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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Claude Giroux (OTT), 
Alex DeBrincat (OTT) and 
Brady Tkachuk (OTT) lead NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Ottawa Senators in 2022-23, ahead of 
Derick Brassard (OTT) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Ottawa Senators, 2022-23
- 1stClaude GirouxOTT · 82 GP6
- 2ndAlex DeBrincatOTT · 82 GP6
- 3rdBrady TkachukOTT · 82 GP6
- 4thDerick BrassardOTT · 62 GP4
5thTim StützleOTT · 78 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, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Claude Giroux leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude GirouxFOTT | OTT | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 35 | 32%▲0.9 |
| 2 | Alex DeBrincatFOTT | OTT | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 27 | 100%▲1 |
| 3 | Brady TkachukFOTT | OTT | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 35 | 100%▲1 |
| 4 | Derick BrassardFOTT | OTT | 4 | 62 | 0.06 | 13 | — |
| 5 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 39 | 100% |
| 6 |  Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 22 | 96%▼0.9 |
| 7 |  Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 20 | 45%▲1 |
| 8 |  Austin WatsonFOTT | OTT | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 9 | — |
| 9 |  Mark KastelicFOTT | OTT | 2 | 65 | 0.03 | 7 | 18%▲1.5 |
| 10 |  Travis HamonicDOTT | OTT | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Tyler MotteFOTT/NYR | OTT/NYR | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 12 |  Parker KellyFOTT | OTT | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 1 | 17%▼1.2 |
| 13 |  Jake LucchiniFOTT | OTT | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 14 |  Egor SokolovFOTT | OTT | 1 | 5 | 0.20 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Claude Giroux leads with 6. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Travis Hamonic leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Claude Giroux 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).