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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Timo Meier (SJS) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the San Jose Sharks in 2021-22, ahead of 
Tomas Hertl (SJS) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, San Jose Sharks, 2021-22
- 1stTimo MeierSJS · 77 GP8
- 2ndTomas HertlSJS · 82 GP6
3rdLogan CoutureSJS · 77 GP3
4thJonathan DahlenSJS · 61 GP2
5thErik KarlssonSJS · 50 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 Timo Meier leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timo MeierFSJS | SJS | 8 | 77 | 0.10 | 35 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 2 | Tomas HertlFSJS | SJS | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 30 | 87% |
| 3 | Logan CoutureFSJS | SJS | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 23 | — |
| 4 | Jonathan DahlenFSJS | SJS | 2 | 61 | 0.03 | 12 | — |
| 5 | Erik KarlssonDSJS | SJS | 2 | 50 | 0.04 | 10 | 95% |
| 6 |  Scott ReedyFSJS | SJS | 2 | 35 | 0.06 | 7 | — |
| 7 |  Alexander BarabanovFSJS | SJS | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 10 | — |
| 8 |  Noah GregorFSJS | SJS | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 9 |  Mario FerraroDSJS | SJS | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 2 | 12%▼1.2 |
| 10 |  Rudolfs BalcersFSJS | SJS | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 11 | — |
| 11 |  Nicolas MelocheDSJS | SJS | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
| 12 |  Ryan DzingelFARI/SJS | ARI/SJS | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 5 | — |
| 13 |  Kevin LabancFSJS | SJS | 1 | 21 | 0.05 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Timo Meier leads with 8. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Erik Karlsson leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Timo Meier 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).