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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Defensemen

2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by game-winning goals.

The game-winning goal is the winning team's goal that put it one ahead of the loser's final total: in a 5-2 win, the third goal. Shootout winners do not count. For leagues that split positions: which defensemen add game-winning goals.

Leader in 2023-24: Evan Bouchard (EDM), 7 GWG.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2023-24, All situations
#	Player	Team	GWG	GP	Per game	G	GWG % of G
1	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	7	81	0.09	18	38.9%	23:00	100%
2	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	5	82	0.06	10	50.0%	25:54	99%▲2.4
3	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	5	82	0.06	23	21.7%	24:38	98%▼0.5
4	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	5	72	0.07	17	29.4%	23:27	99%▲6.8
5	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	4	82	0.05	11	36.4%	24:16	95%
6	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	4	82	0.05	10	40.0%	23:52	37%▼42
7	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	4	79	0.05	10	40.0%	24:31	98%▼1.2
8	Seth JonesDCHI	CHI	4	67	0.06	8	50.0%	25:29	80%▲32
9	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	3	82	0.04	15	20.0%	25:48	22%▲12
10	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	3	81	0.04	10	30.0%	23:48	67%▼7.1
11	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDFLA	FLA	3	80	0.04	9	33.3%	18:24	43%▲32
12	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	3	80	0.04	8	37.5%	21:34	64%▲26
13	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	3	79	0.04	11	27.3%	21:03	77%▲9.5
14	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	3	79	0.04	15	20.0%	21:01	88%▲8.6
15	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	3	79	0.04	10	30.0%	23:13	99%▲2.9
16	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	3	78	0.04	9	33.3%	23:50	94%▼3.9
17	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	3	74	0.04	12	25.0%	24:51	97%▲6.2
18	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	3	73	0.04	8	37.5%	20:39	34%▼15
19	Brandon MontourDFLA	FLA	3	66	0.05	8	37.5%	23:27	83%▲10
20	Jake WalmanDDET	DET	3	63	0.05	12	25.0%	19:46	33%▲30
21	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	2	82	0.02	10	20.0%	24:41	47%▼16
22	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	2	82	0.02	20	10.0%	22:56	93%▼7.2
23	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	2	82	0.02	12	16.7%	23:26	62%▼1
24	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	2	82	0.02	6	33.3%	19:06	99%▲3.2
25	Jakob ChychrunDOTT	OTT	2	82	0.02	14	14.3%	22:23	99%
26	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	2	82	0.02	17	11.8%	24:41	100%
27	Shayne GostisbehereDDET	DET	2	81	0.02	10	20.0%	19:05	96%▲16
28	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	2	81	0.02	10	20.0%	21:54	69%▼13
29	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	2	81	0.02	20	10.0%	25:25	100%▲1
30	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	2	80	0.03	13	15.4%	21:17	18%▼31
31	Noah HanifinDCGY/VGK	CGY/VGK	2	80	0.03	13	15.4%	23:37	53%▼22
32	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	2	78	0.03	13	15.4%	24:48	93%▲11
33	Brenden DillonDWPG	WPG	2	77	0.03	8	25.0%	18:44	9.7%▲9.1
34	Torey KrugDSTL	STL	2	77	0.03	4	50.0%	21:58	0.0%
35	Kevin KorchinskiDCHI	CHI	2	76	0.03	5	40.0%	19:37	16%▲16
36	Alexandre CarrierDNSH	NSH	2	73	0.03	4	50.0%	18:48	14%▲12
37	Jalen ChatfieldDCAR	CAR	2	72	0.03	8	25.0%	15:12	4.1%▲3.4
38	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	2	71	0.03	9	22.2%	24:32	99%▲4.3
39	Justin SchultzDSEA	SEA	2	70	0.03	7	28.6%	16:28	—
40	Michael KesselringDARI	ARI	2	65	0.03	5	40.0%	15:48	8.9%▲8.3
41	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	2	64	0.03	4	50.0%	23:34	4.0%▲3.7
42	Ryan SuterDDAL	DAL	1	82	0.01	2	50.0%	18:56	—
43	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	1	82	0.01	6	16.7%	17:19	35%▲21
44	Brett KulakDEDM	EDM	1	82	0.01	3	33.3%	15:23	0.3%
45	Marcus PetterssonDPIT	PIT	1	82	0.01	4	25.0%	22:40	6.6%▲6.2
46	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	1	82	0.01	5	20.0%	20:50	32%▲31
47	Kevin BahlDNJD	NJD	1	82	0.01	1	100.0%	17:24	4.8%▲4.6
48	Cam YorkDPHI	PHI	1	82	0.01	10	10.0%	22:37	20%▲18
49	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	1	82	0.01	5	20.0%	15:54	20%▲18
50	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	1	82	0.01	8	12.5%	24:58	94%▼4.2
51	Luke HughesDNJD	NJD	1	82	0.01	9	11.1%	21:28	84%▲40
52	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	1	81	0.01	4	25.0%	22:57	23%▼19
53	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	1	81	0.01	6	16.7%	20:56	16%▲4.6
54	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	1	81	0.01	10	10.0%	24:11	99%▲3.2
55	Matt RoyDLAK	LAK	1	81	0.01	5	20.0%	20:54	9.0%▲8.3
56	Sean WalkerDPHI/COL	PHI/COL	1	81	0.01	10	10.0%	19:14	61%▼11
57	Brian DumoulinDSEA	SEA	1	80	0.01	6	16.7%	17:01	0.4%
58	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	1	80	0.01	7	14.3%	19:49	5.7%▲5.3
59	Connor CliftonDBUF	BUF	1	79	0.01	4	25.0%	16:33	7.4%▲6.7
60	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	1	79	0.01	10	10.0%	22:09	42%▲18
61	Erik GudbransonDCBJ	CBJ	1	78	0.01	6	16.7%	19:40	0.1%
62	Ben ChiarotDDET	DET	1	77	0.01	5	20.0%	19:47	13%▲11
63	Vladislav GavrikovDLAK	LAK	1	77	0.01	6	16.7%	20:37	41%▼5.9
64	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	1	77	0.01	21	4.8%	24:46	100%▲1
65	Nick PerbixDTBL	TBL	1	77	0.01	2	50.0%	17:05	0.1%
66	Erik GustafssonDNYR	NYR	1	76	0.01	6	16.7%	17:24	3.2%▲3.2
67	Brandon CarloDBOS	BOS	1	76	0.01	4	25.0%	19:54	0.3%
68	Ryan LindgrenDNYR	NYR	1	76	0.01	3	33.3%	19:21	0.1%
69	Sean DurziDARI	ARI	1	76	0.01	9	11.1%	22:43	38%▲36
70	Alex VlasicDCHI	CHI	1	76	0.01	2	50.0%	21:29	9.0%▲7.7
71	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	1	76	0.01	6	16.7%	22:55	53%▲30
72	Nikita ZadorovDVAN/CGY	VAN/CGY	1	75	0.01	6	16.7%	17:26	39%▲21
73	John MarinoDNJD	NJD	1	75	0.01	4	25.0%	20:57	18%▲13
74	Ryan McDonaghDNSH	NSH	1	74	0.01	3	33.3%	21:47	7.3%▲6.8
75	Henri JokiharjuDBUF	BUF	1	74	0.01	3	33.3%	18:59	0.1%
76	Kyle BurroughsDSJS	SJS	1	73	0.01	2	50.0%	19:09	0.0%
77	Nicolas HagueDVGK	VGK	1	73	0.01	2	50.0%	18:33	0.1%
78	Jackson LaCombeDANA	ANA	1	71	0.01	2	50.0%	19:23	98%▲9.6
79	Ryan GravesDPIT	PIT	1	70	0.01	3	33.3%	18:23	0.1%
80	Brett PesceDCAR	CAR	1	70	0.01	3	33.3%	20:17	0.3%
81	Kaiden GuhleDMTL	MTL	1	70	0.01	6	16.7%	20:51	19%▲18
82	Jan RuttaDSJS	SJS	1	69	0.01	5	20.0%	19:43	—
83	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	1	68	0.01	3	33.3%	21:07	14%▲11
84	Erik JohnsonDBUF/PHI	BUF/PHI	1	67	0.01	5	20.0%	14:28	—
85	Damon SeversonDCBJ	CBJ	1	67	0.01	9	11.1%	21:09	9.4%▲6.2
86	Egor ZamulaDPHI	PHI	1	66	0.02	5	20.0%	16:03	0.1%
87	Zach BogosianDMIN/TBL	MIN/TBL	1	65	0.02	3	33.3%	17:53	0.4%
88	Marco ScandellaDSTL	STL	1	65	0.02	2	50.0%	12:28	—
89	Jani HakanpääDDAL	DAL	1	64	0.02	2	50.0%	18:39	—
90	Nate SchmidtDWPG	WPG	1	63	0.02	2	50.0%	16:49	4.9%▲4.5
91	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	1	62	0.02	7	14.3%	23:22	5.0%▲4.3
92	Mike ReillyDNYI/FLA	NYI/FLA	1	61	0.02	6	16.7%	17:09	0.1%
93	Zach WhitecloudDVGK	VGK	1	61	0.02	2	50.0%	17:35	7.3%▲6.7
94	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	1	60	0.02	2	50.0%	21:58	55%▼22
95	Simon NemecDNJD	NJD	1	60	0.02	3	33.3%	19:52	62%▲52
96	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	1	58	0.02	1	100.0%	20:17	3.2%▲3
97	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	1	58	0.02	5	20.0%	22:33	10%▼1.4
98	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	1	57	0.02	6	16.7%	16:17	—
99	Timothy LiljegrenDTOR	TOR	1	55	0.02	3	33.3%	19:40	4.8%▲4.7
100	Pierre-Olivier JosephDPIT	PIT	1	52	0.02	2	50.0%	15:05	0.1%

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Goals that were the winning team's (loser's final score + 1)th goal, shootouts excluded.

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Game-winning goals are goals plus timing luck: year-to-year correlation is weak (about 0.1 beyond what goals explain).

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