NHL Team Record When Scoring First 2024-25

Leaders: Record When Scoring First, 2024-25

1stOttawa Senators41 Games85.4%
2ndWinnipeg Jets41 Games85.4%
3rdToronto Maple Leafs44 Games77.3%
4thCarolina Hurricanes39 Games76.9%
5thFlorida Panthers43 Games76.7%
6thSt. Louis Blues41 Games75.6%
7thWashington Capitals42 Games73.8%
8thLos Angeles Kings48 Games72.9%
9thNew Jersey Devils40 Games72.5%
10thTampa Bay Lightning49 Games71.4%

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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 2024-25, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 67.4% and Ottawa Senators 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, 2024-25, All situations
#	Team	Win %	Games	W-L-OTL	Home	Away	Last 10	Blown leads	Blown %	Pts %	% of games	Pctl
1	Ottawa Senators	85.4%	41	35-6-0	95.5%	73.7%	100.0%	6	14.6%	85.4%	50.0%	98
2	Winnipeg Jets	85.4%	41	35-3-3	83.3%	88.2%	100.0%	6	14.6%	89.0%	50.0%	98
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	77.3%	44	34-8-2	78.3%	76.2%	100.0%	10	22.7%	79.5%	53.7%	94
4	Carolina Hurricanes	76.9%	39	30-7-2	90.5%	61.1%	75.0%	9	23.1%	79.5%	47.6%	90
5	Florida Panthers	76.7%	43	33-10-0	87.0%	65.0%	33.3%	10	23.3%	76.7%	52.4%	87
6	St. Louis Blues	75.6%	41	31-7-3	84.2%	68.2%	80.0%	10	24.4%	79.3%	50.0%	84
7	Washington Capitals	73.8%	42	31-8-3	66.7%	83.3%	50.0%	11	26.2%	77.4%	51.2%	81
8	Los Angeles Kings	72.9%	48	35-9-4	85.2%	57.1%	88.9%	13	27.1%	77.1%	58.5%	77
9	New Jersey Devils	72.5%	40	29-8-3	62.5%	79.2%	83.3%	11	27.5%	76.3%	48.8%	74
10	Tampa Bay Lightning	71.4%	49	35-8-6	80.6%	55.6%	71.4%	14	28.6%	77.6%	59.8%	71
11	Montreal Canadiens	70.3%	37	26-9-2	70.8%	69.2%	80.0%	11	29.7%	73.0%	45.1%	68
12	Edmonton Oilers	69.8%	43	30-8-5	68.2%	71.4%	80.0%	13	30.2%	75.6%	52.4%	65
13	Minnesota Wild	68.9%	45	31-11-3	65.2%	72.7%	50.0%	14	31.1%	72.2%	54.9%	61
14	New York Rangers	68.4%	38	26-8-4	65.0%	72.2%	60.0%	12	31.6%	73.7%	46.3%	58
15	Colorado Avalanche	68.2%	44	30-11-3	66.7%	69.6%	66.7%	14	31.8%	71.6%	53.7%	55
16	Columbus Blue Jackets	67.4%	43	29-9-5	81.5%	43.8%	100.0%	14	32.6%	73.3%	52.4%	52
17	Dallas Stars	67.4%	46	31-11-4	76.0%	57.1%	0.0%	15	32.6%	71.7%	56.1%	48
18	Calgary Flames	66.7%	42	28-7-7	70.8%	61.1%	75.0%	14	33.3%	75.0%	51.2%	45
19	Vegas Golden Knights	63.6%	44	28-8-8	77.3%	50.0%	40.0%	16	36.4%	72.7%	53.7%	42
20	New York Islanders	63.3%	30	19-5-6	64.7%	61.5%	66.7%	11	36.7%	73.3%	36.6%	39
21	Anaheim Ducks	61.5%	39	24-11-4	68.2%	52.9%	33.3%	15	38.5%	66.7%	47.6%	35
22	Pittsburgh Penguins	60.6%	33	20-9-4	71.4%	41.7%	75.0%	13	39.4%	66.7%	40.2%	32
23	Boston Bruins	60.5%	38	23-11-4	61.9%	58.8%	60.0%	15	39.5%	65.8%	46.3%	29
24	Detroit Red Wings	60.0%	40	24-10-6	72.7%	44.4%	62.5%	16	40.0%	67.5%	48.8%	24
25	Seattle Kraken	60.0%	35	21-10-4	60.0%	60.0%	66.7%	14	40.0%	65.7%	42.7%	24
26	Utah Mammoth	57.1%	42	24-9-9	45.8%	72.2%	80.0%	18	42.9%	67.9%	51.2%	19
27	Buffalo Sabres	55.6%	45	25-14-6	62.5%	47.6%	60.0%	20	44.4%	62.2%	54.9%	16
28	Vancouver Canucks	52.3%	44	23-12-9	42.9%	60.9%	16.7%	21	47.7%	62.5%	53.7%	13
29	Philadelphia Flyers	51.2%	43	22-12-9	80.0%	26.1%	57.1%	21	48.8%	61.6%	52.4%	10
30	Nashville Predators	47.2%	36	17-14-5	45.5%	50.0%	0.0%	19	52.8%	54.2%	43.9%	5
31	San Jose Sharks	47.2%	36	17-12-7	61.1%	33.3%	0.0%	19	52.8%	56.9%	43.9%	5
32	Chicago Blackhawks	39.0%	41	16-18-7	41.7%	35.3%	40.0%	25	61.0%	47.6%	50.0%	0

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Frequently asked questions

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

Ottawa Senators leads with 85.4%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 67.4%.

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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