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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: St. Louis Blues
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brayden Schenn (STL) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the St. Louis Blues in 2017-18, ahead of 
Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, St. Louis Blues, 2017-18
- 1stBrayden SchennSTL · 82 GP8
- 2ndVladimir TarasenkoSTL · 80 GP5
3rdAlex PietrangeloSTL · 78 GP5
4thVladimir SobotkaSTL · 81 GP4
5thPatrik BerglundSTL · 57 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, 15 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Brayden Schenn leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brayden SchennFSTL | STL | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 28 | 36%▼0.5 |
| 2 | Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL | STL | 5 | 80 | 0.06 | 33 | 7.4%▼0.9 |
| 3 | Alex PietrangeloDSTL | STL | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 15 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Vladimir SobotkaFSTL | STL | 4 | 81 | 0.05 | 11 | — |
| 5 | Patrik BerglundFSTL | STL | 4 | 57 | 0.07 | 17 | — |
| 6 |  Paul StastnyFSTL/WPG | STL/WPG | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 16 | — |
| 7 |  Jaden SchwartzFSTL | STL | 3 | 62 | 0.05 | 24 | 32%▲2 |
| 8 |  Kyle BrodziakFSTL | STL | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 10 | — |
| 9 |  Alexander SteenFSTL | STL | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 15 | — |
| 10 |  Scottie UpshallFSTL | STL | 2 | 63 | 0.03 | 7 | — |
| 11 |  Carl GunnarssonDSTL | STL | 2 | 63 | 0.03 | 5 | — |
| 12 |  Vince DunnDSTL | STL | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 5 | 93%▲1.5 |
| 13 |  Robert BortuzzoDSTL | STL | 1 | 72 | 0.01 | 4 | — |
| 14 |  Nate ProsserDMIN/STL | MIN/STL | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 15 |  Ivan BarbashevFSTL | STL | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 7 | 63%▼2.1 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Brayden Schenn leads with 8. The median of the 15 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Alex Pietrangelo leads NHL defensemen with 5; the top forward is Brayden Schenn 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).