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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Los Angeles Kings
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Anze Kopitar (LAK) leads NHL skaters with 6 GWG for the Los Angeles Kings in 2023-24, ahead of 
Trevor Moore (LAK) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Los Angeles Kings, 2023-24
- 1stAnze KopitarLAK · 81 GP6
- 2ndTrevor MooreLAK · 82 GP5
3rdPierre-Luc DuboisLAK · 82 GP4
4thQuinton ByfieldLAK · 80 GP4
5thAdrian KempeLAK · 77 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, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Anze Kopitar leads at 6.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anze KopitarFLAK | LAK | 6 | 81 | 0.07 | 26 | 0.4% |
| 2 | Trevor MooreFLAK | LAK | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 31 | 7.9%▼0.9 |
| 3 | Pierre-Luc DuboisFLAK | LAK | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 16 | 45%▼2.1 |
| 4 | Quinton ByfieldFLAK | LAK | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 20 | 75%▼7.1 |
| 5 | Adrian KempeFLAK | LAK | 4 | 77 | 0.05 | 28 | 95%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Drew DoughtyDLAK | LAK | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 15 | 18%▼1.9 |
| 7 |  Trevor LewisFLAK | LAK | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 8 | — |
| 8 |  Kevin FialaFLAK | LAK | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 29 | 64% |
| 9 |  Alex LaferriereFLAK | LAK | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 12 | 65%▼1.1 |
| 10 |  Phillip DanaultFLAK | LAK | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 17 | 4.1%▼0.8 |
| 11 |  Blake LizotteFLAK | LAK | 2 | 62 | 0.03 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 12 |  Matt RoyDLAK | LAK | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 5 | 8.1% |
| 13 |  Vladislav GavrikovDLAK | LAK | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 6 | 62%▲4 |
| 14 |  Carl GrundstromFLAK | LAK | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 15 |  Viktor ArvidssonFLAK | LAK | 1 | 18 | 0.06 | 6 | 40%▼1.1 |
| 16 |  Brandt ClarkeDLAK | LAK | 1 | 16 | 0.06 | 2 | 94% |
| 17 |  Akil ThomasFLAK | LAK | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Anze Kopitar leads with 6. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Drew Doughty leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Anze Kopitar at 6.
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).