Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After One
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Winnipeg Jets leads NHL teams with a Win % of 44.4% in 2017-18, ahead of 
San Jose Sharks (40.0%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After One, 2017-18
- 1stWinnipeg Jets18 Games44.4%
- 2ndSan Jose Sharks25 Games40.0%
3rdNashville Predators20 Games40.0%
4thMinnesota Wild24 Games37.5%
5thLos Angeles Kings37 Games32.4%
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 2017-18, 31 teams qualify for this board; the median is 22.6% and Winnipeg Jets leads at 44.4%.
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 | Winnipeg Jets | 44.4% | 18 | 8-10-0 | 100 |
| 2 | San Jose Sharks | 40.0% | 25 | 10-11-4 | 95 |
| 3 | Nashville Predators | 40.0% | 20 | 8-10-2 | 95 |
| 4 | Minnesota Wild | 37.5% | 24 | 9-11-4 | 90 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 32.4% | 37 | 12-21-4 | 87 |
| 6 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 32.0% | 25 | 8-14-3 | 83 |
| 7 |  Washington Capitals | 31.8% | 22 | 7-15-0 | 80 |
| 8 |  New Jersey Devils | 31.0% | 29 | 9-17-3 | 77 |
| 9 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 30.0% | 20 | 6-14-0 | 73 |
| 10 |  Dallas Stars | 29.6% | 27 | 8-17-2 | 70 |
| 11 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 29.2% | 24 | 7-16-1 | 67 |
| 12 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 27.3% | 22 | 6-12-4 | 63 |
| 13 |  Boston Bruins | 26.9% | 26 | 7-14-5 | 58 |
| 14 |  Calgary Flames | 26.9% | 26 | 7-17-2 | 58 |
| 15 |  Philadelphia Flyers | 25.0% | 28 | 7-15-6 | 53 |
| 16 |  New York Islanders | 22.6% | 31 | 7-21-3 | 50 |
| 17 |  Vancouver Canucks | 22.2% | 36 | 8-27-1 | 47 |
| 18 |  Ottawa Senators | 21.2% | 33 | 7-23-3 | 43 |
| 19 |  Anaheim Ducks | 20.8% | 24 | 5-17-2 | 38 |
| 20 |  St. Louis Blues | 20.8% | 24 | 5-17-2 | 38 |
| 21 |  Florida Panthers | 20.0% | 25 | 5-15-5 | 32 |
| 22 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 20.0% | 20 | 4-15-1 | 32 |
| 23 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 17.4% | 23 | 4-16-3 | 27 |
| 24 |  Edmonton Oilers | 15.4% | 26 | 4-22-0 | 23 |
| 25 |  New York Rangers | 12.1% | 33 | 4-24-5 | 20 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After One in 2017-18?
Winnipeg Jets leads with 44.4%. The median of the 31 qualified teams is 22.6%.
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.