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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Toronto Maple Leafs
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
Auston Matthews (TOR) leads NHL skaters with 10 GWG for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2021-22, ahead of 
William Nylander (TOR) (7).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Toronto Maple Leafs, 2021-22
- 1stAuston MatthewsTOR · 73 GP10
- 2ndWilliam NylanderTOR · 81 GP7
3rdMitch MarnerTOR · 72 GP5
4thIlya MikheyevTOR · 53 GP4
5thMorgan RiellyTOR · 82 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, 20 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Auston Matthews leads at 10.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auston MatthewsFTOR | TOR | 10 | 73 | 0.14 | 60 | 99% |
| 2 | William NylanderFTOR | TOR | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 34 | 99% |
| 3 | Mitch MarnerFTOR | TOR | 5 | 72 | 0.07 | 35 | 99% |
| 4 | Ilya MikheyevFTOR | TOR | 4 | 53 | 0.08 | 21 | 6.7%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Morgan RiellyDTOR | TOR | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 10 | 73%▼2.9 |
| 6 |  John TavaresFTOR | TOR | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 27 | 92%▼2.6 |
| 7 |  Pierre EngvallFTOR | TOR | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 15 | 0.0% |
| 8 |  Rasmus SandinDTOR | TOR | 3 | 51 | 0.06 | 5 | 12% |
| 9 |  Michael BuntingFTOR | TOR | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 23 | 3.6%▼0.8 |
| 10 |  Wayne SimmondsFTOR | TOR | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 5 | — |
| 11 |  Michael AmadioFVGK/TOR | VGK/TOR | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 11 | 5.0%▼0.9 |
| 12 |  Ondrej KaseFTOR | TOR | 2 | 50 | 0.04 | 14 | — |
| 13 |  Alexander KerfootFTOR | TOR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 13 | 3.2% |
| 14 |  David KampfFTOR | TOR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 15 |  Mark GiordanoDSEA/TOR | SEA/TOR | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 8 | — |
| 16 |  Jason SpezzaFTOR | TOR | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 12 | — |
| 17 |  Justin HollDTOR | TOR | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.3% |
| 18 |  Travis DermottDTOR/VAN | TOR/VAN | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
| 19 |  Colin BlackwellFSEA/TOR | SEA/TOR | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 20 |  Nick AbruzzeseFTOR | TOR | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Auston Matthews leads with 10. The median of the 20 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Morgan Rielly leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Auston Matthews at 10.
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).