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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Cole Caufield (MTL) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Montreal Canadiens in 2023-24, ahead of 
Sean Monahan (MTL/WPG) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Montreal Canadiens, 2023-24
- 1stCole CaufieldMTL · 82 GP7
2ndSean MonahanMTL/WPG · 83 GP5
3rdJoel ArmiaMTL · 66 GP3
4thJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 82 GP2
5thBrendan GallagherMTL · 77 GP2
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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Cole Caufield leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 28 | 100% |
| 2 | Sean MonahanFMTL/WPG | MTL/WPG | 5 | 83 | 0.06 | 26 | 16%▼0.9 |
| 3 | Joel ArmiaFMTL | MTL | 3 | 66 | 0.05 | 17 | 3.3% |
| 4 | Juraj SlafkovskýFMTL | MTL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 20 | 98% |
| 5 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 16 | 0.3%▼3 |
| 6 |  Alex NewhookFMTL | MTL | 2 | 55 | 0.04 | 15 | 24%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 7 | 4.1%▼0.8 |
| 8 |  Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 33 | 100% |
| 9 |  Kaiden GuhleDMTL | MTL | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 6 | 18% |
| 10 |  Michael PezzettaFMTL | MTL | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 11 |  Jesse YlonenFMTL | MTL | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 12 |  Tanner PearsonFMTL | MTL | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Justin BarronDMTL | MTL | 1 | 48 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Cole Caufield leads with 7. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Kaiden Guhle leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Cole Caufield 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).