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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Anaheim Ducks
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) and 
Derek Grant (ANA/PHI) lead NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Anaheim Ducks in 2019-20, ahead of 
Danton Heinen (BOS/ANA) (2).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Anaheim Ducks, 2019-20
- 1stRyan GetzlafANA · 69 GP5
2ndDerek GrantANA/PHI · 56 GP5
3rdDanton HeinenBOS/ANA · 67 GP2
4thRickard RakellANA · 65 GP2
5thCam FowlerANA · 59 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 2019-20, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Ryan Getzlaf leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan GetzlafFANA | ANA | 5 | 69 | 0.07 | 13 | — |
| 2 | Derek GrantFANA/PHI | ANA/PHI | 5 | 56 | 0.09 | 15 | — |
| 3 | Danton HeinenFBOS/ANA | BOS/ANA | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Rickard RakellFANA | ANA | 2 | 65 | 0.03 | 15 | 70%▼6.3 |
| 5 | Cam FowlerDANA | ANA | 2 | 59 | 0.03 | 9 | 15%▲2.3 |
| 6 |  Sonny MilanoFCBJ/ANA | CBJ/ANA | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 7 | — |
| 7 |  Nick RitchieFANA/BOS | ANA/BOS | 2 | 48 | 0.04 | 9 | — |
| 8 |  Adam HenriqueFANA | ANA | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 26 | 0.4% |
| 9 |  Carter RowneyFANA | ANA | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 10 |  Jakob SilfverbergFANA | ANA | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 21 | — |
| 11 |  Sam SteelFANA | ANA | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 6 | 5.7% |
| 12 |  Nicolas DeslauriersFANA | ANA | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 13 |  Hampus LindholmDANA | ANA | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 2 | 20%▲0.8 |
| 14 |  Devin ShoreFANA/CBJ | ANA/CBJ | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 15 |  Brendan GuhleDANA | ANA | 1 | 30 | 0.03 | 4 | — |
| 16 |  David BackesFBOS/ANA | BOS/ANA | 1 | 22 | 0.05 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Ryan Getzlaf leads with 5. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Cam Fowler leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Ryan Getzlaf 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).