Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Allowing First
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Boston Bruins leads NHL teams with a Win % of 62.1% in 2019-20, ahead of 
Washington Capitals (47.2%).
Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2019-20
- 1stBoston Bruins29 Games62.1%
- 2ndWashington Capitals36 Games47.2%
3rdTampa Bay Lightning29 Games44.8%
4thColorado Avalanche27 Games44.4%
5thPhiladelphia Flyers30 Games43.3%
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 2019-20, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 32.4% and Boston Bruins leads at 62.1%.
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 | 62.1% | 29 | 18-7-4 | 100 |
| 2 | Washington Capitals | 47.2% | 36 | 17-16-3 | 97 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 44.8% | 29 | 13-12-4 | 93 |
| 4 | Colorado Avalanche | 44.4% | 27 | 12-14-1 | 90 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 43.3% | 30 | 13-14-3 | 87 |
| 6 |  St. Louis Blues | 40.6% | 32 | 13-17-2 | 83 |
| 7 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 40.5% | 37 | 15-19-3 | 80 |
| 8 |  Calgary Flames | 40.0% | 40 | 16-20-4 | 75 |
| 9 |  New York Rangers | 40.0% | 30 | 12-17-1 | 75 |
| 10 |  Dallas Stars | 37.8% | 37 | 14-19-4 | 70 |
| 11 |  New York Islanders | 37.5% | 32 | 12-15-5 | 67 |
| 12 |  Winnipeg Jets | 35.9% | 39 | 14-20-5 | 63 |
| 13 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 35.1% | 37 | 13-18-6 | 60 |
| 14 |  Minnesota Wild | 34.3% | 35 | 12-20-3 | 57 |
| 15 |  New Jersey Devils | 34.2% | 38 | 13-23-2 | 53 |
| 16 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 32.4% | 37 | 12-22-3 | 50 |
| 17 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 31.6% | 38 | 12-23-3 | 45 |
| 18 |  Vancouver Canucks | 31.6% | 38 | 12-21-5 | 45 |
| 19 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 30.8% | 39 | 12-20-7 | 40 |
| 20 |  Montreal Canadiens | 30.3% | 33 | 10-20-3 | 37 |
| 21 |  Arizona Coyotes | 26.5% | 34 | 9-19-6 | 30 |
| 22 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 26.5% | 34 | 9-17-8 | 30 |
| 23 |  Florida Panthers | 26.5% | 34 | 9-21-4 | 30 |
| 24 |  Ottawa Senators | 25.0% | 44 | 11-23-10 | 20 |
| 25 |  Edmonton Oilers | 25.0% | 32 | 8-18-6 | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2019-20?
Boston Bruins leads with 62.1%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 32.4%.
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.