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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Vegas Golden Knights
2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) and 
Alex Tuch (VGK) lead NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2018-19, ahead of 
William Karlsson (VGK) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Vegas Golden Knights, 2018-19
- 1stJonathan MarchessaultVGK · 82 GP6
- 2ndAlex TuchVGK · 74 GP6
- 3rdWilliam KarlssonVGK · 82 GP5
4thMax PaciorettyVGK · 66 GP5
5thMark StoneOTT/VGK · 77 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 Jonathan Marchessault leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK | VGK | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 25 | 19% |
| 2 | Alex TuchFVGK | VGK | 6 | 74 | 0.08 | 20 | 94% |
| 3 | William KarlssonFVGK | VGK | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 24 | 20%▲1 |
| 4 | Max PaciorettyFVGK | VGK | 5 | 66 | 0.08 | 22 | — |
| 5 | Mark StoneFOTT/VGK | OTT/VGK | 4 | 77 | 0.05 | 33 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 6 |  Cody EakinFVGK | VGK | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 22 | — |
| 7 |  Brandon PirriFVGK | VGK | 3 | 31 | 0.10 | 12 | — |
| 8 |  Ryan ReavesFVGK | VGK | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 9 | 0.3% |
| 9 |  Paul StastnyFVGK | VGK | 2 | 50 | 0.04 | 13 | — |
| 10 |  Brayden McNabbDVGK | VGK | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 4 | 42%▲2.8 |
| 11 |  Shea TheodoreDVGK | VGK | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 12 | 90%▼2.7 |
| 12 |  Deryk EngellandDVGK | VGK | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 2 | — |
| 13 |  Reilly SmithFVGK | VGK | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 19 | — |
| 14 |  Tomas NosekFVGK | VGK | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 15 |  Nate SchmidtDVGK | VGK | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 9 | 4.9% |
| 16 |  William CarrierFVGK | VGK | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 8 | 17%▲10 |
| 17 |  Brad HuntDMIN/VGK | MIN/VGK | 1 | 42 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Jonathan Marchessault leads with 6. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2018-19?
Brayden McNabb leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Jonathan Marchessault 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).