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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Arizona Coyotes
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Lawson Crouse (ARI) and 
Nick Schmaltz (ARI) lead NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Arizona Coyotes in 2021-22, ahead of 
Shayne Gostisbehere (ARI) (2).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Arizona Coyotes, 2021-22
- 1stLawson CrouseARI · 65 GP4
- 2ndNick SchmaltzARI · 63 GP4
- 3rdShayne GostisbehereARI · 82 GP2
4thTravis BoydARI · 74 GP2
5thClayton KellerARI · 67 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 2021-22, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Lawson Crouse leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawson CrouseFARI | ARI | 4 | 65 | 0.06 | 20 | 32%▼1 |
| 2 | Nick SchmaltzFARI | ARI | 4 | 63 | 0.06 | 23 | 97% |
| 3 | Shayne GostisbehereDARI | ARI | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 14 | 96%▲0.6 |
| 4 | Travis BoydFARI | ARI | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 17 | — |
| 5 | Clayton KellerFARI | ARI | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 28 | 100% |
| 6 |  Jakob ChychrunDARI | ARI | 2 | 47 | 0.04 | 7 | 99% |
| 7 |  Anton StralmanDARI | ARI | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 8 |  Barrett HaytonFARI | ARI | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 10 | 18%▲7.6 |
| 9 |  Antoine RousselFARI | ARI | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 10 |  Kyle CapobiancoDARI | ARI | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Johan LarssonFARI/WSH | ARI/WSH | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 7 | — |
| 12 |  J.J. MoserDARI | ARI | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 4 | 16%▼2.5 |
| 13 |  Ryan DzingelFARI/SJS | ARI/SJS | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 5 | — |
| 14 |  Jan JenikFARI | ARI | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Lawson Crouse leads with 4. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Shayne Gostisbehere leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Lawson Crouse 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).