NHL Team Record When Leading After One 2025-26

Leaders: Record When Leading After One, 2025-26

1stBuffalo Sabres28 Games92.9%
2ndNew York Rangers23 Games91.3%
3rdColorado Avalanche34 Games88.2%
4thWashington Capitals28 Games85.7%
5thDetroit Red Wings20 Games85.0%
6thPhiladelphia Flyers25 Games84.0%
7thTampa Bay Lightning30 Games80.0%
8thSan Jose Sharks24 Games79.2%
9thAnaheim Ducks19 Games78.9%
10thNew York Islanders27 Games77.8%

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What Record When Leading After One measures

Win percentage in games the team led after the first period. 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. Blown leads are the games with the lead at that point that the team did not win (losses in regulation, overtime or a shootout).

Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.37 (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.

Live-betting fans watch this one; the market already prices a first-period lead, and a team's own conversion rate drifts back toward the league average. In 2025-26, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 73.3% and Buffalo Sabres leads at 92.9%.

Record When Leading After One leaderboard

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

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Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.37 (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 Leading After One, 2025-26, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Buffalo Sabres	92.9%	28	26-2-0	94.1%	90.9%	100.0%	2	7.1%	92.9%	34.1%	100
2	New York Rangers	91.3%	23	21-1-1	75.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2	8.7%	93.5%	28.0%	97
3	Colorado Avalanche	88.2%	34	30-0-4	88.2%	88.2%	100.0%	4	11.8%	94.1%	41.5%	94
4	Washington Capitals	85.7%	28	24-2-2	93.3%	76.9%	100.0%	4	14.3%	89.3%	34.1%	90
5	Detroit Red Wings	85.0%	20	17-2-1	75.0%	91.7%	50.0%	3	15.0%	87.5%	24.4%	87
6	Philadelphia Flyers	84.0%	25	21-1-3	81.8%	85.7%	100.0%	4	16.0%	90.0%	30.5%	84
7	Tampa Bay Lightning	80.0%	30	24-5-1	69.2%	88.2%	—	6	20.0%	81.7%	36.6%	81
8	San Jose Sharks	79.2%	24	19-3-2	92.3%	63.6%	50.0%	5	20.8%	83.3%	29.3%	77
9	Anaheim Ducks	78.9%	19	15-3-1	92.3%	50.0%	50.0%	4	21.1%	81.6%	23.2%	74
10	New York Islanders	77.8%	27	21-5-1	100.0%	53.8%	100.0%	6	22.2%	79.6%	32.9%	71
11	Dallas Stars	75.9%	29	22-4-3	66.7%	85.7%	100.0%	7	24.1%	81.0%	35.4%	68
12	Edmonton Oilers	75.0%	28	21-3-4	84.6%	66.7%	80.0%	7	25.0%	82.1%	34.1%	61
13	Florida Panthers	75.0%	28	21-5-2	78.6%	71.4%	83.3%	7	25.0%	78.6%	34.1%	61
14	New Jersey Devils	75.0%	24	18-5-1	70.0%	78.6%	100.0%	6	25.0%	77.1%	29.3%	61
15	Montreal Canadiens	74.1%	27	20-4-3	71.4%	76.9%	100.0%	7	25.9%	79.6%	32.9%	55
16	Minnesota Wild	73.3%	30	22-5-3	78.6%	68.8%	33.3%	8	26.7%	78.3%	36.6%	50
17	Ottawa Senators	73.3%	30	22-4-4	69.2%	76.5%	75.0%	8	26.7%	80.0%	36.6%	50
18	Utah Mammoth	71.4%	28	20-6-2	73.3%	69.2%	80.0%	8	28.6%	75.0%	34.1%	45
19	Winnipeg Jets	70.8%	24	17-3-4	76.9%	63.6%	—	7	29.2%	79.2%	29.3%	42
20	Columbus Blue Jackets	70.6%	34	24-6-4	69.6%	72.7%	33.3%	10	29.4%	76.5%	41.5%	39
21	Pittsburgh Penguins	70.3%	37	26-5-6	70.0%	70.6%	50.0%	11	29.7%	78.4%	45.1%	35
22	Carolina Hurricanes	70.0%	40	28-9-3	73.7%	66.7%	71.4%	12	30.0%	73.8%	48.8%	31
23	Vegas Golden Knights	70.0%	20	14-1-5	77.8%	63.6%	50.0%	6	30.0%	82.5%	24.4%	31
24	Boston Bruins	69.0%	29	20-3-6	89.5%	30.0%	75.0%	9	31.0%	79.3%	35.4%	26
25	Nashville Predators	68.4%	19	13-4-2	72.7%	62.5%	100.0%	6	31.6%	73.7%	23.2%	23
26	Los Angeles Kings	65.5%	29	19-5-5	50.0%	80.0%	100.0%	10	34.5%	74.1%	35.4%	19
27	Vancouver Canucks	61.1%	18	11-6-1	42.9%	72.7%	50.0%	7	38.9%	63.9%	22.0%	16
28	Calgary Flames	58.1%	31	18-10-3	68.4%	41.7%	66.7%	13	41.9%	62.9%	37.8%	13
29	Seattle Kraken	56.3%	16	9-4-3	50.0%	62.5%	0.0%	7	43.8%	65.6%	19.5%	10
30	Toronto Maple Leafs	54.2%	24	13-6-5	60.0%	44.4%	33.3%	11	45.8%	64.6%	29.3%	6
31	St. Louis Blues	50.0%	24	12-6-6	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	12	50.0%	62.5%	29.3%	3
32	Chicago Blackhawks	38.1%	21	8-7-6	30.0%	45.5%	0.0%	13	61.9%	52.4%	25.6%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Leading After One in 2025-26?

Buffalo Sabres leads with 92.9%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 73.3%.

How is Record When Leading After One calculated?

Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it. Blown leads are the games with the lead at that point that the team did not win (losses in regulation, overtime or a shootout). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.

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