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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Florida Panthers
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Mike Hoffman (FLA) leads NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Florida Panthers in 2018-19, ahead of 
Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Florida Panthers, 2018-19
- 1stMike HoffmanFLA · 82 GP6
- 2ndJonathan HuberdeauFLA · 82 GP5
3rdAleksander BarkovFLA · 82 GP5
4thEvgenii DadonovFLA · 82 GP4
5thKeith YandleFLA · 82 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 2018-19, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Mike Hoffman leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike HoffmanFFLA | FLA | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 36 | — |
| 2 | Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA | FLA | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 30 | 15%▼0.8 |
| 3 | Aleksander BarkovFFLA | FLA | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 35 | 89%▼1.5 |
| 4 | Evgenii DadonovFFLA | FLA | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 28 | 0.1% |
| 5 | Keith YandleDFLA | FLA | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 6 |  Riley SheahanFPIT/FLA | PIT/FLA | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 7 |  Jared McCannFFLA/PIT | FLA/PIT | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 19 | 79%▲1.9 |
| 8 |  Mike MathesonDFLA | FLA | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 8 | 72%▼7 |
| 9 |  Nick BjugstadFFLA/PIT | FLA/PIT | 2 | 64 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  MacKenzie WeegarDFLA | FLA | 2 | 64 | 0.03 | 4 | 91% |
| 11 |  Aaron EkbladDFLA | FLA | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 13 | 42%▼0.8 |
| 12 |  Frank VatranoFFLA | FLA | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 24 | 4.8%▼0.8 |
| 13 |  Troy BrouwerFFLA | FLA | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 12 | — |
| 14 |  Vincent TrocheckFFLA | FLA | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 10 | 82%▼3 |
| 15 |  Chris WidemanDOTT/EDM/FLA | OTT/EDM/FLA | 1 | 25 | 0.04 | 2 | — |
| 16 |  Jamie McGinnFFLA | FLA | 1 | 19 | 0.05 | 4 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Mike Hoffman leads with 6. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Keith Yandle leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Mike Hoffman at 6.
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).