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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Chicago Blackhawks
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Alex DeBrincat (CHI) leads NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021-22, ahead of 
Brandon Hagel (CHI/TBL) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Chicago Blackhawks, 2021-22
- 1stAlex DeBrincatCHI · 82 GP6
2ndBrandon HagelCHI/TBL · 77 GP3
3rdPatrick KaneCHI · 78 GP2
4thJonathan ToewsCHI · 71 GP2
5thDylan StromeCHI · 69 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 Alex DeBrincat leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex DeBrincatFCHI | CHI | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 41 | 100%▲1 |
| 2 | Brandon HagelFCHI/TBL | CHI/TBL | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 25 | 100% |
| 3 | Patrick KaneFCHI | CHI | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 26 | 69%▼1.3 |
| 4 | Jonathan ToewsFCHI | CHI | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 12 | 0.3% |
| 5 | Dylan StromeFCHI | CHI | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 22 | 79%▼2.3 |
| 6 |  Ryan CarpenterFCHI/CGY | CHI/CGY | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 3 | — |
| 7 |  Taylor RaddyshFTBL/CHI | TBL/CHI | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 8 |  Philipp KurashevFCHI | CHI | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 9 |  Boris KatchoukFTBL/CHI | TBL/CHI | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Adam GaudetteFOTT/CHI | OTT/CHI | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Connor MurphyDCHI | CHI | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 4 | 6.2% |
| 12 |  Sam LaffertyFCHI/PIT | CHI/PIT | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Riley StillmanDCHI | CHI | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 14 |  Caleb JonesDCHI | CHI | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Alex DeBrincat leads with 6. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Connor Murphy leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Alex DeBrincat at 6.
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).