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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Anaheim Ducks
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Maxime Comtois (ANA) leads NHL skaters with 3 GWG for the Anaheim Ducks in 2020-21, ahead of 
Nicolas Deslauriers (ANA) (2).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Anaheim Ducks, 2020-21
- 1stMaxime ComtoisANA · 55 GP3
- 2ndNicolas DeslauriersANA · 49 GP2
3rdAdam HenriqueANA · 45 GP2
4thJani HakanpääANA/CAR · 57 GP1
5thCam FowlerANA · 56 GP1
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 2020-21, 12 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Maxime Comtois leads at 3.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxime ComtoisFANA | ANA | 3 | 55 | 0.05 | 16 | — |
| 2 | Nicolas DeslauriersFANA | ANA | 2 | 49 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 3 | Adam HenriqueFANA | ANA | 2 | 45 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.4% |
| 4 | Jani HakanpääDANA/CAR | ANA/CAR | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
| 5 | Cam FowlerDANA | ANA | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 5 | 15%▲2.3 |
| 6 |  Rickard RakellFANA | ANA | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 9 | 70%▼6.3 |
| 7 |  Ryan GetzlafFANA | ANA | 1 | 48 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 8 |  Derek GrantFANA | ANA | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 9 |  Max JonesFANA | ANA | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Danton HeinenFANA | ANA | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Josh MansonDANA | ANA | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 1 | 44%▲7.6 |
| 12 |  David BackesFANA | ANA | 1 | 15 | 0.07 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Maxime Comtois leads with 3. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Jani Hakanpää leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Maxime Comtois at 3.
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).