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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Vancouver Canucks
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games
J.T. Miller (VAN) and 
Brock Boeser (VAN) lead NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Vancouver Canucks in 2021-22, ahead of 
Bo Horvat (VAN) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Vancouver Canucks, 2021-22
- 1stJ.T. MillerVAN · 80 GP6
- 2ndBrock BoeserVAN · 71 GP6
- 3rdBo HorvatVAN · 70 GP4
4thElias PetterssonVAN · 80 GP3
5thVasily PodkolzinVAN · 79 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, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and J.T. Miller leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.T. MillerFVAN | VAN | 6 | 80 | 0.07 | 32 | 89%▼0.6 |
| 2 | Brock BoeserFVAN | VAN | 6 | 71 | 0.08 | 23 | 59%▼1.3 |
| 3 | Bo HorvatFVAN | VAN | 4 | 70 | 0.06 | 31 | 94%▲1.2 |
| 4 | Elias PetterssonFVAN | VAN | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 32 | 95%▲1.1 |
| 5 | Vasily PodkolzinFVAN | VAN | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 14 | 90%▲3.3 |
| 6 |  Conor GarlandFVAN | VAN | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 19 | 7.6%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Juho LammikkoFVAN | VAN | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 8 |  Tanner PearsonFVAN | VAN | 2 | 68 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.0% |
| 9 |  Alex ChiassonFVAN | VAN | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 13 | — |
| 10 |  Oliver Ekman-LarssonDVAN | VAN | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 5 | 29%▼4.2 |
| 11 |  Quinn HughesDVAN | VAN | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 8 | 100% |
| 12 |  Luke SchennDVAN | VAN | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 5 | 12% |
| 13 |  Travis DermottDTOR/VAN | TOR/VAN | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
| 14 |  Tyler MotteFVAN/NYR | VAN/NYR | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 7 | — |
| 15 |  Brad RichardsonFCGY/VAN | CGY/VAN | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 16 |  Sheldon DriesFVAN | VAN | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
J.T. Miller leads with 6. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2021-22?
Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is J.T. Miller at 6.
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).