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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Carolina Hurricanes
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Sebastian Aho (CAR) leads NHL skaters with 10 GWG for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2023-24, ahead of 
Seth Jarvis (CAR) (9).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Carolina Hurricanes, 2023-24
- 1stSebastian AhoCAR · 78 GP10
- 2ndSeth JarvisCAR · 81 GP9
3rdAndrei SvechnikovCAR · 59 GP8
4thTeuvo TeravainenCAR · 76 GP4
5thStefan NoesenCAR · 81 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 2023-24, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Sebastian Aho leads at 10.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian AhoFCAR | CAR | 10 | 78 | 0.13 | 36 | 100% |
| 2 | Seth JarvisFCAR | CAR | 9 | 81 | 0.11 | 33 | 94%▲1.1 |
| 3 | Andrei SvechnikovFCAR | CAR | 8 | 59 | 0.14 | 19 | 98% |
| 4 | Teuvo TeravainenFCAR | CAR | 4 | 76 | 0.05 | 25 | 12%▲0.9 |
| 5 | Stefan NoesenFCAR | CAR | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 6 |  Michael BuntingFCAR/PIT | CAR/PIT | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 19 | 3.6%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Jordan StaalFCAR | CAR | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 10 | 15%▼2 |
| 8 |  Martin NecasFCAR | CAR | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 24 | 100% |
| 9 |  Brady SkjeiDCAR | CAR | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 13 | 15%▼1.1 |
| 10 |  Jalen ChatfieldDCAR | CAR | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 8 | 5.0%▲0.8 |
| 11 |  Jake GuentzelFPIT/CAR | PIT/CAR | 2 | 67 | 0.03 | 30 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 12 |  Dmitry OrlovDCAR | CAR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 6 | 33%▲7.5 |
| 13 |  Jordan MartinookFCAR | CAR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 14 | 4.3% |
| 14 |  Jaccob SlavinDCAR | CAR | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 6 | 26%▲4.9 |
| 15 |  Brett PesceDCAR | CAR | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.3% |
| 16 |  Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH/CAR | WSH/CAR | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 17 |  Brendan LemieuxFCAR | CAR | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Sebastian Aho leads with 10. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Brady Skjei leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Sebastian Aho at 10.
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).