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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Tampa Bay Lightning
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brayden Point (TBL) leads NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2022-23, ahead of 
Steven Stamkos (TBL) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Tampa Bay Lightning, 2022-23
- 1stBrayden PointTBL · 82 GP9
- 2ndSteven StamkosTBL · 81 GP6
3rdAlex KillornTBL · 82 GP5
4thNikita KucherovTBL · 82 GP4
5thNick PaulTBL · 80 GP4
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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 3 and Brayden Point leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brayden PointFTBL | TBL | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 51 | 92%▼1.7 |
| 2 | Steven StamkosFTBL | TBL | 6 | 81 | 0.07 | 34 | 95%▲0.7 |
| 3 | Alex KillornFTBL | TBL | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 27 | 5.1% |
| 4 | Nikita KucherovFTBL | TBL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 30 | 100% |
| 5 | Nick PaulFTBL | TBL | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 17 | 9.8%▲1.7 |
| 6 |  Corey PerryFTBL | TBL | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 12 | 5.0%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Ross ColtonFTBL | TBL | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 16 | 7.3% |
| 8 |  Brandon HagelFTBL | TBL | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 30 | 100% |
| 9 |  Mikhail SergachevDTBL | TBL | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 10 | 100%▲1.4 |
| 10 |  Nick PerbixDTBL | TBL | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Tanner JeannotFNSH/TBL | NSH/TBL | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 6 | 6.5%▼0.8 |
| 12 |  Victor HedmanDTBL | TBL | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 9 | 84%▼1 |
| 13 |  Anthony CirelliFTBL | TBL | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 11 | 44%▼2.2 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Brayden Point leads with 9. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 3.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Mikhail Sergachev leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Brayden Point 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).