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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Islanders
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jordan Eberle (NYI) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the New York Islanders in 2017-18, ahead of 
Mathew Barzal (NYI) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Islanders, 2017-18
- 1stJordan EberleNYI · 81 GP7
- 2ndMathew BarzalNYI · 82 GP4
3rdJohn TavaresNYI · 82 GP3
4thBrock NelsonNYI · 82 GP3
5thJosh BaileyNYI · 76 GP3
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, 12 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 3 and Jordan Eberle leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan EberleFNYI | NYI | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 25 | 52%▲6.7 |
| 2 | Mathew BarzalFNYI | NYI | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 22 | 80%▼1.2 |
| 3 | John TavaresFNYI | NYI | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 37 | 92%▼2.6 |
| 4 | Brock NelsonFNYI | NYI | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 19 | 88%▲1.4 |
| 5 | Josh BaileyFNYI | NYI | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 18 | — |
| 6 |  Johnny BoychukDNYI | NYI | 3 | 58 | 0.05 | 6 | — |
| 7 |  Anders LeeFNYI | NYI | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 40 | 29%▼0.6 |
| 8 |  Andrew LaddFNYI | NYI | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 12 | — |
| 9 |  Anthony BeauvillierFNYI | NYI | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 21 | 4.0% |
| 10 |  Nick LeddyDNYI | NYI | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Adam PelechDNYI | NYI | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 3 | 4.1%▲0.8 |
| 12 |  Cal ClutterbuckFNYI | NYI | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Jordan Eberle leads with 7. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 3.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Johnny Boychuk leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Jordan Eberle 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).