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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Forwards

2024-25All 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 2024-25: Mark Scheifele (WPG), 11 GWG.

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

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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2024-25, All situations
#	Player	Team	GWG	GP	Per game	G	GWG % of G
1	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	11	82	0.13	39	28.2%	20:26	80th	78th	99%
2	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	11	71	0.15	52	21.2%	21:31	99th	70th	100%
3	Matt BoldyFMIN	MIN	10	82	0.12	27	37.0%	20:17	49th	90th	100%
4	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	10	80	0.13	33	30.3%	20:22	35th	98th	100%▲2.4
5	Nick SuzukiFMTL	MTL	9	82	0.11	30	30.0%	20:04	33rd	95th	100%▲0.5
6	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	9	79	0.11	29	31.0%	20:06	99th	91st	99%▲1.2
7	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	9	78	0.12	37	24.3%	21:11	90th	74th	100%
8	Dylan GuentherFUTA	UTA	9	70	0.13	27	33.3%	17:00	79th	32nd	99%▲1.7
9	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	8	82	0.10	45	17.8%	19:31	68th	60th	99%▼0.8
10	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	8	82	0.10	41	19.5%	20:24	79th	83rd	99%▲1.1
11	Cole CaufieldFMTL	MTL	8	82	0.10	37	21.6%	18:05	37th	92nd	100%▲1.2
12	Martin NecasFCAR/COL	CAR/COL	8	79	0.10	27	29.6%	19:00	96th	51st	100%▲1.8
13	Dylan HollowayFSTL	STL	8	77	0.10	26	30.8%	16:49	65th	39th	95%▲9.4
14	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	8	75	0.11	38	21.1%	18:14	70th	67th	96%▲9.3
15	Vincent TrocheckFNYR	NYR	7	82	0.09	26	26.9%	21:06	34th	90th	88%▼5.4
16	Warren FoegeleFLAK	LAK	7	82	0.09	24	29.2%	16:10	94th	30th	4.0%▲3.9
17	Barrett HaytonFUTA	UTA	7	82	0.09	20	35.0%	16:06	86th	38th	11%▲11
18	Pavel DorofeyevFVGK	VGK	7	82	0.09	35	20.0%	16:32	89th	37th	92%▲1.8
19	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	7	81	0.09	21	33.3%	18:57	90th	65th	0.5%
20	Bo HorvatFNYI	NYI	7	81	0.09	28	25.0%	20:10	64th	80th	90%▲1.2
21	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	7	81	0.09	27	25.9%	21:19	82nd	97th	99%▲1.3
22	Brock NelsonFNYI/COL	NYI/COL	7	80	0.09	26	26.9%	18:55	69th	63rd	88%▼3.6
23	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	7	77	0.09	42	16.7%	19:29	91st	63rd	95%▲7.5
24	Roope HintzFDAL	DAL	7	76	0.09	28	25.0%	16:53	70th	83rd	84%▲7.1
25	Zach HymanFEDM	EDM	7	73	0.10	27	25.9%	18:53	99th	51st	98%▼1.8
26	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	7	65	0.11	44	15.9%	17:43	57th	60th	96%▲1.2
27	Jack HughesFNJD	NJD	7	62	0.11	27	25.9%	20:54	85th	94th	100%
28	Steven StamkosFNSH	NSH	6	82	0.07	27	22.2%	18:00	51st	63rd	94%▼4.2
29	Matt DucheneFDAL	DAL	6	82	0.07	30	20.0%	17:09	56th	57th	62%▼17
30	Mikko RantanenFCOL/DAL/CAR	COL/DAL/CAR	6	82	0.07	32	18.8%	21:15	93rd	74th	99%▲0.5
31	Jason RobertsonFDAL	DAL	6	82	0.07	35	17.1%	17:48	65th	82nd	100%
32	Jaden SchwartzFSEA	SEA	6	81	0.07	26	23.1%	17:53	22nd	70th	11%▲11
33	Jonathan HuberdeauFCGY	CGY	6	81	0.07	28	21.4%	19:33	35th	61st	17%▲12
34	Tom WilsonFWSH	WSH	6	81	0.07	33	18.2%	18:44	70th	86th	94%▲6.3
35	Kevin FialaFLAK	LAK	6	81	0.07	35	17.1%	18:31	95th	31st	67%▼8.3
36	Jackson BlakeFCAR	CAR	6	80	0.07	17	35.3%	13:51	97th	23rd	69%▲21
37	Kiefer SherwoodFVAN	VAN	6	78	0.08	19	31.6%	14:53	47th	26th	59%▲6.6
38	Matthew KniesFTOR	TOR	6	78	0.08	29	20.7%	18:31	83rd	90th	95%▲14
39	Tage ThompsonFBUF	BUF	6	76	0.08	44	13.6%	18:45	44th	92nd	100%▲1.3
40	Aliaksei ProtasFWSH	WSH	6	76	0.08	30	20.0%	16:27	61st	79th	59%▲33
41	Patrick KaneFDET	DET	6	72	0.08	21	28.6%	17:59	39th	63rd	80%▲0.9
42	Gabriel VilardiFWPG	WPG	6	71	0.08	27	22.2%	18:08	79th	73rd	80%▲7.7
43	Mats ZuccarelloFMIN	MIN	6	69	0.09	19	31.6%	19:39	52nd	83rd	51%▲29
44	Chris KreiderFNYR	NYR	6	68	0.09	22	27.3%	16:45	21st	57th	62%▲29
45	Philip TomasinoFPIT/NSH	PIT/NSH	6	61	0.10	11	54.5%	13:04	31st	76th	—
46	Alex KillornFANA	ANA	5	82	0.06	19	26.3%	17:17	7th	84th	5.1%▲3.6
47	Brayden SchennFSTL	STL	5	82	0.06	18	27.8%	17:34	74th	54th	28%▲7.8
48	Nazem KadriFCGY	CGY	5	82	0.06	35	14.3%	19:21	32nd	57th	71%▼9
49	Jake EvansFMTL	MTL	5	82	0.06	13	38.5%	15:33	19th	67th	5.7%▲5.2
50	Pavel ZachaFBOS	BOS	5	82	0.06	14	35.7%	19:04	54th	84th	78%▲13
51	Mathieu OlivierFCBJ	CBJ	5	82	0.06	18	27.8%	14:28	17th	65th	18%▲15
52	Connor McMichaelFWSH	WSH	5	82	0.06	26	19.2%	16:49	68th	82nd	34%▲27
53	Lucas RaymondFDET	DET	5	82	0.06	27	18.5%	18:47	38th	96th	96%▲10
54	Connor BedardFCHI	CHI	5	82	0.06	23	21.7%	20:17	6th	97th	98%▲3.6
55	Carter VerhaegheFFLA	FLA	5	81	0.06	20	25.0%	17:52	96th	77th	72%
56	Adrian KempeFLAK	LAK	5	81	0.06	35	14.3%	19:09	90th	66th	97%▼0.6
57	Clayton KellerFUTA	UTA	5	81	0.06	30	16.7%	19:07	85th	57th	100%▲2.1
58	Jake GuentzelFTBL	TBL	5	80	0.06	41	12.2%	20:00	88th	76th	100%
59	Timo MeierFNJD	NJD	5	80	0.06	26	19.2%	17:52	85th	70th	82%▼8
60	Steven LorentzFTOR	TOR	5	80	0.06	8	62.5%	10:33	46th	25th	0.0%
61	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	5	79	0.06	32	15.6%	22:47	94th	77th	100%▲0.9
62	Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM	EDM	5	78	0.06	20	25.0%	18:58	99th	56th	77%▲15
63	Stefan NoesenFNJD	NJD	5	78	0.06	22	22.7%	15:56	82nd	49th	0.1%
64	Logan StankovenFDAL/CAR	DAL/CAR	5	78	0.06	14	35.7%	15:05	74th	22nd	67%▲42
65	Leo CarlssonFANA	ANA	5	76	0.07	20	25.0%	16:14	8th	89th	94%▲11
66	Bobby McMannFTOR	TOR	5	74	0.07	20	25.0%	14:30	66th	67th	44%▲1
67	Brady TkachukFOTT	OTT	5	72	0.07	29	17.2%	18:14	55th	76th	100%▲2
68	Mackie SamoskevichFFLA	FLA	5	72	0.07	15	33.3%	13:19	91st	18th	—
69	Brad MarchandFBOS/FLA	BOS/FLA	5	71	0.07	23	21.7%	18:19	53rd	93rd	73%▲0.7
70	Bryan RustFPIT	PIT	5	71	0.07	31	16.1%	19:45	43rd	99th	85%▲2.5
71	Robert ThomasFSTL	STL	5	70	0.07	21	23.8%	19:57	71st	91st	93%▲20
72	Shane PintoFOTT	OTT	5	70	0.07	21	23.8%	17:33	54th	75th	37%▲22
73	Artturi LehkonenFCOL	COL	5	69	0.07	27	18.5%	20:23	94th	93rd	57%▲40
74	Nikolaj EhlersFWPG	WPG	5	69	0.07	24	20.8%	15:48	88th	67th	93%▲7.5
75	Josh NorrisFOTT/BUF	OTT/BUF	5	56	0.09	21	23.8%	18:21	55th	95th	39%▲32
76	Patrik LaineFMTL	MTL	5	52	0.10	20	25.0%	14:18	25th	45th	9.7%▲9.2
77	Kirill KaprizovFMIN	MIN	5	41	0.12	25	20.0%	22:28	51st	48th	98%▼0.9
78	Mikael GranlundFSJS/DAL	SJS/DAL	4	83	0.05	22	18.2%	19:27	11th	89th	52%▼12
79	Blake ColemanFCGY	CGY	4	82	0.05	15	26.7%	17:41	42nd	49th	38%▼24
80	Connor BrownFEDM	EDM	4	82	0.05	13	30.8%	14:01	80th	22nd	6.6%▲5.1
81	Alex TuchFBUF	BUF	4	82	0.05	36	11.1%	19:15	38th	81st	94%▼5.5
82	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	4	82	0.05	43	9.3%	20:11	51st	87th	100%▲1.1
83	Jake DeBruskFVAN	VAN	4	82	0.05	28	14.3%	16:39	56th	67th	49%▼20
84	Alex DeBrincatFDET	DET	4	82	0.05	39	10.3%	17:52	36th	77th	100%▲2.5
85	Jordan KyrouFSTL	STL	4	82	0.05	36	11.1%	17:29	72nd	56th	80%▲3.7
86	Pierre-Luc DuboisFWSH	WSH	4	82	0.05	20	20.0%	17:18	68th	82nd	42%▲33
87	Brandon HagelFTBL	TBL	4	82	0.05	35	11.4%	20:45	91st	80th	99%▲1.4
88	Alexis LafrenièreFNYR	NYR	4	82	0.05	17	23.5%	17:00	30th	84th	82%▲13
89	Wyatt JohnstonFDAL	DAL	4	82	0.05	33	12.1%	18:56	63rd	76th	100%▲0.9
90	Corey PerryFEDM	EDM	4	81	0.05	19	21.1%	11:56	85th	8th	7.4%▲5.9
91	Conor GarlandFVAN	VAN	4	81	0.05	19	21.1%	18:39	54th	49th	10%▲7.4
92	Adam GaudetteFOTT	OTT	4	81	0.05	19	21.1%	10:25	39th	8th	0.1%
93	Quinton ByfieldFLAK	LAK	4	81	0.05	23	17.4%	18:37	96th	36th	86%▲18
94	Jamie BennFDAL	DAL	4	80	0.05	16	25.0%	15:18	63rd	56th	22%▲18
95	Brett HowdenFVGK	VGK	4	80	0.05	23	17.4%	14:52	89th	30th	16%▲15
96	Reilly SmithFNYR/VGK	NYR/VGK	4	79	0.05	13	30.8%	15:26	40th	71st	—
97	Sam ReinhartFFLA	FLA	4	79	0.05	39	10.3%	20:30	98th	96th	99%
98	Jonathan MarchessaultFNSH	NSH	4	78	0.05	21	19.0%	17:59	46th	70th	24%▼21
99	Troy TerryFANA	ANA	4	77	0.05	21	19.0%	18:51	9th	94th	47%▲34
100	Morgan GeekieFBOS	BOS	4	77	0.05	33	12.1%	16:55	50th	73rd	96%▲7.9

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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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