NHL Team Record When Allowing First 2024-25

Leaders: Record When Allowing First, 2024-25

1stVegas Golden Knights38 Games57.9%
2ndDallas Stars36 Games52.8%
3rdWinnipeg Jets41 Games51.2%
4thWashington Capitals40 Games50.0%
5thColorado Avalanche38 Games50.0%
6thToronto Maple Leafs38 Games47.4%
7thEdmonton Oilers39 Games46.2%
8thCarolina Hurricanes43 Games39.5%
9thVancouver Canucks38 Games39.5%
10thLos Angeles Kings34 Games38.2%

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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 2024-25, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 32.1% and Vegas Golden Knights leads at 57.9%.

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, 2024-25, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Vegas Golden Knights	57.9%	38	22-14-2	63.2%	52.6%	80.0%	60.5%	46.3%	100
2	Dallas Stars	52.8%	36	19-15-2	56.3%	50.0%	50.0%	55.6%	43.9%	97
3	Winnipeg Jets	51.2%	41	21-19-1	58.8%	45.8%	40.0%	52.4%	50.0%	94
4	Washington Capitals	50.0%	40	20-14-6	58.8%	43.5%	25.0%	57.5%	48.8%	89
5	Colorado Avalanche	50.0%	38	19-18-1	60.0%	38.9%	42.9%	51.3%	46.3%	89
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	47.4%	38	18-18-2	50.0%	45.0%	66.7%	50.0%	46.3%	84
7	Edmonton Oilers	46.2%	39	18-21-0	52.6%	40.0%	60.0%	46.2%	47.6%	81
8	Carolina Hurricanes	39.5%	43	17-23-3	60.0%	21.7%	0.0%	43.0%	52.4%	77
9	Vancouver Canucks	39.5%	38	15-18-5	40.0%	38.9%	75.0%	46.1%	46.3%	74
10	Los Angeles Kings	38.2%	34	13-16-5	57.1%	25.0%	0.0%	45.6%	41.5%	71
11	Minnesota Wild	37.8%	37	14-19-4	38.9%	36.8%	50.0%	43.2%	45.1%	68
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	36.4%	33	12-19-2	40.0%	34.8%	0.0%	39.4%	40.2%	65
13	Florida Panthers	35.9%	39	14-21-4	38.9%	33.3%	28.6%	41.0%	47.6%	61
14	Detroit Red Wings	35.7%	42	15-25-2	31.6%	39.1%	50.0%	38.1%	51.2%	58
15	Utah Mammoth	35.0%	40	14-22-4	41.2%	30.4%	40.0%	40.0%	48.8%	55
16	Calgary Flames	32.5%	40	13-20-7	35.3%	30.4%	66.7%	41.3%	48.8%	52
17	St. Louis Blues	31.7%	41	13-23-5	36.4%	26.3%	60.0%	37.8%	50.0%	48
18	Montreal Canadiens	31.1%	45	14-22-9	35.3%	28.6%	60.0%	41.1%	54.9%	45
19	New Jersey Devils	31.0%	42	13-25-4	36.0%	23.5%	0.0%	35.7%	51.2%	42
20	New York Islanders	30.8%	52	16-30-6	33.3%	28.6%	14.3%	36.5%	63.4%	39
21	Seattle Kraken	29.8%	47	14-31-2	28.6%	30.8%	25.0%	31.9%	57.3%	35
22	Buffalo Sabres	29.7%	37	11-25-1	47.1%	15.0%	60.0%	31.1%	45.1%	32
23	New York Rangers	29.5%	44	13-28-3	28.6%	30.4%	40.0%	33.0%	53.7%	29
24	Pittsburgh Penguins	28.6%	49	14-27-8	30.0%	27.6%	33.3%	36.7%	59.8%	26
25	Nashville Predators	28.3%	46	13-30-3	52.6%	11.1%	60.0%	31.5%	56.1%	23
26	Columbus Blue Jackets	28.2%	39	11-24-4	28.6%	28.0%	40.0%	33.3%	47.6%	18
27	Philadelphia Flyers	28.2%	39	11-27-1	19.0%	38.9%	33.3%	29.5%	47.6%	18
28	Anaheim Ducks	25.6%	43	11-26-6	31.6%	20.8%	28.6%	32.6%	52.4%	13
29	Ottawa Senators	24.4%	41	10-24-7	31.6%	18.2%	20.0%	32.9%	50.0%	10
30	Boston Bruins	22.7%	44	10-28-6	35.0%	12.5%	0.0%	29.5%	53.7%	6
31	Chicago Blackhawks	22.0%	41	9-28-4	29.4%	16.7%	40.0%	26.8%	50.0%	3
32	San Jose Sharks	6.5%	46	3-38-5	4.3%	8.7%	0.0%	12.0%	56.1%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Allowing First in 2024-25?

Vegas Golden Knights leads with 57.9%. The median of the 32 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?