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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Philadelphia Flyers
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Sean Couturier (PHI) and 
Travis Konecny (PHI) lead NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Philadelphia Flyers in 2017-18, ahead of 
Wayne Simmonds (PHI) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Philadelphia Flyers, 2017-18
- 1stSean CouturierPHI · 82 GP6
- 2ndTravis KonecnyPHI · 81 GP6
- 3rdWayne SimmondsPHI · 75 GP5
4thValtteri FilppulaPHI · 81 GP4
5thJakub VoracekPHI · 82 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, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Sean Couturier leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean CouturierFPHI | PHI | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 31 | 8.3% |
| 2 | Travis KonecnyFPHI | PHI | 6 | 81 | 0.07 | 24 | 85%▼3 |
| 3 | Wayne SimmondsFPHI | PHI | 5 | 75 | 0.07 | 24 | — |
| 4 | Valtteri FilppulaFPHI | PHI | 4 | 81 | 0.05 | 11 | — |
| 5 | Jakub VoracekFPHI | PHI | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 20 | — |
| 6 |  Michael RafflFPHI | PHI | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 13 | — |
| 7 |  Ivan ProvorovDPHI | PHI | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 17 | 31%▼1.3 |
| 8 |  Shayne GostisbehereDPHI | PHI | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 13 | 96%▲0.6 |
| 9 |  Nolan PatrickFPHI | PHI | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 13 | — |
| 10 |  Andrew MacDonaldDPHI | PHI | 2 | 66 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 11 |  Brandon ManningDPHI | PHI | 2 | 65 | 0.03 | 7 | — |
| 12 |  Claude GirouxFPHI | PHI | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 34 | 32%▲0.9 |
| 13 |  Jordan WealFPHI | PHI | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 14 |  Oskar LindblomFPHI | PHI | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Sean Couturier leads with 6. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Ivan Provorov leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Sean Couturier at 6.
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).