Team situational stats
NHL Team Record When Trailing After One
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Toronto Maple Leafs leads NHL teams with a Win % of 52.2% in 2022-23, ahead of 
Boston Bruins (50.0%).
Leaders: Record When Trailing After One, 2022-23
- 1stToronto Maple Leafs23 Games52.2%
- 2ndBoston Bruins18 Games50.0%
3rdNew Jersey Devils24 Games45.8%
4thNew York Islanders22 Games40.9%
5thNew York Rangers26 Games34.6%
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 2022-23, 32 teams qualify for this board; the median is 24.1% and Toronto Maple Leafs leads at 52.2%.
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 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 52.2% | 23 | 12-7-4 | 100 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 50.0% | 18 | 9-8-1 | 97 |
| 3 | New Jersey Devils | 45.8% | 24 | 11-9-4 | 94 |
| 4 | New York Islanders | 40.9% | 22 | 9-12-1 | 90 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 34.6% | 26 | 9-11-6 | 87 |
| 6 |  Vancouver Canucks | 34.5% | 29 | 10-18-1 | 84 |
| 7 |  Colorado Avalanche | 33.3% | 21 | 7-12-2 | 81 |
| 8 |  Edmonton Oilers | 32.0% | 25 | 8-13-4 | 77 |
| 9 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | 31.0% | 29 | 9-16-4 | 74 |
| 10 |  Carolina Hurricanes | 30.4% | 23 | 7-12-4 | 69 |
| 11 |  Los Angeles Kings | 30.4% | 23 | 7-11-5 | 69 |
| 12 |  Seattle Kraken | 29.2% | 24 | 7-16-1 | 65 |
| 13 |  Minnesota Wild | 26.9% | 26 | 7-15-4 | 61 |
| 14 |  Calgary Flames | 26.7% | 30 | 8-15-7 | 58 |
| 15 |  Winnipeg Jets | 25.0% | 28 | 7-20-1 | 55 |
| 16 |  Washington Capitals | 24.1% | 29 | 7-19-3 | 52 |
| 17 |  Buffalo Sabres | 24.0% | 25 | 6-19-0 | 48 |
| 18 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 23.8% | 21 | 5-15-1 | 44 |
| 19 |  Vegas Golden Knights | 23.8% | 21 | 5-12-4 | 44 |
| 20 |  Columbus Blue Jackets | 20.9% | 43 | 9-30-4 | 39 |
| 21 |  Ottawa Senators | 20.0% | 30 | 6-22-2 | 34 |
| 22 |  Dallas Stars | 20.0% | 20 | 4-11-5 | 34 |
| 23 |  Detroit Red Wings | 19.4% | 31 | 6-20-5 | 29 |
| 24 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 18.4% | 38 | 7-29-2 | 26 |
| 25 |  St. Louis Blues | 17.9% | 28 | 5-20-3 | 23 |
Frequently asked questions
Which team leads the NHL in Record When Trailing After One in 2022-23?
Toronto Maple Leafs leads with 52.2%. The median of the 32 qualified teams is 24.1%.
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.