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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Vancouver Canucks
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Daniel Sedin (VAN) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Vancouver Canucks in 2017-18, ahead of 
Brock Boeser (VAN) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Vancouver Canucks, 2017-18
- 1stDaniel SedinVAN · 81 GP5
- 2ndBrock BoeserVAN · 62 GP4
3rdDerrick PouliotVAN · 71 GP3
4thBo HorvatVAN · 64 GP3
5thSam GagnerVAN · 74 GP2
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, 18 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Daniel Sedin leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel SedinFVAN | VAN | 5 | 81 | 0.06 | 23 | — |
| 2 | Brock BoeserFVAN | VAN | 4 | 62 | 0.06 | 29 | 59%▼1.3 |
| 3 | Derrick PouliotDVAN | VAN | 3 | 71 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Bo HorvatFVAN | VAN | 3 | 64 | 0.05 | 22 | 94%▲1.2 |
| 5 | Sam GagnerFVAN | VAN | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 10 | — |
| 6 |  Alexander EdlerDVAN | VAN | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 7 |  Sven BaertschiFVAN | VAN | 2 | 53 | 0.04 | 14 | — |
| 8 |  Thomas VanekFVAN/CBJ | VAN/CBJ | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 24 | — |
| 9 |  Jake VirtanenFVAN | VAN | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 10 | — |
| 10 |  Brandon SutterFVAN | VAN | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 11 | — |
| 11 |  Jussi JokinenFLAK/CBJ/EDM/VAN | LAK/CBJ/EDM/VAN | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 12 |  Brendan LeipsicFVGK/VAN | VGK/VAN | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 13 |  Nic DowdFVAN/LAK | VAN/LAK | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 3 | 3.2% |
| 14 |  Markus GranlundFVAN | VAN | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 15 |  Alex BiegaDVAN | VAN | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 1 | — |
| 16 |  Brendan GaunceFVAN | VAN | 1 | 37 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 17 |  Derek DorsettFVAN | VAN | 1 | 20 | 0.05 | 7 | — |
| 18 |  Reid BoucherFVAN | VAN | 1 | 20 | 0.05 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Daniel Sedin leads with 5. The median of the 18 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2017-18?
Derrick Pouliot leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Daniel Sedin 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).