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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Edmonton Oilers
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) leads NHL skaters with 10 GWG for the Edmonton Oilers in 2019-20, ahead of 
Connor McDavid (EDM) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Edmonton Oilers, 2019-20
- 1stLeon DraisaitlEDM · 71 GP10
- 2ndConnor McDavidEDM · 64 GP6
3rdRyan Nugent-HopkinsEDM · 65 GP4
4thAlex ChiassonEDM · 65 GP3
5thJosh ArchibaldEDM · 62 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 1 and Leon Draisaitl leads at 10.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon DraisaitlFEDM | EDM | 10 | 71 | 0.14 | 43 | 100% |
| 2 | Connor McDavidFEDM | EDM | 6 | 64 | 0.09 | 34 | 100% |
| 3 | Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM | EDM | 4 | 65 | 0.06 | 22 | 73%▼0.9 |
| 4 | Alex ChiassonFEDM | EDM | 3 | 65 | 0.05 | 11 | — |
| 5 | Josh ArchibaldFEDM | EDM | 3 | 62 | 0.05 | 12 | — |
| 6 |  James NealFEDM | EDM | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 19 | — |
| 7 |  Andreas AthanasiouFDET/EDM | DET/EDM | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 11 | — |
| 8 |  Darnell NurseDEDM | EDM | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 5 | 60%▼2.7 |
| 9 |  Ethan BearDEDM | EDM | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Tyler EnnisFOTT/EDM | OTT/EDM | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 16 | — |
| 11 |  Riley SheahanFEDM | EDM | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 12 |  Jujhar KhairaFEDM | EDM | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 13 |  Zack KassianFEDM | EDM | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 15 | — |
| 14 |  Mike GreenDDET/EDM | DET/EDM | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 15 |  Caleb JonesDEDM | EDM | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 16 |  Markus GranlundFEDM | EDM | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Leon Draisaitl leads with 10. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Darnell Nurse leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Leon Draisaitl at 10.
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).