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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Nashville Predators
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Roman Josi (NSH) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Nashville Predators in 2022-23, ahead of 
Eeli Tolvanen (SEA/NSH) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Nashville Predators, 2022-23
- 1stRoman JosiNSH · 67 GP5
2ndEeli TolvanenSEA/NSH · 61 GP4
3rdMatt DucheneNSH · 71 GP3
4thTommy NovakNSH · 51 GP3
5thMark JankowskiNSH · 50 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 2022-23, 21 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Roman Josi leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman JosiDNSH | NSH | 5 | 67 | 0.07 | 18 | 98% |
| 2 | Eeli TolvanenFSEA/NSH | SEA/NSH | 4 | 61 | 0.07 | 18 | 36%▼4.7 |
| 3 | Matt DucheneFNSH | NSH | 3 | 71 | 0.04 | 22 | 51%▼4.9 |
| 4 | Tommy NovakFNSH | NSH | 3 | 51 | 0.06 | 17 | 37%▼0.5 |
| 5 | Mark JankowskiFNSH | NSH | 3 | 50 | 0.06 | 7 | 23%▲14 |
| 6 |  Juuso ParssinenFNSH | NSH | 3 | 45 | 0.07 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 7 |  Nino NiederreiterFNSH/WPG | NSH/WPG | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 24 | 4.0% |
| 8 |  Yakov TreninFNSH | NSH | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 12 | 18% |
| 9 |  Cody GlassFNSH | NSH | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 14 | 4.1% |
| 10 |  Filip ForsbergFNSH | NSH | 2 | 50 | 0.04 | 19 | 99%▼0.6 |
| 11 |  Tyson BarrieDEDM/NSH | EDM/NSH | 1 | 85 | 0.01 | 13 | — |
| 12 |  Colton SissonsFNSH | NSH | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 12 | 5.8%▲2.5 |
| 13 |  Mikael GranlundFNSH/PIT | NSH/PIT | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 10 | 70%▲6.1 |
| 14 |  Tanner JeannotFNSH/TBL | NSH/TBL | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 6 | 6.5%▼0.8 |
| 15 |  Ryan McDonaghDNSH | NSH | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 2 | 5.7%▼0.8 |
| 16 |  Cole SmithFNSH | NSH | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 17 |  Ryan JohansenFNSH | NSH | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 12 | — |
| 18 |  Alexandre CarrierDNSH | NSH | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 2 | 15%▲1.8 |
| 19 |  Luke EvangelistaFNSH | NSH | 1 | 24 | 0.04 | 7 | 66%▼4.9 |
| 20 |  Zachary SanfordFNSH | NSH | 1 | 16 | 0.06 | 2 | — |
| 21 |  John LeonardFNSH | NSH | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Roman Josi leads with 5. The median of the 21 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Roman Josi leads NHL defensemen with 5; the top forward is Eeli Tolvanen at 4.
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).