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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Utah Mammoth
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Christian Dvorak (ARI) leads NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Utah Mammoth in 2020-21, ahead of 
Phil Kessel (ARI) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Utah Mammoth, 2020-21
- 1stChristian DvorakARI · 56 GP4
- 2ndPhil KesselARI · 56 GP3
3rdClayton KellerARI · 56 GP3
4thJakob ChychrunARI · 56 GP3
5thJohan LarssonARI · 52 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, 10 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Christian Dvorak leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian DvorakFARI | ARI | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 17 | 15%▲1.7 |
| 2 | Phil KesselFARI | ARI | 3 | 56 | 0.05 | 20 | — |
| 3 | Clayton KellerFARI | ARI | 3 | 56 | 0.05 | 14 | 100% |
| 4 | Jakob ChychrunDARI | ARI | 3 | 56 | 0.05 | 18 | 99% |
| 5 | Johan LarssonFARI | ARI | 2 | 52 | 0.04 | 8 | — |
| 6 |  John HaydenFARI | ARI | 2 | 29 | 0.07 | 2 | — |
| 7 |  Derick BrassardFARI | ARI | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 8 |  Nick SchmaltzFARI | ARI | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 10 | 97% |
| 9 |  Conor GarlandFARI | ARI | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 12 | 7.6%▼0.8 |
| 10 |  Michael BuntingFARI | ARI | 1 | 21 | 0.05 | 10 | 3.6%▼0.8 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Christian Dvorak leads with 4. The median of the 10 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Jakob Chychrun leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Christian Dvorak 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).