Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Allowing First
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Tampa Bay Lightning leads NHL teams with a Win % of 63.9% in 2018-19, ahead of 
New York Islanders (45.9%).
Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2018-19
- 1stTampa Bay Lightning36 Games63.9%
- 2ndNew York Islanders37 Games45.9%
3rdPittsburgh Penguins35 Games45.7%
4thWinnipeg Jets40 Games45.0%
5thBoston Bruins36 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 2018-19, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 32.1% and Tampa Bay Lightning leads at 63.9%.
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 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 63.9% | 36 | 23-12-1 | 100 |
| 2 | New York Islanders | 45.9% | 37 | 17-18-2 | 97 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 45.7% | 35 | 16-15-4 | 93 |
| 4 | Winnipeg Jets | 45.0% | 40 | 18-21-1 | 90 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 41.7% | 36 | 15-17-4 | 87 |
| 6 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 40.0% | 40 | 16-21-3 | 82 |
| 7 |  Washington Capitals | 40.0% | 40 | 16-17-7 | 82 |
| 8 |  San Jose Sharks | 39.5% | 38 | 15-19-4 | 77 |
| 9 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 37.5% | 40 | 15-21-4 | 73 |
| 10 |  New York Rangers | 35.6% | 45 | 16-26-3 | 70 |
| 11 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 35.0% | 40 | 14-24-2 | 67 |
| 12 |  Florida Panthers | 34.9% | 43 | 15-21-7 | 63 |
| 13 |  Montreal Canadiens | 34.2% | 38 | 13-23-2 | 60 |
| 14 |  Calgary Flames | 34.1% | 41 | 14-21-6 | 57 |
| 15 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 33.3% | 39 | 13-22-4 | 53 |
| 16 |  Minnesota Wild | 32.1% | 53 | 17-30-6 | 50 |
| 17 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 32.0% | 50 | 16-31-3 | 47 |
| 18 |  Edmonton Oilers | 28.6% | 42 | 12-25-5 | 40 |
| 19 |  Nashville Predators | 28.6% | 42 | 12-25-5 | 40 |
| 20 |  Arizona Coyotes | 28.6% | 35 | 10-21-4 | 40 |
| 21 |  Dallas Stars | 28.2% | 39 | 11-23-5 | 33 |
| 22 |  Anaheim Ducks | 27.9% | 43 | 12-27-4 | 30 |
| 23 |  St. Louis Blues | 26.5% | 34 | 9-20-5 | 27 |
| 24 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 25.6% | 39 | 10-26-3 | 23 |
| 25 |  Detroit Red Wings | 24.4% | 45 | 11-29-5 | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2018-19?
Tampa Bay Lightning leads with 63.9%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 32.1%.
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.