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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Rangers
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
J.T. Miller (NYR/TBL) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the New York Rangers in 2017-18, ahead of 
Jimmy Vesey (NYR) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Rangers, 2017-18
1stJ.T. MillerNYR/TBL · 82 GP5- 2ndJimmy VeseyNYR · 79 GP4
3rdKevin HayesNYR · 76 GP4
4thPavel BuchnevichNYR · 74 GP4
5thMika ZibanejadNYR · 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, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 3 and J.T. Miller leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.T. MillerFNYR/TBL | NYR/TBL | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 23 | 89%▼0.6 |
| 2 | Jimmy VeseyFNYR | NYR | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 17 | — |
| 3 | Kevin HayesFNYR | NYR | 4 | 76 | 0.05 | 25 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Pavel BuchnevichFNYR | NYR | 4 | 74 | 0.05 | 14 | 31% |
| 5 | Mika ZibanejadFNYR | NYR | 4 | 72 | 0.06 | 27 | 98% |
| 6 |  Michael GrabnerFNYR/NJD | NYR/NJD | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 27 | — |
| 7 |  Mats ZuccarelloFNYR | NYR | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 16 | 39%▼1.9 |
| 8 |  Rick NashFNYR/BOS | NYR/BOS | 3 | 71 | 0.04 | 21 | — |
| 9 |  Ryan SpoonerFBOS/NYR | BOS/NYR | 3 | 59 | 0.05 | 13 | — |
| 10 |  Vladislav NamestnikovFTBL/NYR | TBL/NYR | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 22 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Brady SkjeiDNYR | NYR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 4 | 15%▼1.1 |
| 12 |  Paul CareyFNYR | NYR | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 7 | — |
| 13 |  Kevin ShattenkirkDNYR | NYR | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 14 |  John GilmourDNYR | NYR | 1 | 28 | 0.04 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
J.T. Miller leads with 5. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 3.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Brady Skjei leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is J.T. Miller at 5.
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).