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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Florida Panthers
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Noel Acciari (FLA) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Florida Panthers in 2019-20, ahead of 
Frank Vatrano (FLA) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Florida Panthers, 2019-20
- 1stNoel AcciariFLA · 66 GP5
- 2ndFrank VatranoFLA · 69 GP4
3rdAnton StralmanFLA · 69 GP3
4thMike HoffmanFLA · 69 GP3
5thBrett ConnollyFLA · 69 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 Noel Acciari leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noel AcciariFFLA | FLA | 5 | 66 | 0.08 | 20 | 4.1%▲0.8 |
| 2 | Frank VatranoFFLA | FLA | 4 | 69 | 0.06 | 16 | 4.8%▼0.8 |
| 3 | Anton StralmanDFLA | FLA | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 5 | — |
| 4 | Mike HoffmanFFLA | FLA | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 29 | — |
| 5 | Brett ConnollyFFLA | FLA | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 19 | — |
| 6 |  Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA | FLA | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 23 | 15%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Evgenii DadonovFFLA | FLA | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 25 | 0.1% |
| 8 |  Aleksander BarkovFFLA | FLA | 2 | 66 | 0.03 | 20 | 89%▼1.5 |
| 9 |  Vincent TrocheckFFLA/CAR | FLA/CAR | 2 | 62 | 0.03 | 11 | 82%▼3 |
| 10 |  Erik HaulaFCAR/FLA | CAR/FLA | 2 | 48 | 0.04 | 12 | 11%▼0.8 |
| 11 |  Aaron EkbladDFLA | FLA | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 5 | 42%▼0.8 |
| 12 |  Mike MathesonDFLA | FLA | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 8 | 72%▼7 |
| 13 |  Mark PysykDFLA | FLA | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 14 |  Joshua BrownDFLA | FLA | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 15 |  MacKenzie WeegarDFLA | FLA | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 7 | 91% |
| 16 |  Brian BoyleFFLA | FLA | 1 | 39 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Noel Acciari leads with 5. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Anton Stralman leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Noel Acciari 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).