Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Allowing First
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Boston Bruins leads NHL teams with a Win % of 46.7% in 2017-18, ahead of 
Tampa Bay Lightning (46.2%).
Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2017-18
- 1stBoston Bruins45 Games46.7%
- 2ndTampa Bay Lightning39 Games46.2%
3rdWinnipeg Jets35 Games42.9%
4thWashington Capitals45 Games42.2%
5thColumbus Blue Jackets36 Games41.7%
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
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 2017-18, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 31.3% and Boston Bruins leads at 46.7%.
Record When Allowing First leaderboard
- 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.
| # | Team | Win % | Games | W-L-OTL | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Bruins | 46.7% | 45 | 21-18-6 | 100 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 46.2% | 39 | 18-17-4 | 97 |
| 3 | Winnipeg Jets | 42.9% | 35 | 15-16-4 | 93 |
| 4 | Washington Capitals | 42.2% | 45 | 19-22-4 | 90 |
| 5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 41.7% | 36 | 15-20-1 | 87 |
| 6 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 41.5% | 41 | 17-19-5 | 83 |
| 7 |  San Jose Sharks | 40.5% | 42 | 17-19-6 | 80 |
| 8 |  Los Angeles Kings | 40.0% | 50 | 20-26-4 | 75 |
| 9 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 40.0% | 35 | 14-20-1 | 75 |
| 10 |  New Jersey Devils | 39.5% | 43 | 17-22-4 | 70 |
| 11 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 39.1% | 46 | 18-20-8 | 67 |
| 12 |  Nashville Predators | 38.7% | 31 | 12-14-5 | 63 |
| 13 |  Minnesota Wild | 35.7% | 42 | 15-20-7 | 60 |
| 14 |  Anaheim Ducks | 34.1% | 41 | 14-21-6 | 57 |
| 15 |  Dallas Stars | 31.6% | 38 | 12-21-5 | 53 |
| 16 |  Calgary Flames | 31.3% | 48 | 15-29-4 | 48 |
| 17 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 31.3% | 32 | 10-18-4 | 48 |
| 18 |  Edmonton Oilers | 31.1% | 45 | 14-29-2 | 43 |
| 19 |  Florida Panthers | 30.6% | 36 | 11-19-6 | 40 |
| 20 |  Vancouver Canucks | 28.6% | 49 | 14-30-5 | 37 |
| 21 |  New York Islanders | 27.3% | 44 | 12-27-5 | 33 |
| 22 |  St. Louis Blues | 27.0% | 37 | 10-24-3 | 30 |
| 23 |  Montreal Canadiens | 26.7% | 45 | 12-28-5 | 27 |
| 24 |  Ottawa Senators | 23.1% | 52 | 12-33-7 | 23 |
| 25 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 22.2% | 36 | 8-24-4 | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2017-18?
Boston Bruins leads with 46.7%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 31.3%.
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?
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.