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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Nashville Predators
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Filip Forsberg (NSH) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the Nashville Predators in 2021-22, ahead of 
Ryan Johansen (NSH) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Nashville Predators, 2021-22
- 1stFilip ForsbergNSH · 69 GP8
- 2ndRyan JohansenNSH · 79 GP6
3rdMatt DucheneNSH · 78 GP6
4thTanner JeannotNSH · 81 GP5
5thMikael GranlundNSH · 80 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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Filip Forsberg leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filip ForsbergFNSH | NSH | 8 | 69 | 0.12 | 42 | 99%▼0.6 |
| 2 | Ryan JohansenFNSH | NSH | 6 | 79 | 0.08 | 26 | — |
| 3 | Matt DucheneFNSH | NSH | 6 | 78 | 0.08 | 43 | 51%▼4.9 |
| 4 | Tanner JeannotFNSH | NSH | 5 | 81 | 0.06 | 24 | 6.5%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Mikael GranlundFNSH | NSH | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 11 | 70%▲6.1 |
| 6 |  Philip TomasinoFNSH | NSH | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 11 | — |
| 7 |  Roman JosiDNSH | NSH | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 23 | 98% |
| 8 |  Yakov TreninFNSH | NSH | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 17 | 18% |
| 9 |  Michael McCarronFNSH | NSH | 2 | 51 | 0.04 | 7 | 13%▲1.8 |
| 10 |  Mattias EkholmDNSH | NSH | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 6 | 68% |
| 11 |  Eeli TolvanenFNSH | NSH | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 11 | 36%▼4.7 |
| 12 |  Nick CousinsFNSH | NSH | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 9 | 3.3% |
| 13 |  Matt LuffFNSH | NSH | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Filip Forsberg leads with 8. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Roman Josi leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Filip Forsberg at 8.
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).