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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Nick Suzuki (MTL) leads NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Montreal Canadiens in 2021-22, ahead of 
Mike Hoffman (MTL) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Montreal Canadiens, 2021-22
- 1stNick SuzukiMTL · 82 GP4
- 2ndMike HoffmanMTL · 67 GP3
3rdCole CaufieldMTL · 67 GP3
4thArtturi LehkonenMTL/COL · 74 GP2
5thPaul ByronMTL · 27 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 Nick Suzuki leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 21 | 100% |
| 2 | Mike HoffmanFMTL | MTL | 3 | 67 | 0.04 | 15 | — |
| 3 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 3 | 67 | 0.04 | 23 | 100% |
| 4 | Artturi LehkonenFMTL/COL | MTL/COL | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 19 | 83%▲6.8 |
| 5 | Paul ByronFMTL | MTL | 2 | 27 | 0.07 | 4 | — |
| 6 |  Adam BrooksFWPG/VGK/MTL | WPG/VGK/MTL | 2 | 25 | 0.08 | 2 | — |
| 7 |  Ben ChiarotDMTL/FLA | MTL/FLA | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 9 | 9.9%▼0.8 |
| 8 |  Tyler ToffoliFCGY/MTL | CGY/MTL | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 20 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 9 |  Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 19 | 22%▲11 |
| 10 |  Jeff PetryDMTL | MTL | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Rem PitlickFMTL/MIN | MTL/MIN | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 15 | — |
| 12 |  Chris WidemanDMTL | MTL | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 13 |  Ryan PoehlingFMTL | MTL | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 9 | 5.8% |
| 14 |  Christian DvorakFMTL | MTL | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 11 | 15%▲1.7 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Nick Suzuki leads with 4. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Ben Chiarot leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Nick Suzuki 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).