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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Utah Mammoth
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Conor Garland (ARI) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Utah Mammoth in 2019-20, ahead of 
Lawson Crouse (ARI) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Utah Mammoth, 2019-20
- 1stConor GarlandARI · 68 GP5
- 2ndLawson CrouseARI · 66 GP3
3rdBrad RichardsonARI · 59 GP3
4thPhil KesselARI · 70 GP2
5thDerek StepanARI · 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, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Conor Garland leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor GarlandFARI | ARI | 5 | 68 | 0.07 | 22 | 7.6%▼0.8 |
| 2 | Lawson CrouseFARI | ARI | 3 | 66 | 0.05 | 15 | 32%▼1 |
| 3 | Brad RichardsonFARI | ARI | 3 | 59 | 0.05 | 6 | — |
| 4 | Phil KesselFARI | ARI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 14 | — |
| 5 | Derek StepanFARI | ARI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 10 | — |
| 6 |  Nick SchmaltzFARI | ARI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 11 | 97% |
| 7 |  Christian DvorakFARI | ARI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 18 | 15%▲1.7 |
| 8 |  Clayton KellerFARI | ARI | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 17 | 100% |
| 9 |  Jakob ChychrunDARI | ARI | 2 | 63 | 0.03 | 12 | 99% |
| 10 |  Carl SoderbergFARI | ARI | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 17 | — |
| 11 |  Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI | ARI | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 9 | 29%▼4.2 |
| 12 |  Taylor HallFARI/NJD | ARI/NJD | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 16 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 13 |  Christian FischerFARI | ARI | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 14 |  Barrett HaytonFARI | ARI | 1 | 20 | 0.05 | 1 | 18%▲7.6 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Conor Garland leads with 5. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Jakob Chychrun leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Conor Garland 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).