Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After One
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Dallas Stars leads NHL teams with a Win % of 59.1% in 2025-26, ahead of 
Carolina Hurricanes (52.4%).
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Leaders: Record When Trailing After One, 2025-26
- 1stDallas Stars22 Games59.1%
- 2ndCarolina Hurricanes21 Games52.4%
3rdMontreal Canadiens25 Games44.0%
4thNew York Islanders32 Games37.5%
5thColorado Avalanche16 Games37.5%
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Record When Trailing After One measures
Win percentage in games the team trailed after the first period. 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.
Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.31 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.
Comebacks from one period down are common enough to rank, but the order mostly follows team quality. In 2025-26, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 27.3% and Dallas Stars leads at 59.1%.
Record When Trailing After One leaderboard
- Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.31 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.
- 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 | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Stars | 59.1% | 22 | 13-6-3 | 100 |
| 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 52.4% | 21 | 11-7-3 | 97 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 44.0% | 25 | 11-10-4 | 94 |
| 4 | New York Islanders | 37.5% | 32 | 12-18-2 | 89 |
| 5 | Colorado Avalanche | 37.5% | 16 | 6-8-2 | 89 |
| 6 |  Utah Mammoth | 36.4% | 22 | 8-12-2 | 84 |
| 7 |  Anaheim Ducks | 34.5% | 29 | 10-15-4 | 79 |
| 8 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 34.5% | 29 | 10-14-5 | 79 |
| 9 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 33.3% | 21 | 7-13-1 | 74 |
| 10 |  Washington Capitals | 32.0% | 25 | 8-15-2 | 71 |
| 11 |  New Jersey Devils | 30.3% | 33 | 10-21-2 | 68 |
| 12 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 30.0% | 30 | 9-21-0 | 65 |
| 13 |  Detroit Red Wings | 29.0% | 31 | 9-18-4 | 60 |
| 14 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 29.0% | 31 | 9-17-5 | 60 |
| 15 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 27.8% | 36 | 10-20-6 | 55 |
| 16 |  Boston Bruins | 27.3% | 22 | 6-14-2 | 50 |
| 17 |  Ottawa Senators | 27.3% | 22 | 6-12-4 | 50 |
| 18 |  Buffalo Sabres | 26.9% | 26 | 7-16-3 | 44 |
| 19 |  Minnesota Wild | 26.9% | 26 | 7-15-4 | 44 |
| 20 |  St. Louis Blues | 24.0% | 25 | 6-17-2 | 39 |
| 21 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 21.7% | 23 | 5-15-3 | 35 |
| 22 |  San Jose Sharks | 20.8% | 24 | 5-17-2 | 32 |
| 23 |  Nashville Predators | 20.7% | 29 | 6-20-3 | 29 |
| 24 |  Winnipeg Jets | 20.0% | 25 | 5-18-2 | 26 |
| 25 |  Los Angeles Kings | 19.2% | 26 | 5-15-6 | 23 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After One in 2025-26?
Dallas Stars leads with 59.1%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 27.3%.
How is Record When Trailing After One calculated?
Wins divided by games in the situation; W-L-OTL beside it. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Record When Trailing After One?
Year to year this split repeats at r = 0.31 (252 team-seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %. That is weak: most of a team's number is luck and sample, and it drifts back toward average.