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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Utah Mammoth
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Clayton Keller (ARI) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Utah Mammoth in 2018-19, ahead of 
Alex Galchenyuk (ARI) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Utah Mammoth, 2018-19
- 1stClayton KellerARI · 82 GP5
- 2ndAlex GalchenyukARI · 72 GP4
3rdDylan StromeCHI/ARI · 78 GP3
4thDerek StepanARI · 72 GP3
5thVinnie HinostrozaARI · 72 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 2 and Clayton Keller leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clayton KellerFARI | ARI | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 14 | 100% |
| 2 | Alex GalchenyukFARI | ARI | 4 | 72 | 0.06 | 19 | — |
| 3 | Dylan StromeFCHI/ARI | CHI/ARI | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 20 | 79%▼2.3 |
| 4 | Derek StepanFARI | ARI | 3 | 72 | 0.04 | 15 | — |
| 5 | Vinnie HinostrozaFARI | ARI | 3 | 72 | 0.04 | 16 | 0.0% |
| 6 |  Brad RichardsonFARI | ARI | 3 | 66 | 0.05 | 19 | — |
| 7 |  Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI | ARI | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 14 | 29%▼4.2 |
| 8 |  Nick CousinsFARI | ARI | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 7 | 3.3% |
| 9 |  Richard PanikFARI | ARI | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 14 | — |
| 10 |  Conor GarlandFARI | ARI | 2 | 47 | 0.04 | 13 | 7.6%▼0.8 |
| 11 |  Nick SchmaltzFCHI/ARI | CHI/ARI | 2 | 40 | 0.05 | 7 | 97% |
| 12 |  Jason DemersDARI | ARI | 2 | 35 | 0.06 | 2 | — |
| 13 |  Lawson CrouseFARI | ARI | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 11 | 32%▼1 |
| 14 |  Josh ArchibaldFARI | ARI | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 12 | — |
| 15 |  Jordan WealFPHI/ARI/MTL | PHI/ARI/MTL | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 16 |  Michael GrabnerFARI | ARI | 1 | 41 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 17 |  Christian DvorakFARI | ARI | 1 | 20 | 0.05 | 2 | 15%▲1.7 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Clayton Keller leads with 5. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Clayton Keller at 5.
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).