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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Washington Capitals
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Marcus Johansson (WSH/MIN) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Washington Capitals in 2022-23, ahead of 
Garnet Hathaway (WSH/BOS) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Washington Capitals, 2022-23
1stMarcus JohanssonWSH/MIN · 80 GP7
2ndGarnet HathawayWSH/BOS · 84 GP3
3rdAlex OvechkinWSH · 73 GP3
4thNic DowdWSH · 65 GP3
5thSonny MilanoWSH · 64 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, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Marcus Johansson leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus JohanssonFWSH/MIN | WSH/MIN | 7 | 80 | 0.09 | 19 | 0.5% |
| 2 | Garnet HathawayFWSH/BOS | WSH/BOS | 3 | 84 | 0.04 | 13 | 5.8% |
| 3 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 3 | 73 | 0.04 | 42 | 88%▼4 |
| 4 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 3 | 65 | 0.05 | 13 | 3.2% |
| 5 | Sonny MilanoFWSH | WSH | 3 | 64 | 0.05 | 11 | — |
| 6 |  Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 12 | — |
| 7 |  Dylan StromeFWSH | WSH | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 23 | 79%▼2.3 |
| 8 |  Erik GustafssonDWSH/TOR | WSH/TOR | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 7 | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Anthony ManthaFWSH | WSH | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 11 | 32%▼6.4 |
| 10 |  Dmitry OrlovDWSH/BOS | WSH/BOS | 2 | 66 | 0.03 | 7 | 33%▲7.5 |
| 11 |  Craig SmithFBOS/WSH | BOS/WSH | 2 | 64 | 0.03 | 9 | — |
| 12 |  T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 2 | 58 | 0.03 | 19 | — |
| 13 |  Lars EllerFWSH/COL | WSH/COL | 1 | 84 | 0.01 | 10 | 4.9%▲0.8 |
| 14 |  Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 15 |  Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 6 | 24%▼0.9 |
| 16 |  Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 1 | 33 | 0.03 | 13 | 93%▼1.1 |
| 17 |  Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 1 | 4.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2022-23?
Marcus Johansson leads with 7. The median of the 17 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 Marcus Johansson at 7.
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).