Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Scoring First
2026-27All situationsThrough 11 team games
5 NHL teams share the lead with a Win % of 100.0% in 2026-27.
Leaders: Record When Scoring First, 2026-27
1stEdmonton Oilers5 Games100.0%
2ndTampa Bay Lightning5 Games100.0%
3rdUtah Mammoth5 Games100.0%
4thVegas Golden Knights5 Games100.0%
5thFlorida Panthers2 Games100.0%
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
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 2026-27, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 66.7% and Edmonton Oilers leads at 100.0%.
Record When Scoring First leaderboard
- 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.
| # | Team | Win % | Games | W-L-OTL | Blown leads | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edmonton Oilers | 100.0% | 5 | 5-0-0 | 0 | 94 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 100.0% | 5 | 5-0-0 | 0 | 94 |
| 3 | Utah Mammoth | 100.0% | 5 | 5-0-0 | 0 | 94 |
| 4 | Vegas Golden Knights | 100.0% | 5 | 5-0-0 | 0 | 94 |
| 5 | Florida Panthers | 100.0% | 2 | 2-0-0 | 0 | 94 |
| 6 |  New York Rangers | 87.5% | 8 | 7-1-0 | 1 | 84 |
| 7 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 85.7% | 7 | 6-1-0 | 1 | 81 |
| 8 |  New York Islanders | 83.3% | 6 | 5-0-1 | 1 | 76 |
| 9 |  Seattle Kraken | 83.3% | 6 | 5-0-1 | 1 | 76 |
| 10 |  Dallas Stars | 75.0% | 4 | 3-1-0 | 1 | 68 |
| 11 |  New Jersey Devils | 75.0% | 4 | 3-1-0 | 1 | 68 |
| 12 |  San Jose Sharks | 75.0% | 4 | 3-1-0 | 1 | 68 |
| 13 |  Anaheim Ducks | 66.7% | 6 | 4-2-0 | 2 | 53 |
| 14 |  Boston Bruins | 66.7% | 6 | 4-1-1 | 2 | 53 |
| 15 |  Colorado Avalanche | 66.7% | 6 | 4-1-1 | 2 | 53 |
| 16 |  Minnesota Wild | 66.7% | 6 | 4-0-2 | 2 | 53 |
| 17 |  Ottawa Senators | 66.7% | 6 | 4-2-0 | 2 | 53 |
| 18 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 66.7% | 3 | 2-1-0 | 1 | 53 |
| 19 |  Winnipeg Jets | 50.0% | 4 | 2-1-1 | 2 | 37 |
| 20 |  Washington Capitals | 50.0% | 4 | 2-2-0 | 2 | 37 |
| 21 |  Calgary Flames | 50.0% | 2 | 1-1-0 | 1 | 37 |
| 22 |  Detroit Red Wings | 50.0% | 2 | 1-1-0 | 1 | 37 |
| 23 |  St. Louis Blues | 42.9% | 7 | 3-3-1 | 4 | 29 |
| 24 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 40.0% | 5 | 2-3-0 | 3 | 23 |
| 25 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 40.0% | 5 | 2-3-0 | 3 | 23 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Scoring First in 2026-27?
Edmonton Oilers leads with 100.0%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 66.7%.
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.
How reliable is Record When Scoring First?
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.