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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Winnipeg Jets
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Kyle Connor (WPG) and 
Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) lead NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Winnipeg Jets in 2020-21, ahead of 
Paul Stastny (WPG) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Winnipeg Jets, 2020-21
- 1stKyle ConnorWPG · 56 GP5
- 2ndNikolaj EhlersWPG · 47 GP5
- 3rdPaul StastnyWPG · 56 GP4
4thMark ScheifeleWPG · 56 GP4
5thAdam LowryWPG · 52 GP3
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 3 and Kyle Connor leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle ConnorFWPG | WPG | 5 | 56 | 0.09 | 26 | 99% |
| 2 | Nikolaj EhlersFWPG | WPG | 5 | 47 | 0.11 | 21 | 87%▼2 |
| 3 | Paul StastnyFWPG | WPG | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 13 | — |
| 4 | Mark ScheifeleFWPG | WPG | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 21 | 98%▼0.6 |
| 5 | Adam LowryFWPG | WPG | 3 | 52 | 0.06 | 10 | 7.5%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Pierre-Luc DuboisFWPG/CBJ | WPG/CBJ | 3 | 46 | 0.07 | 9 | 45%▼2.1 |
| 7 |  Blake WheelerFWPG | WPG | 2 | 50 | 0.04 | 15 | — |
| 8 |  Trevor LewisFWPG | WPG | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 5 | — |
| 9 |  Mason AppletonFWPG | WPG | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Andrew CoppFWPG | WPG | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 15 | 7.5%▼0.8 |
| 11 |  Patrik LaineFCBJ/WPG | CBJ/WPG | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 12 | 8.1% |
| 12 |  Nate ThompsonFWPG | WPG | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2020-21?
Kyle Connor leads with 5. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 3.
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).