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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jesper Bratt (NJD) leads NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the New Jersey Devils in 2021-22, ahead of 
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New Jersey Devils, 2021-22
- 1stJesper BrattNJD · 76 GP6
- 2ndYegor SharangovichNJD · 76 GP3
3rdDawson MercerNJD · 82 GP2
4thNico HischierNJD · 70 GP2
5thJimmy VeseyNJD · 68 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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Jesper Bratt leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 6 | 76 | 0.08 | 26 | 95% |
| 2 | Yegor SharangovichFNJD | NJD | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 24 | 6.7% |
| 3 | Dawson MercerFNJD | NJD | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 17 | 21%▼0.8 |
| 4 | Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 21 | 95% |
| 5 | Jimmy VeseyFNJD | NJD | 2 | 68 | 0.03 | 8 | — |
| 6 |  Jack HughesFNJD | NJD | 2 | 49 | 0.04 | 26 | 99% |
| 7 |  P.K. SubbanDNJD | NJD | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 8 |  Tomas TatarFNJD | NJD | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 15 | — |
| 9 |  Nathan BastianFNJD/SEA | NJD/SEA | 1 | 72 | 0.01 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Pavel ZachaFNJD | NJD | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 15 | 69%▼0.5 |
| 11 |  Dougie HamiltonDNJD | NJD | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 9 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 12 |  Janne KuokkanenFNJD | NJD | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 13 |  Jesper BoqvistFNJD | NJD | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 10 | 3.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Jesper Bratt leads with 6. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
P.K. Subban leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Jesper Bratt 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).