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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Toronto Maple Leafs
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
John Tavares (TOR) leads NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2022-23, ahead of 
Auston Matthews (TOR) (8).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Toronto Maple Leafs, 2022-23
- 1stJohn TavaresTOR · 80 GP9
- 2ndAuston MatthewsTOR · 74 GP8
3rdWilliam NylanderTOR · 82 GP5
4thMichael BuntingTOR · 82 GP4
5thMitch MarnerTOR · 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, 24 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and John Tavares leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John TavaresFTOR | TOR | 9 | 80 | 0.11 | 36 | 92%▼2.6 |
| 2 | Auston MatthewsFTOR | TOR | 8 | 74 | 0.11 | 40 | 99% |
| 3 | William NylanderFTOR | TOR | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 40 | 99% |
| 4 | Michael BuntingFTOR | TOR | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 23 | 3.6%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Mitch MarnerFTOR | TOR | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 30 | 99% |
| 6 |  Pierre EngvallFTOR/NYI | TOR/NYI | 4 | 76 | 0.05 | 17 | 0.0% |
| 7 |  Ryan O'ReillyFSTL/TOR | STL/TOR | 4 | 53 | 0.08 | 16 | 83%▲2.3 |
| 8 |  Noel AcciariFSTL/TOR | STL/TOR | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 14 | 4.1%▲0.8 |
| 9 |  Zachary Aston-ReeseFTOR | TOR | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Calle JarnkrokFTOR | TOR | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Erik GustafssonDWSH/TOR | WSH/TOR | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 7 | 3.2% |
| 12 |  Pontus HolmbergFTOR | TOR | 2 | 37 | 0.05 | 5 | 4.0%▲3.9 |
| 13 |  Alexander KerfootFTOR | TOR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 10 | 3.2% |
| 14 |  David KampfFTOR | TOR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 15 |  Justin HollDTOR | TOR | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.3% |
| 16 |  Mark GiordanoDTOR | TOR | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 4 | — |
| 17 |  Jake McCabeDCHI/TOR | CHI/TOR | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 3 | 25%▼2.6 |
| 18 |  Sam LaffertyFCHI/TOR | CHI/TOR | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 19 |  Morgan RiellyDTOR | TOR | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 4 | 73%▼2.9 |
| 20 |  Denis MalginFCOL/TOR | COL/TOR | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 13 | — |
| 21 |  Joey AndersonFCHI/TOR | CHI/TOR | 1 | 38 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 22 |  Conor TimminsDTOR/ARI | TOR/ARI | 1 | 27 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 23 |  Nick RobertsonFTOR | TOR | 1 | 15 | 0.07 | 2 | 26%▼1.2 |
| 24 |  Jordie BennDTOR | TOR | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
John Tavares leads with 9. The median of the 24 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Erik Gustafsson leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is John Tavares 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).