NHL's Historical First Round Busts

Which team has had the best regular season and lost in the first round?

I never looked at if a team was favored to win the series and never put more emphasis on their seeding (Most disappointing if a #1 seed looses to a #8 rather than if the 8 looses to 1).

All I looked at is Points Percentage (Points divided by max possible points) in years in which they lost in the first round.

Obviously teams who have only played in a small number of playoffs are going to have a higher percentage of those teams who have played in more.

MIN 0.616

NAS 0.607

PHI 0.601

ATL 0.591

WAS 0.589

OTT 0.587

BOS 0.584

COL 0.582

BUF 0.574

FLO 0.571

NJD 0.567

DET 0.565

ANA 0.564

SJS 0.564

CLB 0.561

CAL 0.558

TBL 0.555

EDM 0.542

STL 0.539

NYI 0.535

LA 0.532

NYR 0.529

PIT 0.528

DAL 0.526

MON 0.516

CHI 0.514

PHO 0.509

TOR 0.498

CAR 0.496

VAN 0.477

Take away the Wild and the Trashers, and the top of this list makes a lot of sence.

Nashville has yet to win a first round yet always seem to be making the playoffs. The next 3 are Philly, Washington and Ottawa, again no real surprises there.

The bottom of the list is interesting too. These teams have had the least expectations to win in the first round and didnt.

Phoenix/Winnipeg, Toronto, Carolina and Vancouver.