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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Dallas Stars
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Tyler Seguin (DAL) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the Dallas Stars in 2018-19, ahead of 
Alexander Radulov (DAL) (7).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Dallas Stars, 2018-19
- 1stTyler SeguinDAL · 82 GP8
- 2ndAlexander RadulovDAL · 70 GP7
3rdJohn KlingbergDAL · 64 GP5
4thMiro HeiskanenDAL · 82 GP4
5thDevin ShoreDAL/ANA · 76 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 2018-19, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Tyler Seguin leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler SeguinFDAL | DAL | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 33 | 20%▲1.8 |
| 2 | Alexander RadulovFDAL | DAL | 7 | 70 | 0.10 | 29 | — |
| 3 | John KlingbergDDAL | DAL | 5 | 64 | 0.08 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Miro HeiskanenDDAL | DAL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 12 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 5 | Devin ShoreFDAL/ANA | DAL/ANA | 4 | 76 | 0.05 | 10 | — |
| 6 |  Roope HintzFDAL | DAL | 3 | 58 | 0.05 | 9 | 82%▼1.2 |
| 7 |  Jamie BennFDAL | DAL | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 27 | 17%▼1.7 |
| 8 |  Blake ComeauFDAL | DAL | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 7 | — |
| 9 |  Jason DickinsonFDAL | DAL | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 6 | 3.2% |
| 10 |  Brett RitchieFDAL | DAL | 2 | 53 | 0.04 | 4 | — |
| 11 |  Esa LindellDDAL | DAL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 11 | 28%▼4.1 |
| 12 |  Radek FaksaFDAL | DAL | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Andrew CoglianoFANA/DAL | ANA/DAL | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 6 | — |
| 14 |  Jason SpezzaFDAL | DAL | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 15 |  Mats ZuccarelloFNYR/DAL | NYR/DAL | 1 | 48 | 0.02 | 12 | 39%▼1.9 |
| 16 |  Tyler PitlickFDAL | DAL | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 17 |  Connor CarrickDNJD/DAL | NJD/DAL | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Tyler Seguin leads with 8. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
John Klingberg leads NHL defensemen with 5; the top forward is Tyler Seguin 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).