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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Chicago Blackhawks
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Patrick Kane (CHI) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018-19, ahead of 
Jonathan Toews (CHI) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Chicago Blackhawks, 2018-19
- 1stPatrick KaneCHI · 81 GP7
- 2ndJonathan ToewsCHI · 82 GP5
3rdAlex DeBrincatCHI · 82 GP3
4thBrandon SaadCHI · 80 GP3
5thErik GustafssonCHI · 79 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 2018-19, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Patrick Kane leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick KaneFCHI | CHI | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 44 | 69%▼1.3 |
| 2 | Jonathan ToewsFCHI | CHI | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 35 | 0.3% |
| 3 | Alex DeBrincatFCHI | CHI | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 41 | 100%▲1 |
| 4 | Brandon SaadFCHI | CHI | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 23 | — |
| 5 | Erik GustafssonDCHI | CHI | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 17 | 3.2% |
| 6 |  Dylan StromeFCHI/ARI | CHI/ARI | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 20 | 79%▼2.3 |
| 7 |  Dominik KahunFCHI | CHI | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 13 | — |
| 8 |  Marcus KrugerFCHI | CHI | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 4 | — |
| 9 |  Drake CaggiulaFEDM/CHI | EDM/CHI | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 12 | — |
| 10 |  Nick SchmaltzFCHI/ARI | CHI/ARI | 2 | 40 | 0.05 | 7 | 97% |
| 11 |  Duncan KeithDCHI | CHI | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 6 | — |
| 12 |  Brent SeabrookDCHI | CHI | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 13 |  Artem AnisimovFCHI | CHI | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 15 | — |
| 14 |  Chris KunitzFCHI | CHI | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 15 |  Connor MurphyDCHI | CHI | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 5 | 6.2% |
| 16 |  Alexandre FortinFCHI | CHI | 1 | 24 | 0.04 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Patrick Kane leads with 7. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Erik Gustafsson leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Patrick Kane at 7.
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).