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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Rangers
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the New York Rangers in 2020-21, ahead of 
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Rangers, 2020-21
- 1stMika ZibanejadNYR · 56 GP7
- 2ndAlexis LafrenièreNYR · 56 GP4
3rdChris KreiderNYR · 50 GP4
4thPavel BuchnevichNYR · 54 GP2
5thColin BlackwellNYR · 47 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 1 and Mika Zibanejad leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika ZibanejadFNYR | NYR | 7 | 56 | 0.13 | 24 | 98% |
| 2 | Alexis LafrenièreFNYR | NYR | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 12 | 94%▲4.5 |
| 3 | Chris KreiderFNYR | NYR | 4 | 50 | 0.08 | 20 | 55%▼6.4 |
| 4 | Pavel BuchnevichFNYR | NYR | 2 | 54 | 0.04 | 20 | 31% |
| 5 | Colin BlackwellFNYR | NYR | 2 | 47 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 6 |  Ryan StromeFNYR | NYR | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 14 | 4.0% |
| 7 |  Adam FoxDNYR | NYR | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 5 | 99% |
| 8 |  K'Andre MillerDNYR | NYR | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 5 | 58%▼1.8 |
| 9 |  Brendan LemieuxFNYR/LAK | NYR/LAK | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 10 |  Libor HajekDNYR | NYR | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
| 11 |  Artemi PanarinFNYR | NYR | 1 | 42 | 0.02 | 17 | 96%▼1.6 |
| 12 |  Jacob TroubaDNYR | NYR | 1 | 38 | 0.03 | 2 | 72%▲1.5 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Mika Zibanejad leads with 7. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Adam Fox leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Mika Zibanejad at 7.
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).