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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Seattle Kraken
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
4 NHL skaters share the lead with 3 GWG for the Seattle Kraken in 2021-22.
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Seattle Kraken, 2021-22
1stAdam LarssonSEA · 82 GP3
2ndYanni GourdeSEA · 74 GP3
3rdMason AppletonSEA/WPG · 68 GP3
4thBrandon TanevSEA · 30 GP3
5thAlexander WennbergSEA · 80 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, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Adam Larsson leads at 3.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam LarssonDSEA | SEA | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 8 | 27% |
| 2 | Yanni GourdeFSEA | SEA | 3 | 74 | 0.04 | 21 | 4.9% |
| 3 | Mason AppletonFSEA/WPG | SEA/WPG | 3 | 68 | 0.04 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Brandon TanevFSEA | SEA | 3 | 30 | 0.10 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 5 | Alexander WennbergFSEA | SEA | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 11 | 19%▼0.6 |
| 6 |  Jordan EberleFSEA | SEA | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 21 | 52%▲6.7 |
| 7 |  Ryan DonatoFSEA | SEA | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 16 | 8.1% |
| 8 |  Marcus JohanssonFSEA/WSH | SEA/WSH | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 9 | 0.5% |
| 9 |  Mark GiordanoDSEA/TOR | SEA/TOR | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 10 |  Jared McCannFSEA | SEA | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 27 | 79%▲1.9 |
| 11 |  Nathan BastianFNJD/SEA | NJD/SEA | 1 | 72 | 0.01 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 12 |  Calle JarnkrokFSEA/CGY | SEA/CGY | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Carson SoucyDSEA | SEA | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 14 |  Colin BlackwellFSEA/TOR | SEA/TOR | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 15 |  Victor RaskFMIN/SEA | MIN/SEA | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 16 |  Haydn FleuryDSEA | SEA | 1 | 36 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Adam Larsson leads with 3. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Adam Larsson leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Yanni Gourde at 3.
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).