	41	11-29-1	42.1%	13.6%	0.0%	28.0%	50.0%	26
25	Edmonton Oilers	26.2%	42	11-25-6	33.3%	19.0%	20.0%	33.3%	51.2%	23
26	Columbus Blue Jackets	25.0%	32	8-19-5	16.7%	30.0%	0.0%	32.8%	39.0%	19
27	Seattle Kraken	24.4%	41	10-24-7	23.8%	25.0%	33.3%	32.9%	50.0%	16
28	Vancouver Canucks	24.0%	50	12-34-4	8.7%	37.0%	40.0%	28.0%	61.0%	13
29	Winnipeg Jets	23.7%	38	9-23-6	21.4%	25.0%	50.0%	31.6%	46.3%	10
30	Chicago Blackhawks	18.9%	37	7-24-6	26.3%	11.1%	25.0%	27.0%	45.1%	6
31	New York Rangers	17.4%	46	8-32-6	18.5%	15.8%	20.0%	23.9%	56.1%	3
32	Los Angeles Kings	17.1%	41	7-21-13	5.3%	27.3%	20.0%	32.9%	50.0%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2025-26?

Carolina Hurricanes leads with 51.5%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 33.0%.

How is Record When Allowing First calculated?

Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.

How reliable is Record When Allowing First?