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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Tampa Bay Lightning
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Steven Stamkos (TBL) leads NHL skaters with 11 GWG for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2021-22, ahead of 
Victor Hedman (TBL) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Tampa Bay Lightning, 2021-22
- 1stSteven StamkosTBL · 81 GP11
- 2ndVictor HedmanTBL · 82 GP6
3rdOndrej PalatTBL · 77 GP5
4thCorey PerryTBL · 82 GP4
5thRoss ColtonTBL · 79 GP4
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, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 3 and Steven Stamkos leads at 11.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven StamkosFTBL | TBL | 11 | 81 | 0.14 | 42 | 95%▲0.7 |
| 2 | Victor HedmanDTBL | TBL | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 20 | 84%▼1 |
| 3 | Ondrej PalatFTBL | TBL | 5 | 77 | 0.06 | 18 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Corey PerryFTBL | TBL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 19 | 5.0%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Ross ColtonFTBL | TBL | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 22 | 7.3% |
| 6 |  Anthony CirelliFTBL | TBL | 4 | 76 | 0.05 | 17 | 44%▼2.2 |
| 7 |  Brayden PointFTBL | TBL | 4 | 66 | 0.06 | 28 | 92%▼1.7 |
| 8 |  Brandon HagelFCHI/TBL | CHI/TBL | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 25 | 100% |
| 9 |  Mathieu JosephFTBL/OTT | TBL/OTT | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 12 | 4.1%▲0.9 |
| 10 |  Alex KillornFTBL | TBL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 25 | 5.1% |
| 11 |  Nick PaulFOTT/TBL | OTT/TBL | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 16 | 9.8%▲1.7 |
| 12 |  Pierre-Edouard BellemareFTBL | TBL | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 9 | — |
| 13 |  Mikhail SergachevDTBL | TBL | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 7 | 100%▲1.4 |
| 14 |  Taylor RaddyshFTBL/CHI | TBL/CHI | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 15 |  Boris KatchoukFTBL/CHI | TBL/CHI | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 16 |  Zach BogosianDTBL | TBL | 1 | 48 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.4% |
| 17 |  Nikita KucherovFTBL | TBL | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 25 | 100% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Steven Stamkos leads with 11. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 3.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Victor Hedman leads NHL defensemen with 6; the top forward is Steven Stamkos at 11.
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).