Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Allowing First
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Boston Bruins leads NHL teams with a Win % of 62.9% in 2022-23, ahead of 
New Jersey Devils (52.4%).
Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2022-23
- 1stBoston Bruins35 Games62.9%
- 2ndNew Jersey Devils42 Games52.4%
3rdEdmonton Oilers38 Games47.4%
4thToronto Maple Leafs36 Games47.2%
5thPittsburgh Penguins41 Games39.0%
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 2022-23, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 31.9% and Boston Bruins leads at 62.9%.
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 | Boston Bruins | 62.9% | 35 | 22-11-2 | 100 |
| 2 | New Jersey Devils | 52.4% | 42 | 22-13-7 | 97 |
| 3 | Edmonton Oilers | 47.4% | 38 | 18-15-5 | 94 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 47.2% | 36 | 17-14-5 | 90 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 39.0% | 41 | 16-21-4 | 87 |
| 6 |  New York Islanders | 38.5% | 39 | 15-20-4 | 79 |
| 7 |  New York Rangers | 38.5% | 39 | 15-15-9 | 79 |
| 8 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 38.5% | 39 | 15-21-3 | 79 |
| 9 |  Winnipeg Jets | 38.5% | 39 | 15-23-1 | 79 |
| 10 |  Minnesota Wild | 37.5% | 40 | 15-18-7 | 71 |
| 11 |  Los Angeles Kings | 36.6% | 41 | 15-19-7 | 66 |
| 12 |  Vancouver Canucks | 36.6% | 41 | 15-24-2 | 66 |
| 13 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 36.4% | 33 | 12-16-5 | 61 |
| 14 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 36.1% | 36 | 13-17-6 | 58 |
| 15 |  Seattle Kraken | 35.0% | 40 | 14-21-5 | 55 |
| 16 |  Colorado Avalanche | 32.1% | 28 | 9-17-2 | 52 |
| 17 |  Florida Panthers | 31.6% | 38 | 12-22-4 | 48 |
| 18 |  Washington Capitals | 31.1% | 45 | 14-27-4 | 45 |
| 19 |  Buffalo Sabres | 30.2% | 43 | 13-26-4 | 42 |
| 20 |  Detroit Red Wings | 30.0% | 40 | 12-25-3 | 39 |
| 21 |  Montreal Canadiens | 29.2% | 48 | 14-33-1 | 35 |
| 22 |  Dallas Stars | 29.0% | 31 | 9-12-10 | 32 |
| 23 |  Ottawa Senators | 28.3% | 46 | 13-26-7 | 29 |
| 24 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 28.0% | 50 | 14-27-9 | 26 |
| 25 |  Nashville Predators | 27.8% | 36 | 10-24-2 | 23 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2022-23?
Boston Bruins leads with 62.9%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 31.9%.
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.