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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Columbus Blue Jackets
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2019-20, ahead of 
Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Columbus Blue Jackets, 2019-20
- 1stOliver BjorkstrandCBJ · 49 GP5
- 2ndPierre-Luc DuboisCBJ · 70 GP4
3rdZach WerenskiCBJ · 63 GP4
4thEmil BemstromCBJ · 56 GP4
5thGustav NyquistCBJ · 70 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 Oliver Bjorkstrand leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver BjorkstrandFCBJ | CBJ | 5 | 49 | 0.10 | 21 | 15%▼1.8 |
| 2 | Pierre-Luc DuboisFCBJ | CBJ | 4 | 70 | 0.06 | 18 | 45%▼2.1 |
| 3 | Zach WerenskiDCBJ | CBJ | 4 | 63 | 0.06 | 20 | 100% |
| 4 | Emil BemstromFCBJ | CBJ | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 10 | — |
| 5 | Gustav NyquistFCBJ | CBJ | 3 | 70 | 0.04 | 15 | 0.0% |
| 6 |  Eric RobinsonFCBJ | CBJ | 3 | 50 | 0.06 | 7 | 6.5%▲3.3 |
| 7 |  Sonny MilanoFCBJ/ANA | CBJ/ANA | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 7 | — |
| 8 |  Cam AtkinsonFCBJ | CBJ | 2 | 44 | 0.05 | 12 | — |
| 9 |  Boone JennerFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 11 | 31%▲8 |
| 10 |  Vladislav GavrikovDCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 5 | 62%▲4 |
| 11 |  Nick FolignoFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 10 | 3.3% |
| 12 |  Riley NashFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 13 |  Alexander WennbergFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 5 | 19%▼0.6 |
| 14 |  Devin ShoreFANA/CBJ | ANA/CBJ | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 15 |  Alexandre TexierFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 36 | 0.03 | 6 | 4.9% |
| 16 |  Kevin StenlundFCBJ | CBJ | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 6 | 0.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Oliver Bjorkstrand leads with 5. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Zach Werenski leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Oliver Bjorkstrand 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).