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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Columbus Blue Jackets
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Cam Atkinson (CBJ) and 
Artemi Panarin (CBJ) lead NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2018-19, ahead of 
Josh Anderson (CBJ) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Columbus Blue Jackets, 2018-19
- 1stCam AtkinsonCBJ · 80 GP8
- 2ndArtemi PanarinCBJ · 79 GP8
- 3rdJosh AndersonCBJ · 82 GP5
4thPierre-Luc DuboisCBJ · 82 GP5
5thRyan DzingelOTT/CBJ · 78 GP5
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 2018-19, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Cam Atkinson leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cam AtkinsonFCBJ | CBJ | 8 | 80 | 0.10 | 41 | — |
| 2 | Artemi PanarinFCBJ | CBJ | 8 | 79 | 0.10 | 28 | 96%▼1.6 |
| 3 | Josh AndersonFCBJ | CBJ | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 27 | 22%▲11 |
| 4 | Pierre-Luc DuboisFCBJ | CBJ | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 27 | 45%▼2.1 |
| 5 | Ryan DzingelFOTT/CBJ | OTT/CBJ | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 26 | — |
| 6 |  Seth JonesDCBJ | CBJ | 4 | 75 | 0.05 | 9 | 90%▲15 |
| 7 |  Boone JennerFCBJ | CBJ | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 16 | 31%▲8 |
| 8 |  Anthony DuclairFCBJ/OTT | CBJ/OTT | 3 | 74 | 0.04 | 19 | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Nick FolignoFCBJ | CBJ | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 17 | 3.3% |
| 10 |  David SavardDCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 11 |  Zach WerenskiDCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 11 | 100% |
| 12 |  Markus NutivaaraDCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 13 |  Riley NashFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 3 | — |
| 14 |  Oliver BjorkstrandFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 23 | 15%▼1.8 |
| 15 |  Matt DucheneFOTT/CBJ | OTT/CBJ | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 31 | 51%▼4.9 |
| 16 |  Adam McQuaidDNYR/CBJ | NYR/CBJ | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 17 |  Markus HannikainenFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Cam Atkinson leads with 8. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Seth Jones leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Cam Atkinson 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).