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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Tomas Hertl (SJS) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the San Jose Sharks in 2017-18, ahead of 
Timo Meier (SJS) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, San Jose Sharks, 2017-18
- 1stTomas HertlSJS · 79 GP5
- 2ndTimo MeierSJS · 81 GP4
3rdLogan CoutureSJS · 78 GP4
4thMikkel BoedkerSJS · 74 GP4
5thKevin LabancSJS · 77 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, 20 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Tomas Hertl leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas HertlFSJS | SJS | 5 | 79 | 0.06 | 22 | 87% |
| 2 | Timo MeierFSJS | SJS | 4 | 81 | 0.05 | 21 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 3 | Logan CoutureFSJS | SJS | 4 | 78 | 0.05 | 34 | — |
| 4 | Mikkel BoedkerFSJS | SJS | 4 | 74 | 0.05 | 15 | — |
| 5 | Kevin LabancFSJS | SJS | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 11 | — |
| 6 |  Brent BurnsDSJS | SJS | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 12 | 44%▼2.7 |
| 7 |  Chris TierneyFSJS | SJS | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 17 | — |
| 8 |  Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS | SJS | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 11 | — |
| 9 |  Evander KaneFBUF/SJS | BUF/SJS | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 29 | 3.9% |
| 10 |  Joonas DonskoiFSJS | SJS | 2 | 66 | 0.03 | 14 | — |
| 11 |  Joel WardFSJS | SJS | 2 | 52 | 0.04 | 5 | — |
| 12 |  Ryan CarpenterFVGK/SJS | VGK/SJS | 2 | 52 | 0.04 | 9 | — |
| 13 |  Jannik HansenFSJS | SJS | 2 | 46 | 0.04 | 2 | — |
| 14 |  Tim HeedDSJS | SJS | 2 | 29 | 0.07 | 3 | — |
| 15 |  Joe PavelskiFSJS | SJS | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 22 | — |
| 16 |  Melker KarlssonFSJS | SJS | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 17 |  Joakim RyanDSJS | SJS | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 18 |  Joe ThorntonFSJS | SJS | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 13 | — |
| 19 |  Barclay GoodrowFSJS | SJS | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 20 |  Marcus SorensenFSJS | SJS | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 5 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Tomas Hertl leads with 5. The median of the 20 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Brent Burns leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Tomas Hertl 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).