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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Nashville Predators
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) leads NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Nashville Predators in 2020-21, ahead of 
Roman Josi (NSH) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Nashville Predators, 2020-21
- 1stEeli TolvanenNSH · 40 GP4
- 2ndRoman JosiNSH · 48 GP3
3rdFilip ForsbergNSH · 39 GP3
4thErik HaulaNSH · 51 GP2
5thViktor ArvidssonNSH · 50 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, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Eeli Tolvanen leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eeli TolvanenFNSH | NSH | 4 | 40 | 0.10 | 11 | 36%▼4.7 |
| 2 | Roman JosiDNSH | NSH | 3 | 48 | 0.06 | 8 | 98% |
| 3 | Filip ForsbergFNSH | NSH | 3 | 39 | 0.08 | 12 | 99%▼0.6 |
| 4 | Erik HaulaFNSH | NSH | 2 | 51 | 0.04 | 9 | 11%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Viktor ArvidssonFNSH | NSH | 2 | 50 | 0.04 | 10 | 40%▼1.1 |
| 6 |  Calle JarnkrokFNSH | NSH | 2 | 49 | 0.04 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 7 |  Mattias EkholmDNSH | NSH | 2 | 48 | 0.04 | 6 | 68% |
| 8 |  Rocco GrimaldiFNSH | NSH | 2 | 40 | 0.05 | 10 | — |
| 9 |  Luke KuninFNSH | NSH | 2 | 38 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Nick CousinsFNSH | NSH | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 5 | 3.3% |
| 11 |  Mikael GranlundFNSH | NSH | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 13 | 70%▲6.1 |
| 12 |  Erik GudbransonDOTT/NSH | OTT/NSH | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.6% |
| 13 |  Dante FabbroDNSH | NSH | 1 | 40 | 0.03 | 2 | 3.2% |
| 14 |  Brad RichardsonFNSH | NSH | 1 | 17 | 0.06 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Eeli Tolvanen leads with 4. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Roman Josi leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Eeli Tolvanen 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).