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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Chicago Blackhawks
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Brandon Saad (CHI) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2019-20, ahead of 
Alex DeBrincat (CHI) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Chicago Blackhawks, 2019-20
- 1stBrandon SaadCHI · 58 GP5
- 2ndAlex DeBrincatCHI · 70 GP4
3rdJonathan ToewsCHI · 70 GP3
4thDominik KubalikCHI · 68 GP3
5thPatrick KaneCHI · 70 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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Brandon Saad leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon SaadFCHI | CHI | 5 | 58 | 0.09 | 21 | — |
| 2 | Alex DeBrincatFCHI | CHI | 4 | 70 | 0.06 | 18 | 100%▲1 |
| 3 | Jonathan ToewsFCHI | CHI | 3 | 70 | 0.04 | 18 | 0.3% |
| 4 | Dominik KubalikFCHI | CHI | 3 | 68 | 0.04 | 30 | — |
| 5 | Patrick KaneFCHI | CHI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 33 | 69%▼1.3 |
| 6 |  David KampfFCHI | CHI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 7 |  Kirby DachFCHI | CHI | 2 | 64 | 0.03 | 8 | 9.7%▼0.8 |
| 8 |  Dylan StromeFCHI | CHI | 2 | 58 | 0.03 | 12 | 79%▼2.3 |
| 9 |  Alex NylanderFCHI | CHI | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 10 | — |
| 10 |  Zack SmithFCHI | CHI | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 11 |  Slater KoekkoekDCHI | CHI | 1 | 42 | 0.02 | 1 | — |
| 12 |  Adam BoqvistDCHI | CHI | 1 | 41 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Brent SeabrookDCHI | CHI | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Brandon Saad leads with 5. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Slater Koekkoek leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Brandon Saad 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).