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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Josh Norris (OTT) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the Ottawa Senators in 2021-22, ahead of 
Tim Stützle (OTT) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Ottawa Senators, 2021-22
- 1stJosh NorrisOTT · 66 GP8
- 2ndTim StützleOTT · 79 GP4
3rdBrady TkachukOTT · 79 GP3
4thMathieu JosephTBL/OTT · 69 GP3
5thDrake BathersonOTT · 46 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, 15 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Josh Norris leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh NorrisFOTT | OTT | 8 | 66 | 0.12 | 35 | 31%▼2.6 |
| 2 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 22 | 100% |
| 3 | Brady TkachukFOTT | OTT | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 30 | 100%▲1 |
| 4 | Mathieu JosephFTBL/OTT | TBL/OTT | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 12 | 4.1%▲0.9 |
| 5 | Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 3 | 46 | 0.07 | 17 | 96%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Nick PaulFOTT/TBL | OTT/TBL | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 16 | 9.8%▲1.7 |
| 7 |  Chris TierneyFOTT | OTT | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 8 |  Alex FormentonFOTT | OTT | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 18 | 8.9% |
| 9 |  Nick HoldenDOTT | OTT | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 10 |  Austin WatsonFOTT | OTT | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 10 | — |
| 11 |  Thomas ChabotDOTT | OTT | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 7 | 87%▼1.3 |
| 12 |  Adam GaudetteFOTT/CHI | OTT/CHI | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Tyler EnnisFOTT | OTT | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 14 |  Colin WhiteFOTT | OTT | 1 | 24 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 15 |  Mark KastelicFOTT | OTT | 1 | 16 | 0.06 | 2 | 18%▲1.5 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Josh Norris leads with 8. The median of the 15 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Nick Holden leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Josh Norris 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).