NHL Team Record When Allowing First 2023-24

Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2023-24

1stNew York Rangers36 Games55.6%
2ndDallas Stars42 Games54.8%
3rdColorado Avalanche37 Games54.1%
4thFlorida Panthers39 Games48.7%
5thCarolina Hurricanes36 Games47.2%
6thEdmonton Oilers39 Games46.2%
7thToronto Maple Leafs34 Games44.1%
8thWinnipeg Jets41 Games41.5%
9thVancouver Canucks29 Games41.4%
10thNew Jersey Devils57 Games38.6%

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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 2023-24, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 34.2% and New York Rangers leads at 55.6%.

Record When Allowing First leaderboard

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

Older seasons

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, 2023-24, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	New York Rangers	55.6%	36	20-15-1	55.6%	55.6%	40.0%	56.9%	43.9%	100
2	Dallas Stars	54.8%	42	23-15-4	60.0%	50.0%	60.0%	59.5%	51.2%	97
3	Colorado Avalanche	54.1%	37	20-17-0	66.7%	42.1%	25.0%	54.1%	45.1%	94
4	Florida Panthers	48.7%	39	19-20-0	54.5%	41.2%	75.0%	48.7%	47.6%	90
5	Carolina Hurricanes	47.2%	36	17-16-3	50.0%	45.0%	50.0%	51.4%	43.9%	87
6	Edmonton Oilers	46.2%	39	18-18-3	44.4%	47.6%	0.0%	50.0%	47.6%	84
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	44.1%	34	15-15-4	41.2%	47.1%	33.3%	50.0%	41.5%	81
8	Winnipeg Jets	41.5%	41	17-20-4	40.0%	42.3%	75.0%	46.3%	50.0%	77
9	Vancouver Canucks	41.4%	29	12-12-5	40.0%	42.9%	20.0%	50.0%	35.4%	74
10	New Jersey Devils	38.6%	57	22-33-2	32.3%	46.2%	28.6%	40.4%	69.5%	71
11	Vegas Golden Knights	37.8%	37	14-20-3	47.1%	30.0%	40.0%	41.9%	45.1%	68
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	36.4%	44	16-21-7	45.5%	27.3%	28.6%	44.3%	53.7%	63
13	Boston Bruins	36.4%	33	12-15-6	45.0%	23.1%	33.3%	45.5%	40.2%	63
14	Nashville Predators	35.3%	34	12-20-2	38.9%	31.3%	40.0%	38.2%	41.5%	58
15	Detroit Red Wings	34.8%	46	16-26-4	35.0%	34.6%	42.9%	39.1%	56.1%	55
16	Los Angeles Kings	34.3%	35	12-20-3	38.9%	29.4%	25.0%	38.6%	42.7%	52
17	Calgary Flames	34.0%	47	16-29-2	48.0%	18.2%	33.3%	36.2%	57.3%	48
18	Ottawa Senators	33.3%	45	15-27-3	36.8%	30.8%	37.5%	36.7%	54.9%	45
19	Buffalo Sabres	30.4%	46	14-28-4	27.3%	33.3%	40.0%	34.8%	56.1%	42
20	New York Islanders	30.0%	40	12-22-6	30.0%	30.0%	75.0%	37.5%	48.8%	39
21	Pittsburgh Penguins	28.6%	35	10-19-6	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%	37.1%	42.7%	35
22	Montreal Canadiens	27.5%	40	11-23-6	23.8%	31.6%	33.3%	35.0%	48.8%	32
23	Washington Capitals	27.3%	44	12-26-6	36.4%	18.2%	0.0%	34.1%	53.7%	29
24	Seattle Kraken	25.0%	44	11-26-7	23.8%	26.1%	16.7%	33.0%	53.7%	26
25	Arizona Coyotes	23.9%	46	11-32-3	34.6%	10.0%	25.0%	27.2%	56.1%	23
26	St. Louis Blues	23.3%	43	10-29-4	38.1%	9.1%	40.0%	27.9%	52.4%	19
27	Minnesota Wild	23.1%	39	9-25-5	27.8%	19.0%	0.0%	29.5%	47.6%	16
28	Anaheim Ducks	21.2%	52	11-39-2	16.7%	25.0%	12.5%	23.1%	63.4%	13
29	Philadelphia Flyers	20.5%	39	8-26-5	21.1%	20.0%	0.0%	26.9%	47.6%	10
30	Columbus Blue Jackets	18.9%	37	7-28-2	22.2%	15.8%	0.0%	21.6%	45.1%	6
31	Chicago Blackhawks	18.8%	48	9-37-2	26.3%	13.8%	0.0%	20.8%	58.5%	3
32	San Jose Sharks	8.3%	48	4-42-2	5.0%	10.7%	0.0%	10.4%	58.5%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2023-24?

New York Rangers leads with 55.6%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 34.2%.

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?