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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Timo Meier (SJS/NJD) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the San Jose Sharks in 2022-23, ahead of 
Logan Couture (SJS) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, San Jose Sharks, 2022-23
1stTimo MeierSJS/NJD · 78 GP5- 2ndLogan CoutureSJS · 82 GP4
3rdErik KarlssonSJS · 82 GP4
4thMatt NietoSJS/COL · 81 GP2
5thAlexander BarabanovSJS · 68 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, 12 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Timo Meier leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timo MeierFSJS/NJD | SJS/NJD | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 40 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 2 | Logan CoutureFSJS | SJS | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 27 | — |
| 3 | Erik KarlssonDSJS | SJS | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 25 | 95% |
| 4 | Matt NietoFSJS/COL | SJS/COL | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 12 | — |
| 5 | Alexander BarabanovFSJS | SJS | 2 | 68 | 0.03 | 15 | — |
| 6 |  Tomas HertlFSJS | SJS | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 22 | 87% |
| 7 |  Nico SturmFSJS | SJS | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 8 |  Fabian ZetterlundFNJD/SJS | NJD/SJS | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 6 | 12%▼0.8 |
| 9 |  Noah GregorFSJS | SJS | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Scott HarringtonDSJS/ANA | SJS/ANA | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 11 |  Martin KautFCOL/SJS | COL/SJS | 1 | 36 | 0.03 | 4 | — |
| 12 |  Kyle CriscuoloFSJS | SJS | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Timo Meier leads with 5. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Erik Karlsson leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Timo Meier 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).