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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brian Boyle (NJD/NSH) leads NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the New Jersey Devils in 2018-19, ahead of 
Travis Zajac (NJD) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New Jersey Devils, 2018-19
1stBrian BoyleNJD/NSH · 73 GP4- 2ndTravis ZajacNJD · 80 GP3
3rdBlake ColemanNJD · 78 GP3
4thNico HischierNJD · 69 GP3
5thTaylor HallNJD · 33 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, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Brian Boyle leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian BoyleFNJD/NSH | NJD/NSH | 4 | 73 | 0.05 | 18 | — |
| 2 | Travis ZajacFNJD | NJD | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 19 | — |
| 3 | Blake ColemanFNJD | NJD | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 22 | 39%▼2.2 |
| 4 | Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 17 | 95% |
| 5 | Taylor HallFNJD | NJD | 3 | 33 | 0.09 | 11 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 6 |  Kyle PalmieriFNJD | NJD | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 27 | 13%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Pavel ZachaFNJD | NJD | 2 | 61 | 0.03 | 13 | 69%▼0.5 |
| 8 |  Will ButcherDNJD | NJD | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 4 | — |
| 9 |  Miles WoodFNJD | NJD | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Marcus JohanssonFNJD/BOS | NJD/BOS | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 13 | 0.5% |
| 11 |  Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 8 | 95% |
| 12 |  Kevin RooneyFNJD | NJD | 1 | 41 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Connor CarrickDNJD/DAL | NJD/DAL | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 2 | — |
| 14 |  Joey AndersonFNJD | NJD | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 4 | — |
| 15 |  Jean-Sebastien DeaFNJD/PIT | NJD/PIT | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 4 | — |
| 16 |  Kurtis GabrielFNJD | NJD | 1 | 22 | 0.05 | 2 | — |
| 17 |  John QuennevilleFNJD | NJD | 1 | 19 | 0.05 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Brian Boyle leads with 4. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Will Butcher leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Brian Boyle at 4.
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).