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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) and 
Mikko Rantanen (COL) lead NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Colorado Avalanche in 2023-24, ahead of 
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Colorado Avalanche, 2023-24
- 1stNathan MacKinnonCOL · 82 GP9
- 2ndMikko RantanenCOL · 80 GP9
- 3rdValeri NichushkinCOL · 54 GP6
4thRyan JohansenCOL · 63 GP4
5thLogan O'ConnorCOL · 57 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 2023-24, 20 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Nathan MacKinnon leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 51 | 100% |
| 2 | Mikko RantanenFCOL | COL | 9 | 80 | 0.11 | 42 | 99% |
| 3 | Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 6 | 54 | 0.11 | 28 | 50%▼2.5 |
| 4 | Ryan JohansenFCOL | COL | 4 | 63 | 0.06 | 13 | — |
| 5 | Logan O'ConnorFCOL | COL | 4 | 57 | 0.07 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 6 |  Yakov TreninFNSH/COL | NSH/COL | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 12 | 18% |
| 7 |  Devon ToewsDCOL | COL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 12 | 82%▲8.8 |
| 8 |  Ross ColtonFCOL | COL | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 17 | 7.3% |
| 9 |  Jonathan DrouinFCOL | COL | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 19 | 0.4% |
| 10 |  Tomas TatarFSEA/COL | SEA/COL | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 9 | — |
| 11 |  Artturi LehkonenFCOL | COL | 2 | 45 | 0.04 | 16 | 83%▲6.8 |
| 12 |  Sean WalkerDPHI/COL | PHI/COL | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 10 | 71%▲7.7 |
| 13 |  Casey MittelstadtFBUF/COL | BUF/COL | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 18 | 11%▼0.8 |
| 14 |  Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 21 | 100% |
| 15 |  Miles WoodFCOL | COL | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 16 |  Fredrik OlofssonFCOL | COL | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 3 | — |
| 17 |  Kurtis MacDermidFCOL/NJD | COL/NJD | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 18 |  Zach PariseFCOL | COL | 1 | 30 | 0.03 | 5 | — |
| 19 |  Sam MalinskiDCOL | COL | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 3 | 41%▼3.5 |
| 20 |  Riley TufteFCOL | COL | 1 | 5 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Nathan MacKinnon leads with 9. The median of the 20 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Devon Toews leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Nathan MacKinnon 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).