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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Detroit Red Wings
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Tomas Tatar (DET/VGK), 
Dylan Larkin (DET) and 
Trevor Daley (DET) lead NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Detroit Red Wings in 2017-18, ahead of 
Frans Nielsen (DET) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Detroit Red Wings, 2017-18
1stTomas TatarDET/VGK · 82 GP4- 2ndDylan LarkinDET · 82 GP4
- 3rdTrevor DaleyDET · 77 GP4
- 4thFrans NielsenDET · 79 GP3
5thHenrik ZetterbergDET · 82 GP2
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Game-Winning Goals measures
This board ranks every NHL skater by game-winning goals, regular season only, listing players with at least one. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Goals that were the winning team's (loser's final score + 1)th goal, shootouts excluded.
Game-winning goals are goals plus timing luck: year-to-year correlation is weak (about 0.1 beyond what goals explain).
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. GWG mostly follows goals: the best scorers on the best teams pile them up. Season to season the total has almost no skill signal beyond goal scoring. In 2017-18, 11 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Tomas Tatar leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas TatarFDET/VGK | DET/VGK | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 20 | — |
| 2 | Dylan LarkinFDET | DET | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 16 | 93%▼1.7 |
| 3 | Trevor DaleyDDET | DET | 4 | 77 | 0.05 | 9 | — |
| 4 | Frans NielsenFDET | DET | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 16 | — |
| 5 | Henrik ZetterbergFDET | DET | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 11 | — |
| 6 |  Gustav NyquistFDET | DET | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 21 | 0.0% |
| 7 |  Anthony ManthaFDET | DET | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 24 | 32%▼6.4 |
| 8 |  Andreas AthanasiouFDET | DET | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 16 | — |
| 9 |  Luke GlendeningFDET | DET | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Riley SheahanFPIT/DET | PIT/DET | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 11 | — |
| 11 |  Tyler BertuzziFDET | DET | 1 | 48 | 0.02 | 7 | 50%▼2.2 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Tomas Tatar leads with 4. The median of the 11 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Trevor Daley leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Tomas Tatar at 4.
How is Game-Winning Goals calculated?
Goals that were the winning team's (loser's final score + 1)th goal, shootouts excluded. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Game-Winning Goals?
Game-winning goals are goals plus timing luck: year-to-year correlation is weak (about 0.1 beyond what goals explain).