NHL Team Record When Scoring First 2022-23

Leaders: Record When Scoring First, 2022-23

1stBoston Bruins47 Games91.5%
2ndVegas Golden Knights46 Games82.6%
3rdCarolina Hurricanes49 Games81.6%
4thLos Angeles Kings41 Games78.0%
5thColorado Avalanche54 Games77.8%
6thSeattle Kraken42 Games76.2%
7thNew Jersey Devils40 Games75.0%
8thDallas Stars51 Games74.5%
9thNew York Rangers43 Games74.4%
10thBuffalo Sabres39 Games74.4%

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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 2022-23, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 70.7% and Boston Bruins leads at 91.5%.

Record When Scoring First leaderboard

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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, 2022-23, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Boston Bruins	91.5%	47	43-1-3	88.9%	95.0%	100.0%	4	8.5%	94.7%	57.3%	100
2	Vegas Golden Knights	82.6%	46	38-5-3	81.8%	83.3%	71.4%	8	17.4%	85.9%	56.1%	97
3	Carolina Hurricanes	81.6%	49	40-5-4	81.5%	81.8%	100.0%	9	18.4%	85.7%	59.8%	94
4	Los Angeles Kings	78.0%	41	32-6-3	72.0%	87.5%	100.0%	9	22.0%	81.7%	50.0%	90
5	Colorado Avalanche	77.8%	54	42-7-5	72.0%	82.8%	85.7%	12	22.2%	82.4%	65.9%	87
6	Seattle Kraken	76.2%	42	32-7-3	80.0%	72.7%	100.0%	10	23.8%	79.8%	51.2%	84
7	New Jersey Devils	75.0%	40	30-9-1	72.7%	77.8%	100.0%	10	25.0%	76.3%	48.8%	81
8	Dallas Stars	74.5%	51	38-9-4	68.2%	79.3%	87.5%	13	25.5%	78.4%	62.2%	77
9	New York Rangers	74.4%	43	32-7-4	72.0%	77.8%	80.0%	11	25.6%	79.1%	52.4%	74
10	Buffalo Sabres	74.4%	39	29-7-3	72.2%	76.2%	83.3%	10	25.6%	78.2%	47.6%	71
11	Minnesota Wild	73.8%	42	31-7-4	90.0%	59.1%	80.0%	11	26.2%	78.6%	51.2%	68
12	Edmonton Oilers	72.7%	44	32-8-4	64.0%	84.2%	100.0%	12	27.3%	77.3%	53.7%	65
13	Ottawa Senators	72.2%	36	26-9-1	81.8%	57.1%	80.0%	10	27.8%	73.6%	43.9%	61
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	72.1%	43	31-9-3	74.1%	68.8%	100.0%	12	27.9%	75.6%	52.4%	56
15	Winnipeg Jets	72.1%	43	31-10-2	80.0%	65.2%	80.0%	12	27.9%	74.4%	52.4%	56
16	Toronto Maple Leafs	71.7%	46	33-7-6	76.2%	68.0%	85.7%	13	28.3%	78.3%	56.1%	52
17	Nashville Predators	69.6%	46	32-8-6	69.2%	70.0%	100.0%	14	30.4%	76.1%	56.1%	48
18	Florida Panthers	68.2%	44	30-10-4	78.9%	60.0%	75.0%	14	31.8%	72.7%	53.7%	45
19	St. Louis Blues	66.7%	42	28-11-3	62.5%	72.2%	75.0%	14	33.3%	70.2%	51.2%	42
20	Calgary Flames	65.1%	43	28-9-6	66.7%	63.6%	100.0%	15	34.9%	72.1%	52.4%	39
21	New York Islanders	62.8%	43	27-11-5	72.7%	52.4%	71.4%	16	37.2%	68.6%	52.4%	35
22	Pittsburgh Penguins	58.5%	41	24-10-7	58.3%	58.8%	83.3%	17	41.5%	67.1%	50.0%	32
23	Chicago Blackhawks	58.1%	31	18-9-4	62.5%	53.3%	66.7%	13	41.9%	64.5%	37.8%	29
24	Arizona Coyotes	57.6%	33	19-9-5	68.4%	42.9%	33.3%	14	42.4%	65.2%	40.2%	26
25	Washington Capitals	56.8%	37	21-10-6	54.5%	60.0%	40.0%	16	43.2%	64.9%	45.1%	23
26	Vancouver Canucks	56.1%	41	23-13-5	63.2%	50.0%	50.0%	18	43.9%	62.2%	50.0%	19
27	Detroit Red Wings	54.8%	42	23-12-7	61.9%	47.6%	100.0%	19	45.2%	63.1%	51.2%	16
28	Philadelphia Flyers	53.1%	32	17-11-4	56.3%	50.0%	66.7%	15	46.9%	59.4%	39.0%	13
29	Montreal Canadiens	50.0%	34	17-12-5	58.3%	45.5%	33.3%	17	50.0%	57.4%	41.5%	10
30	Columbus Blue Jackets	48.3%	29	14-10-5	53.3%	42.9%	25.0%	15	51.7%	56.9%	35.4%	6
31	San Jose Sharks	37.2%	43	16-19-8	33.3%	40.9%	50.0%	27	62.8%	46.5%	52.4%	3
32	Anaheim Ducks	36.0%	25	9-14-2	35.7%	36.4%	0.0%	16	64.0%	40.0%	30.5%	0

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Frequently asked questions

Which team leads the NHL in Record When Scoring First in 2022-23?

Boston Bruins leads with 91.5%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 70.7%.

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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