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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Islanders
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Kyle Palmieri (NYI) leads NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the New York Islanders in 2021-22, ahead of 
Brock Nelson (NYI) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Islanders, 2021-22
- 1stKyle PalmieriNYI · 69 GP6
- 2ndBrock NelsonNYI · 72 GP5
3rdZach PariseNYI · 82 GP4
4thNoah DobsonNYI · 80 GP4
5thAnders LeeNYI · 76 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 Kyle Palmieri leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle PalmieriFNYI | NYI | 6 | 69 | 0.09 | 15 | 13%▼0.8 |
| 2 | Brock NelsonFNYI | NYI | 5 | 72 | 0.07 | 37 | 88%▲1.4 |
| 3 | Zach PariseFNYI | NYI | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 15 | — |
| 4 | Noah DobsonDNYI | NYI | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 13 | 92%▼1.7 |
| 5 | Anders LeeFNYI | NYI | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 28 | 29%▼0.6 |
| 6 |  Casey CizikasFNYI | NYI | 3 | 74 | 0.04 | 10 | 3.2% |
| 7 |  Oliver WahlstromFNYI | NYI | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 13 | — |
| 8 |  Scott MayfieldDNYI | NYI | 2 | 61 | 0.03 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Kieffer BellowsFNYI | NYI | 2 | 45 | 0.04 | 6 | — |
| 10 |  Anthony BeauvillierFNYI | NYI | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 12 | 4.0% |
| 11 |  Josh BaileyFNYI | NYI | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 14 | — |
| 12 |  Mathew BarzalFNYI | NYI | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 15 | 80%▼1.2 |
| 13 |  Cal ClutterbuckFNYI | NYI | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Kyle Palmieri leads with 6. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Noah Dobson leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Kyle Palmieri 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).