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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jesper Bratt (NJD) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the New Jersey Devils in 2023-24, ahead of 
Tyler Toffoli (NJD/WPG) (4).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New Jersey Devils, 2023-24
- 1stJesper BrattNJD · 82 GP7
2ndTyler ToffoliNJD/WPG · 79 GP4
3rdNico HischierNJD · 71 GP4
4thTimo MeierNJD · 69 GP4
5thJack HughesNJD · 62 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, 18 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Jesper Bratt leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 27 | 95% |
| 2 | Tyler ToffoliFNJD/WPG | NJD/WPG | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 33 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 3 | Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 4 | 71 | 0.06 | 27 | 95% |
| 4 | Timo MeierFNJD | NJD | 4 | 69 | 0.06 | 28 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 5 | Jack HughesFNJD | NJD | 4 | 62 | 0.06 | 27 | 99% |
| 6 |  Alexander HoltzFNJD | NJD | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 16 | 4.0% |
| 7 |  Dawson MercerFNJD | NJD | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 20 | 21%▼0.8 |
| 8 |  Erik HaulaFNJD | NJD | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 16 | 11%▼0.8 |
| 9 |  Curtis LazarFNJD | NJD | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Michael McLeodFNJD | NJD | 2 | 45 | 0.04 | 10 | — |
| 11 |  Kevin BahlDNJD | NJD | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 1 | 4.8%▲0.8 |
| 12 |  Luke HughesDNJD | NJD | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 9 | 83% |
| 13 |  John MarinoDNJD | NJD | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 4 | 21%▲5 |
| 14 |  Simon NemecDNJD | NJD | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 3 | 48%▼2.5 |
| 15 |  Nathan BastianFNJD | NJD | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 16 |  Kurtis MacDermidFCOL/NJD | COL/NJD | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 17 |  Nick DeSimoneDCGY/NJD | CGY/NJD | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 18 |  Max WillmanFNJD | NJD | 1 | 18 | 0.06 | 3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Jesper Bratt leads with 7. The median of the 18 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Kevin Bahl leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Jesper Bratt 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).