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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Dallas Stars
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Matt Duchene (DAL) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Dallas Stars in 2023-24, ahead of 
Roope Hintz (DAL) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Dallas Stars, 2023-24
- 1stMatt DucheneDAL · 80 GP7
- 2ndRoope HintzDAL · 80 GP6
3rdJoe PavelskiDAL · 82 GP4
4thJason RobertsonDAL · 82 GP4
5thJamie BennDAL · 82 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, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 3 and Matt Duchene leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt DucheneFDAL | DAL | 7 | 80 | 0.09 | 25 | 51%▼4.9 |
| 2 | Roope HintzFDAL | DAL | 6 | 80 | 0.07 | 30 | 82%▼1.2 |
| 3 | Joe PavelskiFDAL | DAL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 27 | — |
| 4 | Jason RobertsonFDAL | DAL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 29 | 99% |
| 5 | Jamie BennFDAL | DAL | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 21 | 17%▼1.7 |
| 6 |  Wyatt JohnstonFDAL | DAL | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 32 | 99%▼1.1 |
| 7 |  Mason MarchmentFDAL | DAL | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 22 | 36%▼4.6 |
| 8 |  Thomas HarleyDDAL | DAL | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 15 | 82%▼1.2 |
| 9 |  Tyler SeguinFDAL | DAL | 3 | 68 | 0.04 | 25 | 20%▲1.8 |
| 10 |  Evgenii DadonovFDAL | DAL | 3 | 51 | 0.06 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Craig SmithFDAL | DAL | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 11 | — |
| 12 |  Radek FaksaFDAL | DAL | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Miro HeiskanenDDAL | DAL | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 9 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 14 |  Ryan SuterDDAL | DAL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 2 | — |
| 15 |  Sam SteelFDAL | DAL | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 9 | 5.7% |
| 16 |  Jani HakanpääDDAL | DAL | 1 | 64 | 0.02 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Matt Duchene leads with 7. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 3.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Thomas Harley leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Matt Duchene 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).