NHL Team Record When Scoring First 2021-22

Leaders: Record When Scoring First, 2021-22

1stEdmonton Oilers33 Games87.9%
2ndNew York Rangers41 Games82.9%
3rdColorado Avalanche52 Games82.7%
4thPittsburgh Penguins43 Games81.4%
5thMinnesota Wild45 Games80.0%
6thCarolina Hurricanes49 Games79.6%
7thToronto Maple Leafs44 Games79.5%
8thFlorida Panthers44 Games77.3%
9thTampa Bay Lightning39 Games76.9%
10thBoston Bruins49 Games75.5%

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What Record When Scoring First measures

Win percentage in games where the team scored the opening goal. League-wide, the team that scores first wins about two games in three. 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 = 0.44 (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.

Scoring first is worth a lot on the night, but how well a team converts it mostly restates how good the team is. Use the overall points % and goal differential boards first. In 2021-22, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 67.8% and Edmonton Oilers leads at 87.9%.

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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 Scoring First, 2021-22, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Edmonton Oilers	87.9%	33	29-3-1	94.1%	81.3%	66.7%	4	12.1%	89.4%	40.2%	100
2	New York Rangers	82.9%	41	34-5-2	90.9%	73.7%	83.3%	7	17.1%	85.4%	50.0%	97
3	Colorado Avalanche	82.7%	52	43-4-5	86.7%	77.3%	57.1%	9	17.3%	87.5%	63.4%	94
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	81.4%	43	35-5-3	81.8%	81.0%	71.4%	8	18.6%	84.9%	52.4%	90
5	Minnesota Wild	80.0%	45	36-8-1	82.6%	77.3%	85.7%	9	20.0%	81.1%	54.9%	87
6	Carolina Hurricanes	79.6%	49	39-4-6	87.0%	73.1%	100.0%	10	20.4%	85.7%	59.8%	84
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	79.5%	44	35-6-3	94.7%	68.0%	75.0%	9	20.5%	83.0%	53.7%	81
8	Florida Panthers	77.3%	44	34-8-2	86.4%	68.2%	75.0%	10	22.7%	79.5%	53.7%	77
9	Tampa Bay Lightning	76.9%	39	30-4-5	73.9%	81.3%	83.3%	9	23.1%	83.3%	47.6%	74
10	Boston Bruins	75.5%	49	37-10-2	75.0%	76.0%	66.7%	12	24.5%	77.6%	59.8%	71
11	Nashville Predators	74.4%	43	32-9-2	79.2%	68.4%	60.0%	11	25.6%	76.7%	52.4%	68
12	Dallas Stars	73.3%	45	33-10-2	73.9%	72.7%	66.7%	12	26.7%	75.6%	54.9%	65
13	Calgary Flames	72.2%	54	39-10-5	73.1%	71.4%	57.1%	15	27.8%	76.9%	65.9%	61
14	Los Angeles Kings	70.0%	40	28-7-5	78.9%	61.9%	71.4%	12	30.0%	76.3%	48.8%	58
15	Vancouver Canucks	69.2%	39	27-7-5	75.0%	63.2%	71.4%	12	30.8%	75.6%	47.6%	55
16	Vegas Golden Knights	68.9%	45	31-11-3	65.2%	72.7%	66.7%	14	31.1%	72.2%	54.9%	52
17	St. Louis Blues	66.7%	42	28-8-6	69.6%	63.2%	75.0%	14	33.3%	73.8%	51.2%	48
18	Washington Capitals	65.4%	52	34-11-7	62.5%	67.9%	57.1%	18	34.6%	72.1%	63.4%	45
19	New York Islanders	64.4%	45	29-10-6	66.7%	62.5%	40.0%	16	35.6%	71.1%	54.9%	42
20	Chicago Blackhawks	63.9%	36	23-7-6	66.7%	61.1%	80.0%	13	36.1%	72.2%	43.9%	39
21	Detroit Red Wings	62.9%	35	22-10-3	64.7%	61.1%	75.0%	13	37.1%	67.1%	42.7%	35
22	San Jose Sharks	60.5%	38	23-8-7	65.0%	55.6%	60.0%	15	39.5%	69.7%	46.3%	32
23	Winnipeg Jets	60.0%	40	24-10-6	88.9%	36.4%	50.0%	16	40.0%	67.5%	48.8%	27
24	Columbus Blue Jackets	60.0%	35	21-11-3	56.5%	66.7%	75.0%	14	40.0%	64.3%	42.7%	27
25	Anaheim Ducks	59.5%	42	25-11-6	66.7%	52.4%	40.0%	17	40.5%	66.7%	51.2%	23
26	Buffalo Sabres	56.1%	41	23-13-5	55.0%	57.1%	60.0%	18	43.9%	62.2%	50.0%	19
27	Ottawa Senators	55.3%	38	21-14-3	52.4%	58.8%	75.0%	17	44.7%	59.2%	46.3%	16
28	Philadelphia Flyers	54.1%	37	20-10-7	50.0%	60.0%	40.0%	17	45.9%	63.5%	45.1%	13
29	Montreal Canadiens	53.3%	30	16-11-3	57.1%	50.0%	66.7%	14	46.7%	58.3%	36.6%	10
30	Seattle Kraken	48.4%	31	15-14-2	50.0%	47.1%	42.9%	16	51.6%	51.6%	37.8%	6
31	Arizona Coyotes	44.4%	27	12-13-2	38.5%	50.0%	0.0%	15	55.6%	48.1%	32.9%	3
32	New Jersey Devils	42.1%	38	16-16-6	47.6%	35.3%	33.3%	22	57.9%	50.0%	46.3%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Scoring First in 2021-22?

Edmonton Oilers leads with 87.9%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 67.8%.

How is Record When Scoring First 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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