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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Minnesota Wild
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jason Zucker (MIN) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Minnesota Wild in 2017-18, ahead of 
Eric Staal (MIN) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Minnesota Wild, 2017-18
- 1stJason ZuckerMIN · 82 GP7
- 2ndEric StaalMIN · 82 GP4
3rdMathew DumbaMIN · 82 GP4
4thNino NiederreiterMIN · 63 GP4
5thZach PariseMIN · 42 GP4
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, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Jason Zucker leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason ZuckerFMIN | MIN | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 33 | 21%▼0.8 |
| 2 | Eric StaalFMIN | MIN | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 42 | — |
| 3 | Mathew DumbaDMIN | MIN | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Nino NiederreiterFMIN | MIN | 4 | 63 | 0.06 | 18 | 4.0% |
| 5 | Zach PariseFMIN | MIN | 4 | 42 | 0.10 | 15 | — |
| 6 |  Tyler EnnisFMIN | MIN | 3 | 73 | 0.04 | 8 | — |
| 7 |  Mikko KoivuFMIN | MIN | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 14 | — |
| 8 |  Ryan SuterDMIN | MIN | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 9 |  Marcus FolignoFMIN | MIN | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 8 | 4.1% |
| 10 |  Mikael GranlundFMIN | MIN | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 21 | 70%▲6.1 |
| 11 |  Jared SpurgeonDMIN | MIN | 2 | 61 | 0.03 | 9 | 44%▼8 |
| 12 |  Matt CullenFMIN | MIN | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 11 | — |
| 13 |  Jonas BrodinDMIN | MIN | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 6 | 7.9%▲2.9 |
| 14 |  Charlie CoyleFMIN | MIN | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 11 | 47%▼0.5 |
| 15 |  Nate ProsserDMIN/STL | MIN/STL | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 16 |  Chris StewartFMIN/CGY | MIN/CGY | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 10 | — |
| 17 |  Zack MitchellFMIN | MIN | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Jason Zucker leads with 7. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Mathew Dumba leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Jason Zucker at 7.
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).