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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Nico Hischier (NJD) leads NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the New Jersey Devils in 2022-23, ahead of 
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) (7).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New Jersey Devils, 2022-23
- 1stNico HischierNJD · 81 GP9
- 2ndDougie HamiltonNJD · 82 GP7
3rdDawson MercerNJD · 82 GP6
4thJack HughesNJD · 78 GP6
5thTimo MeierSJS/NJD · 78 GP5
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, 19 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Nico Hischier leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 9 | 81 | 0.11 | 31 | 95% |
| 2 | Dougie HamiltonDNJD | NJD | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 22 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 3 | Dawson MercerFNJD | NJD | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 27 | 21%▼0.8 |
| 4 | Jack HughesFNJD | NJD | 6 | 78 | 0.08 | 43 | 99% |
| 5 | Timo MeierFSJS/NJD | SJS/NJD | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 40 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 6 |  Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 32 | 95% |
| 7 |  Damon SeversonDNJD | NJD | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 7 | 22%▲12 |
| 8 |  Ryan GravesDNJD | NJD | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Miles WoodFNJD | NJD | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Yegor SharangovichFNJD | NJD | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 13 | 6.7% |
| 11 |  Jesper BoqvistFNJD | NJD | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 10 | 3.3% |
| 12 |  Tomas TatarFNJD | NJD | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 20 | — |
| 13 |  Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD | NJD | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.2%▼3 |
| 14 |  Michael McLeodFNJD | NJD | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 4 | — |
| 15 |  Fabian ZetterlundFNJD/SJS | NJD/SJS | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 6 | 12%▼0.8 |
| 16 |  Ondrej PalatFNJD | NJD | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 17 |  Nathan BastianFNJD | NJD | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 18 |  Nikita OkhotiukDNJD | NJD | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 1 | — |
| 19 |  Luke HughesDNJD | NJD | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 83% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Nico Hischier leads with 9. The median of the 19 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Dougie Hamilton leads NHL defensemen with 7; the top forward is Nico Hischier at 9.
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).