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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Calgary Flames
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) and 
Elias Lindholm (CGY) lead NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Calgary Flames in 2021-22, ahead of 
Andrew Mangiapane (CGY) (8).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Calgary Flames, 2021-22
- 1stJohnny GaudreauCGY · 82 GP9
- 2ndElias LindholmCGY · 82 GP9
- 3rdAndrew MangiapaneCGY · 82 GP8
4thMatthew TkachukCGY · 82 GP6
5thChris TanevCGY · 82 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 2021-22, 18 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Johnny Gaudreau leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny GaudreauFCGY | CGY | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 40 | — |
| 2 | Elias LindholmFCGY | CGY | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 42 | 43%▲1.9 |
| 3 | Andrew MangiapaneFCGY | CGY | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 35 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Matthew TkachukFCGY | CGY | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 42 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 5 | Chris TanevDCGY | CGY | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 6 | 4.2%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Blake ColemanFCGY | CGY | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 16 | 39%▼2.2 |
| 7 |  Oliver KylingtonDCGY | CGY | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 9 | — |
| 8 |  Ryan CarpenterFCHI/CGY | CHI/CGY | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 3 | — |
| 9 |  Sean MonahanFCGY | CGY | 2 | 65 | 0.03 | 8 | 16%▼0.9 |
| 10 |  Mikael BacklundFCGY | CGY | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 12 | 12% |
| 11 |  Rasmus AnderssonDCGY | CGY | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 4 | 87%▲1.8 |
| 12 |  Noah HanifinDCGY | CGY | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 10 | 48%▲0.5 |
| 13 |  Trevor LewisFCGY | CGY | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 6 | — |
| 14 |  Dillon DubeFCGY | CGY | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 18 | 0.0% |
| 15 |  Tyler ToffoliFCGY/MTL | CGY/MTL | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 20 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 16 |  Calle JarnkrokFSEA/CGY | SEA/CGY | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 17 |  Brad RichardsonFCGY/VAN | CGY/VAN | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 18 |  Michael StoneDCGY | CGY | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Johnny Gaudreau leads with 9. The median of the 18 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Chris Tanev leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Johnny Gaudreau at 9.
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).