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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Los Angeles Kings
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Anze Kopitar (LAK) leads NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Los Angeles Kings in 2020-21, ahead of 
Gabriel Vilardi (LAK) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Los Angeles Kings, 2020-21
- 1stAnze KopitarLAK · 56 GP4
- 2ndGabriel VilardiLAK · 54 GP3
3rdCarl GrundstromLAK · 47 GP3
4thAdrian KempeLAK · 56 GP2
5thAlex IafalloLAK · 55 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 2020-21, 12 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Anze Kopitar leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anze KopitarFLAK | LAK | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 13 | 0.4% |
| 2 | Gabriel VilardiFLAK | LAK | 3 | 54 | 0.06 | 10 | 68%▼6.1 |
| 3 | Carl GrundstromFLAK | LAK | 3 | 47 | 0.06 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Adrian KempeFLAK | LAK | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 14 | 95%▼0.9 |
| 5 | Alex IafalloFLAK | LAK | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 13 | 4.3% |
| 6 |  Jaret Anderson-DolanFLAK | LAK | 2 | 34 | 0.06 | 7 | — |
| 7 |  Jeff CarterFLAK/PIT | LAK/PIT | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 17 | — |
| 8 |  Mikey AndersonDLAK | LAK | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 1 | 6.5%▼0.9 |
| 9 |  Dustin BrownFLAK | LAK | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 17 | — |
| 10 |  Brendan LemieuxFNYR/LAK | NYR/LAK | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 11 |  Andreas AthanasiouFLAK | LAK | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 10 | — |
| 12 |  Austin WagnerFLAK | LAK | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Anze Kopitar leads with 4. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Mikey Anderson leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Anze Kopitar at 4.
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).