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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Forwards

2026-27All situationsThrough 3 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 2026-27: Leon Draisaitl (EDM), 1 GWG.

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

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.

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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Forwards, 2026-27, All situations
#	Player	Team	GWG	GP	Per game	G	GWG % of G
1	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	1	3	0.33	3	33.3%	21:54	100%
2	Kasperi KapanenFEDM	EDM	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	18:10	9.2%▲9
3	Paul CotterFVAN	VAN	1	3	0.33	3	33.3%	14:03	19%▲19
4	Pavel DorofeyevFNYR	NYR	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	15:41	92%▲1.8
5	JJ PeterkaFBOS	BOS	1	3	0.33	2	50.0%	19:17	75%▲37
6	Fraser MintenFBOS	BOS	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	15:22	47%▲38
7	Easton CowanFTOR	TOR	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	13:49	52%▲49
8	Blake ColemanFMIN	MIN	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	13:39	38%▼24
9	Alex TuchFWSH	WSH	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	17:16	94%▼5.5
10	Nick SchmaltzFUTA	UTA	1	2	0.50	3	33.3%	17:56	94%▲4.4
11	Jack EichelFVGK	VGK	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	20:04	99%▲1.4
12	Tommy NovakFPIT	PIT	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	15:23	11%▲9.1
13	Nicolas RoyFCOL	COL	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	12:33	4.9%▲4.7
14	Martin NecasFCOL	COL	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	19:16	100%▲1.8
15	Nils HoglanderFNSH	NSH	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	11:05	4.0%▲3.9
16	Jack HughesFNJD	NJD	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	23:25	100%
17	Nick RobertsonFPIT	PIT	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	14:19	28%▲27
18	Simon HolmstromFNYI	NYI	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	18:32	16%▲14
19	Dylan GuentherFUTA	UTA	1	2	0.50	3	33.3%	15:42	99%▲1.7
20	Matthew KniesFCBJ	CBJ	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	16:55	95%▲14
21	Mason McTavishFSTL	STL	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	14:47	51%▲36
22	Conor GeekieFTBL	TBL	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	10:51	20%▲20
23	Jiri KulichFBUF	BUF	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	11:08	26%▲25
24	Igor ChernyshovFSJS	SJS	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	14:18	52%▲48
25	Stephen HallidayFOTT	OTT	1	1	1.00	1	100.0%	10:07	4.8%▲4.8
26	Leo CarlssonFANA	ANA	1	1	1.00	1	100.0%	17:43	94%▲11

How to read it

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

How reliable is it?

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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