NHL Team Record When Scoring First 2023-24

Leaders: Record When Scoring First, 2023-24

1stWinnipeg Jets41 Games85.4%
2ndSt. Louis Blues39 Games84.6%
3rdFlorida Panthers43 Games76.7%
4thTampa Bay Lightning38 Games76.3%
5thCarolina Hurricanes46 Games76.1%
6thNew York Rangers46 Games76.1%
7thWashington Capitals38 Games73.7%
8thNashville Predators48 Games72.9%
9thDallas Stars40 Games72.5%
10thEdmonton Oilers43 Games72.1%

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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 2023-24, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 69.4% and Winnipeg Jets leads at 85.4%.

Record When Scoring 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 Scoring First, 2023-24, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Winnipeg Jets	85.4%	41	35-4-2	80.8%	93.3%	83.3%	6	14.6%	87.8%	50.0%	100
2	St. Louis Blues	84.6%	39	33-4-2	85.0%	84.2%	60.0%	6	15.4%	87.2%	47.6%	97
3	Florida Panthers	76.7%	43	33-4-6	73.7%	79.2%	50.0%	10	23.3%	83.7%	52.4%	94
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	76.3%	38	29-8-1	78.9%	73.7%	100.0%	9	23.7%	77.6%	46.3%	90
5	Carolina Hurricanes	76.1%	46	35-7-4	76.0%	76.2%	100.0%	11	23.9%	80.4%	56.1%	85
6	New York Rangers	76.1%	46	35-8-3	87.0%	65.2%	100.0%	11	23.9%	79.3%	56.1%	85
7	Washington Capitals	73.7%	38	28-5-5	73.7%	73.7%	57.1%	10	26.3%	80.3%	46.3%	81
8	Nashville Predators	72.9%	48	35-10-3	69.6%	76.0%	40.0%	13	27.1%	76.0%	58.5%	77
9	Dallas Stars	72.5%	40	29-6-5	66.7%	78.9%	100.0%	11	27.5%	78.8%	48.8%	74
10	Edmonton Oilers	72.1%	43	31-9-3	87.0%	55.0%	80.0%	12	27.9%	75.6%	52.4%	71
11	Vancouver Canucks	71.7%	53	38-11-4	80.8%	63.0%	80.0%	15	28.3%	75.5%	64.6%	68
12	Boston Bruins	71.4%	49	35-5-9	71.4%	71.4%	100.0%	14	28.6%	80.6%	59.8%	65
13	Minnesota Wild	69.8%	43	30-8-5	65.2%	75.0%	66.7%	13	30.2%	75.6%	52.4%	60
14	Philadelphia Flyers	69.8%	43	30-7-6	72.7%	66.7%	50.0%	13	30.2%	76.7%	52.4%	60
15	Arizona Coyotes	69.4%	36	25-9-2	86.7%	57.1%	83.3%	11	30.6%	72.2%	43.9%	52
16	Buffalo Sabres	69.4%	36	25-9-2	78.9%	58.8%	60.0%	11	30.6%	72.2%	43.9%	52
17	Detroit Red Wings	69.4%	36	25-6-5	76.2%	60.0%	66.7%	11	30.6%	76.4%	43.9%	52
18	Vegas Golden Knights	68.9%	45	31-9-5	79.2%	57.1%	80.0%	14	31.1%	74.4%	54.9%	45
19	Los Angeles Kings	68.1%	47	32-7-8	65.2%	70.8%	83.3%	15	31.9%	76.6%	57.3%	42
20	Colorado Avalanche	66.7%	45	30-8-7	82.6%	50.0%	50.0%	15	33.3%	74.4%	54.9%	39
21	Toronto Maple Leafs	64.6%	48	31-11-6	62.5%	66.7%	57.1%	17	35.4%	70.8%	58.5%	35
22	New York Islanders	64.3%	42	27-5-10	71.4%	57.1%	83.3%	15	35.7%	76.2%	51.2%	32
23	New Jersey Devils	64.0%	25	16-6-3	70.0%	60.0%	33.3%	9	36.0%	70.0%	30.5%	29
24	Calgary Flames	62.9%	35	22-10-3	56.3%	68.4%	75.0%	13	37.1%	67.1%	42.7%	26
25	Seattle Kraken	60.5%	38	23-9-6	60.0%	61.1%	75.0%	15	39.5%	68.4%	46.3%	23
26	Pittsburgh Penguins	59.6%	47	28-13-6	65.4%	52.4%	85.7%	19	40.4%	66.0%	57.3%	19
27	Ottawa Senators	59.5%	37	22-14-1	63.6%	53.3%	100.0%	15	40.5%	60.8%	45.1%	16
28	Anaheim Ducks	53.3%	30	16-11-3	47.1%	61.5%	100.0%	14	46.7%	58.3%	36.6%	13
29	Montreal Canadiens	45.2%	42	19-13-10	55.0%	36.4%	14.3%	23	54.8%	57.1%	51.2%	10
30	Columbus Blue Jackets	44.4%	45	20-15-10	56.5%	31.8%	66.7%	25	55.6%	55.6%	54.9%	6
31	San Jose Sharks	44.1%	34	15-12-7	47.6%	38.5%	75.0%	19	55.9%	54.4%	41.5%	3
32	Chicago Blackhawks	41.2%	34	14-16-4	50.0%	25.0%	40.0%	20	58.8%	47.1%	41.5%	0

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Frequently asked questions

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

Winnipeg Jets leads with 85.4%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 69.4%.

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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