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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Josh Anderson (MTL) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Montreal Canadiens in 2022-23, ahead of 
Mike Hoffman (MTL) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Montreal Canadiens, 2022-23
- 1stJosh AndersonMTL · 69 GP5
- 2ndMike HoffmanMTL · 67 GP3
3rdCole CaufieldMTL · 46 GP3
4thNick SuzukiMTL · 82 GP2
5thKirby DachMTL · 58 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 2022-23, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Josh Anderson leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 5 | 69 | 0.07 | 21 | 22%▲11 |
| 2 | Mike HoffmanFMTL | MTL | 3 | 67 | 0.04 | 14 | — |
| 3 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 3 | 46 | 0.07 | 26 | 100% |
| 4 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 26 | 100% |
| 5 | Kirby DachFMTL | MTL | 2 | 58 | 0.03 | 14 | 9.7%▼0.8 |
| 6 |  Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | 2 | 48 | 0.04 | 8 | 72%▼7 |
| 7 |  Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 2 | 37 | 0.05 | 8 | 0.3%▼3 |
| 8 |  Christian DvorakFMTL | MTL | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 10 | 15%▲1.7 |
| 9 |  David SavardDMTL | MTL | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 10 |  Rem PitlickFMTL | MTL | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 11 |  Justin BarronDMTL | MTL | 1 | 39 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 12 |  Jesse YlonenFMTL | MTL | 1 | 37 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 13 |  Rafael Harvey-PinardFMTL | MTL | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 14 | — |
| 14 |  Anthony RichardFMTL | MTL | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Josh Anderson leads with 5. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Mike Matheson leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Josh Anderson at 5.
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).