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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Calgary Flames
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) and 
Sean Monahan (CGY) lead NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Calgary Flames in 2020-21, ahead of 
Elias Lindholm (CGY) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Calgary Flames, 2020-21
- 1stJohnny GaudreauCGY · 56 GP5
- 2ndSean MonahanCGY · 50 GP5
- 3rdElias LindholmCGY · 56 GP4
4thAndrew MangiapaneCGY · 56 GP4
5thSam BennettCGY/FLA · 48 GP4
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, 9 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 4 and Johnny Gaudreau leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny GaudreauFCGY | CGY | 5 | 56 | 0.09 | 19 | — |
| 2 | Sean MonahanFCGY | CGY | 5 | 50 | 0.10 | 10 | 16%▼0.9 |
| 3 | Elias LindholmFCGY | CGY | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 19 | 43%▲1.9 |
| 4 | Andrew MangiapaneFCGY | CGY | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 18 | 3.2% |
| 5 | Sam BennettFCGY/FLA | CGY/FLA | 4 | 48 | 0.08 | 10 | 80%▼1.3 |
| 6 |  Mark GiordanoDCGY | CGY | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 9 | — |
| 7 |  Josh LeivoFCGY | CGY | 2 | 38 | 0.05 | 6 | — |
| 8 |  Mikael BacklundFCGY | CGY | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 9 | 12% |
| 9 |  Noah HanifinDCGY | CGY | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 4 | 48%▲0.5 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Johnny Gaudreau leads with 5. The median of the 9 qualified skaters is 4.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Mark Giordano leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Johnny Gaudreau 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).