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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Boston Bruins
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Brad Marchand (BOS) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Boston Bruins in 2020-21, ahead of 
Craig Smith (BOS) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Boston Bruins, 2020-21
- 1stBrad MarchandBOS · 53 GP5
- 2ndCraig SmithBOS · 54 GP4
3rdPatrice BergeronBOS · 54 GP3
4thDavid PastrnakBOS · 48 GP3
5thTrent FredericBOS · 42 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 2020-21, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Brad Marchand leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad MarchandFBOS | BOS | 5 | 53 | 0.09 | 29 | 65%▼2.8 |
| 2 | Craig SmithFBOS | BOS | 4 | 54 | 0.07 | 13 | — |
| 3 | Patrice BergeronFBOS | BOS | 3 | 54 | 0.06 | 23 | — |
| 4 | David PastrnakFBOS | BOS | 3 | 48 | 0.06 | 20 | 100% |
| 5 | Trent FredericFBOS | BOS | 3 | 42 | 0.07 | 4 | 4.0%▼0.8 |
| 6 |  Nick RitchieFBOS | BOS | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 15 | — |
| 7 |  Charlie CoyleFBOS | BOS | 2 | 51 | 0.04 | 6 | 47%▼0.5 |
| 8 |  Sean KuralyFBOS | BOS | 2 | 47 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Taylor HallFBUF/BOS | BUF/BOS | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 10 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 10 |  David KrejciFBOS | BOS | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 11 |  Curtis LazarFBUF/BOS | BUF/BOS | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 12 |  Jake DeBruskFBOS | BOS | 1 | 41 | 0.02 | 5 | 45%▼2.1 |
| 13 |  Matt GrzelcykDBOS | BOS | 1 | 37 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 14 |  Brandon CarloDBOS | BOS | 1 | 27 | 0.04 | 3 | 3.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Brad Marchand leads with 5. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Matt Grzelcyk leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Brad Marchand 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).