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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Adam Henrique (ANA/NJD) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the New Jersey Devils in 2017-18, ahead of 
Taylor Hall (NJD) (7).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New Jersey Devils, 2017-18
1stAdam HenriqueANA/NJD · 81 GP8- 2ndTaylor HallNJD · 76 GP7
3rdKyle PalmieriNJD · 62 GP5
4thPatrick MaroonEDM/NJD · 74 GP4
5thStefan NoesenNJD · 72 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 Adam Henrique leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam HenriqueFANA/NJD | ANA/NJD | 8 | 81 | 0.10 | 24 | 0.4% |
| 2 | Taylor HallFNJD | NJD | 7 | 76 | 0.09 | 39 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 3 | Kyle PalmieriFNJD | NJD | 5 | 62 | 0.08 | 24 | 13%▼0.8 |
| 4 | Patrick MaroonFEDM/NJD | EDM/NJD | 4 | 74 | 0.05 | 17 | — |
| 5 | Stefan NoesenFNJD | NJD | 4 | 72 | 0.06 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 6 |  Michael GrabnerFNYR/NJD | NYR/NJD | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 27 | — |
| 7 |  Brian GibbonsFNJD | NJD | 3 | 59 | 0.05 | 12 | — |
| 8 |  Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 20 | 95% |
| 9 |  John MooreDNJD | NJD | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 7 | — |
| 10 |  Blake ColemanFNJD | NJD | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 13 | 39%▼2.2 |
| 11 |  Damon SeversonDNJD | NJD | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 9 | 22%▲12 |
| 12 |  Miles WoodFNJD | NJD | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 19 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 13 | 95% |
| 14 |  Brian BoyleFNJD | NJD | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 13 | — |
| 15 |  Jimmy HayesFNJD | NJD | 2 | 33 | 0.06 | 3 | — |
| 16 |  Will ButcherDNJD | NJD | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 17 |  Drew StaffordFNJD | NJD | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Adam Henrique leads with 8. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
John Moore leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Adam Henrique at 8.
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).