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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Winnipeg Jets
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Kyle Connor (WPG) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Winnipeg Jets in 2019-20, ahead of 
Mark Scheifele (WPG) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Winnipeg Jets, 2019-20
- 1stKyle ConnorWPG · 71 GP7
- 2ndMark ScheifeleWPG · 71 GP6
3rdNikolaj EhlersWPG · 71 GP5
4thAndrew CoppWPG · 63 GP5
5thBlake WheelerWPG · 71 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 1 and Kyle Connor leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle ConnorFWPG | WPG | 7 | 71 | 0.10 | 38 | 99% |
| 2 | Mark ScheifeleFWPG | WPG | 6 | 71 | 0.08 | 29 | 98%▼0.6 |
| 3 | Nikolaj EhlersFWPG | WPG | 5 | 71 | 0.07 | 25 | 87%▼2 |
| 4 | Andrew CoppFWPG | WPG | 5 | 63 | 0.08 | 10 | 7.5%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Blake WheelerFWPG | WPG | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 22 | — |
| 6 |  Neal PionkDWPG | WPG | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 6 | 61%▲31 |
| 7 |  Patrik LaineFWPG | WPG | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 28 | 8.1% |
| 8 |  Tucker PoolmanDWPG | WPG | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 9 |  Dmitry KulikovDWPG | WPG | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 2 | 4.0% |
| 10 |  Cody EakinFVGK/WPG | VGK/WPG | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 11 |  Adam LowryFWPG | WPG | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 4 | 7.5%▼0.9 |
| 12 |  Nathan BeaulieuDWPG | WPG | 1 | 38 | 0.03 | 1 | — |
| 13 |  David GustafssonFWPG | WPG | 1 | 22 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 14 |  Bryan LittleFWPG | WPG | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Kyle Connor leads with 7. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2019-20?
Neal Pionk leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Kyle Connor 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).