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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Forwards

2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks forwards only by game-winning goals, so centres and wingers are not mixed with defensemen.

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: the forward slots' view of game-winning goals.

Leader in 2023-24: Brayden Point (TBL), 12 GWG.

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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2023-24, All situations
#	Player	Team	GWG	GP	Per game	G	GWG % of G
1	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	12	81	0.15	46	26.1%	20:02	95%▲7.5
2	Filip ForsbergFNSH	NSH	11	82	0.13	48	22.9%	18:54	99%▲1.7
3	Sam ReinhartFFLA	FLA	11	82	0.13	57	19.3%	20:18	99%
4	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	10	82	0.12	34	29.4%	19:39	87%▼5.5
5	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	10	78	0.13	36	27.8%	19:38	99%▲1.2
6	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	10	65	0.15	34	29.4%	19:43	99%▲1.1
7	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	9	82	0.11	51	17.6%	22:49	100%▲0.9
8	J.T. MillerFVAN	VAN	9	81	0.11	37	24.3%	19:29	92%▲7.7
9	Seth JarvisFCAR	CAR	9	81	0.11	33	27.3%	18:45	95%▲1.4
10	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	9	80	0.11	42	21.4%	22:54	99%▲0.5
11	Kyle PalmieriFNYI	NYI	8	82	0.10	30	26.7%	17:13	19%▲10
12	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	8	81	0.10	69	11.6%	20:58	99%
13	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	8	75	0.11	46	17.4%	21:35	98%▼0.9
14	Andrei SvechnikovFCAR	CAR	8	59	0.14	19	42.1%	16:59	97%▲8.8
15	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	7	82	0.09	39	17.9%	18:47	62%▲29
16	Brandon SaadFSTL	STL	7	82	0.09	26	26.9%	15:30	—
17	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	7	82	0.09	40	17.5%	19:55	99%▼0.8
18	Nikolaj EhlersFWPG	WPG	7	82	0.09	25	28.0%	15:52	93%▲7.5
19	Frank VatranoFANA	ANA	7	82	0.09	37	18.9%	18:21	6.4%▲6.2
20	Jesper BrattFNJD	NJD	7	82	0.09	27	25.9%	19:18	97%▲11
21	Cole CaufieldFMTL	MTL	7	82	0.09	28	25.0%	19:25	100%▲1.2
22	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	7	81	0.09	41	17.1%	20:42	100%
23	Matt DucheneFDAL	DAL	7	80	0.09	25	28.0%	16:46	62%▼17
24	Zach HymanFEDM	EDM	7	80	0.09	54	13.0%	19:30	98%▼1.8
25	Blake ColemanFCGY	CGY	7	78	0.09	30	23.3%	17:08	38%▼24
26	Carter VerhaegheFFLA	FLA	7	76	0.09	34	20.6%	17:58	72%
27	Alex TuchFBUF	BUF	7	75	0.09	22	31.8%	19:30	94%▼5.5
28	Matt BoldyFMIN	MIN	7	75	0.09	29	24.1%	18:55	100%
29	Jack EichelFVGK	VGK	7	63	0.11	31	22.6%	20:31	99%▲1.4
30	Patrick KaneFDET	DET	7	50	0.14	20	35.0%	18:23	80%▲0.9
31	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	6	82	0.07	29	20.7%	19:06	73%▲0.7
32	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	6	81	0.07	26	23.1%	19:39	0.5%
33	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	6	81	0.07	44	13.6%	21:40	100%
34	Bo HorvatFNYI	NYI	6	81	0.07	33	18.2%	19:42	90%▲1.2
35	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	6	80	0.07	29	20.7%	17:52	96%▲9.3
36	Roope HintzFDAL	DAL	6	80	0.07	30	20.0%	17:14	84%▲7.1
37	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	6	79	0.08	40	15.0%	18:14	94%▼4.2
38	Pavel ZachaFBOS	BOS	6	78	0.08	21	28.6%	18:06	78%▲13
39	Valeri NichushkinFCOL	COL	6	54	0.11	28	21.4%	21:21	60%
40	Sean MonahanFMTL/WPG	MTL/WPG	5	83	0.06	26	19.2%	18:06	19%▲13
41	Charlie CoyleFBOS	BOS	5	82	0.06	25	20.0%	18:04	49%▼11
42	Vincent TrocheckFNYR	NYR	5	82	0.06	25	20.0%	21:27	88%▼5.4
43	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	5	82	0.06	42	11.9%	17:54	24%▼21
44	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	5	82	0.06	47	10.6%	19:56	100%▲1.1
45	Dylan StromeFWSH	WSH	5	82	0.06	27	18.5%	17:57	83%▲11
46	Artemi PanarinFNYR	NYR	5	82	0.06	49	10.2%	20:07	97%▼1.8
47	Trevor MooreFLAK	LAK	5	82	0.06	31	16.1%	17:59	9.1%
48	Alexis LafrenièreFNYR	NYR	5	82	0.06	28	17.9%	17:16	82%▲13
49	JJ PeterkaFBUF	BUF	5	82	0.06	28	17.9%	16:24	75%▲37
50	Pavel BuchnevichFSTL	STL	5	80	0.06	27	18.5%	19:49	36%▲7.6
51	Nils HoglanderFVAN	VAN	5	80	0.06	24	20.8%	12:06	4.0%▲3.9
52	William EklundFSJS	SJS	5	80	0.06	16	31.3%	18:40	79%▲16
53	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	5	79	0.06	31	16.1%	19:13	96%▲1.2
54	Joel Eriksson EkFMIN	MIN	5	77	0.06	30	16.7%	20:32	82%▲10
55	Vladimir TarasenkoFOTT/FLA	OTT/FLA	5	76	0.07	23	21.7%	15:44	10%▲1
56	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	5	76	0.07	32	15.6%	21:22	100%▲1.5
57	Travis KonecnyFPHI	PHI	5	76	0.07	33	15.2%	19:50	92%▲9.6
58	Troy TerryFANA	ANA	5	76	0.07	20	25.0%	18:17	47%▲34
59	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	5	68	0.07	33	15.2%	20:10	96%
60	Alex KillornFANA	ANA	5	63	0.08	18	27.8%	18:44	5.1%▲3.6
61	Dakota JoshuaFVAN	VAN	5	63	0.08	18	27.8%	14:23	4.8%▲4.6
62	Mark StoneFVGK	VGK	5	56	0.09	16	31.3%	19:24	93%▲9.6
63	Gabriel VilardiFWPG	WPG	5	47	0.11	22	22.7%	17:00	80%▲7.7
64	Joe PavelskiFDAL	DAL	4	82	0.05	27	14.8%	16:49	—
65	Adam HenriqueFANA/EDM	ANA/EDM	4	82	0.05	24	16.7%	16:51	0.5%
66	Nazem KadriFCGY	CGY	4	82	0.05	29	13.8%	18:26	71%▼9
67	Jason DickinsonFCHI	CHI	4	82	0.05	22	18.2%	16:34	3.2%▲3
68	Jordan KyrouFSTL	STL	4	82	0.05	31	12.9%	18:20	80%▲3.7
69	Pierre-Luc DuboisFLAK	LAK	4	82	0.05	16	25.0%	15:42	42%▲33
70	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	4	82	0.05	29	13.8%	18:19	100%
71	Drake BathersonFOTT	OTT	4	82	0.05	28	14.3%	18:10	97%▲7.2
72	Yegor SharangovichFCGY	CGY	4	82	0.05	31	12.9%	17:19	7.8%▲0.9
73	Lucas RaymondFDET	DET	4	82	0.05	31	12.9%	17:45	96%▲10
74	Gustav NyquistFNSH	NSH	4	81	0.05	23	17.4%	17:45	0.0%
75	Brock BoeserFVAN	VAN	4	81	0.05	40	10.0%	18:36	64%▼4.5
76	Jimmy VeseyFNYR	NYR	4	80	0.05	13	30.8%	12:23	—
77	Mathew BarzalFNYI	NYI	4	80	0.05	23	17.4%	20:08	84%▲11
78	Cole SmithFNSH	NSH	4	80	0.05	9	44.4%	13:41	0.1%
79	Quinton ByfieldFLAK	LAK	4	80	0.05	20	20.0%	16:29	86%▲18
80	Tyler ToffoliFNJD/WPG	NJD/WPG	4	79	0.05	33	12.1%	16:58	38%▼18
81	Alexander WennbergFSEA/NYR	SEA/NYR	4	79	0.05	10	40.0%	17:59	25%▼1.6
82	Clayton KellerFARI	ARI	4	78	0.05	33	12.1%	19:15	100%▲2.1
83	Owen TippettFPHI	PHI	4	78	0.05	28	14.3%	16:35	78%▼7
84	Adrian KempeFLAK	LAK	4	77	0.05	28	14.3%	18:56	97%▼0.6
85	Jake NeighboursFSTL	STL	4	77	0.05	27	14.8%	15:42	30%▲26
86	David PerronFDET	DET	4	76	0.05	17	23.5%	15:38	0.2%
87	Teuvo TeravainenFCAR	CAR	4	76	0.05	25	16.0%	16:24	13%▲8.6
88	Chandler StephensonFVGK	VGK	4	75	0.05	16	25.0%	18:29	17%▲13
89	Elias LindholmFCGY/VAN	CGY/VAN	4	75	0.05	15	26.7%	19:42	43%▲4.7
90	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	4	74	0.05	25	16.0%	20:11	99%
91	Danton HeinenFBOS	BOS	4	74	0.05	17	23.5%	14:28	0.0%
92	Michael CarconeFARI	ARI	4	74	0.05	21	19.0%	11:16	5.0%▲4
93	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	4	73	0.05	23	17.4%	19:38	97%▲7
94	Jeff CarterFPIT	PIT	4	72	0.06	11	36.4%	12:34	—
95	Andrei KuzmenkoFVAN/CGY	VAN/CGY	4	72	0.06	22	18.2%	14:53	11%▲9.8
96	Nico HischierFNJD	NJD	4	71	0.06	27	14.8%	19:29	97%▲2.3
97	Timo MeierFNJD	NJD	4	69	0.06	28	14.3%	17:36	82%▼8
98	Ryan JohansenFCOL	COL	4	63	0.06	13	30.8%	13:39	—
99	Jack HughesFNJD	NJD	4	62	0.06	27	14.8%	20:58	100%
100	Logan O'ConnorFCOL	COL	4	57	0.07	13	30.8%	14:57	0.2%

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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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