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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Los Angeles Kings
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Jeff Carter (LAK) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Los Angeles Kings in 2019-20, ahead of 
Anze Kopitar (LAK) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Los Angeles Kings, 2019-20
- 1stJeff CarterLAK · 60 GP7
- 2ndAnze KopitarLAK · 70 GP5
3rdTyler ToffoliLAK/VAN · 68 GP4
4thAlex IafalloLAK · 70 GP3
5thIlya KovalchukMTL/LAK/WSH · 46 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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Jeff Carter leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff CarterFLAK | LAK | 7 | 60 | 0.12 | 17 | — |
| 2 | Anze KopitarFLAK | LAK | 5 | 70 | 0.07 | 21 | 0.4% |
| 3 | Tyler ToffoliFLAK/VAN | LAK/VAN | 4 | 68 | 0.06 | 24 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 4 | Alex IafalloFLAK | LAK | 3 | 70 | 0.04 | 17 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Ilya KovalchukFMTL/LAK/WSH | MTL/LAK/WSH | 3 | 46 | 0.07 | 10 | — |
| 6 |  Adrian KempeFLAK | LAK | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 11 | 95%▼0.9 |
| 7 |  Drew DoughtyDLAK | LAK | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 7 | 18%▼1.9 |
| 8 |  Dustin BrownFLAK | LAK | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 17 | — |
| 9 |  Ben HuttonDLAK | LAK | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 10 |  Trevor LewisFLAK | LAK | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 11 |  Nikolai ProkhorkinFLAK | LAK | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 12 |  Martin FrkFLAK | LAK | 1 | 17 | 0.06 | 6 | — |
| 13 |  Mikey AndersonDLAK | LAK | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 1 | 6.5%▼0.9 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Jeff Carter leads with 7. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Drew Doughty leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Jeff Carter at 7.
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).