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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Carolina Hurricanes
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Sebastian Aho (CAR) and 
Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) lead NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019-20, ahead of 
Jaccob Slavin (CAR) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Carolina Hurricanes, 2019-20
- 1stSebastian AhoCAR · 68 GP5
- 2ndAndrei SvechnikovCAR · 68 GP5
- 3rdJaccob SlavinCAR · 68 GP3
4thMartin NecasCAR · 64 GP3
5thDougie HamiltonCAR · 47 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 2019-20, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Sebastian Aho leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian AhoFCAR | CAR | 5 | 68 | 0.07 | 38 | 100% |
| 2 | Andrei SvechnikovFCAR | CAR | 5 | 68 | 0.07 | 24 | 98% |
| 3 | Jaccob SlavinDCAR | CAR | 3 | 68 | 0.04 | 6 | 26%▲4.9 |
| 4 | Martin NecasFCAR | CAR | 3 | 64 | 0.05 | 16 | 100% |
| 5 | Dougie HamiltonDCAR | CAR | 3 | 47 | 0.06 | 14 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Jake GardinerDCAR | CAR | 2 | 68 | 0.03 | 4 | — |
| 7 |  Nino NiederreiterFCAR | CAR | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 11 | 4.0% |
| 8 |  Vincent TrocheckFFLA/CAR | FLA/CAR | 2 | 62 | 0.03 | 11 | 82%▼3 |
| 9 |  Erik HaulaFCAR/FLA | CAR/FLA | 2 | 48 | 0.04 | 12 | 11%▼0.8 |
| 10 |  Justin WilliamsFCAR | CAR | 2 | 20 | 0.10 | 8 | — |
| 11 |  Teuvo TeravainenFCAR | CAR | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 15 | 12%▲0.9 |
| 12 |  Brock McGinnFCAR | CAR | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 7 | — |
| 13 |  Warren FoegeleFCAR | CAR | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 13 | 3.2%▼0.8 |
| 14 |  Brady SkjeiDNYR/CAR | NYR/CAR | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 8 | 15%▼1.1 |
| 15 |  Ryan DzingelFCAR | CAR | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 16 |  Jordan MartinookFCAR | CAR | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 2 | 4.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Sebastian Aho leads with 5. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Jaccob Slavin leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Sebastian Aho 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).