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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Islanders
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Kyle Palmieri (NYI) leads NHL skaters with 8 GWG for the New York Islanders in 2023-24, ahead of 
Bo Horvat (NYI) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Islanders, 2023-24
- 1stKyle PalmieriNYI · 82 GP8
- 2ndBo HorvatNYI · 81 GP6
3rdMathew BarzalNYI · 80 GP4
4thNoah DobsonNYI · 79 GP4
5thSimon HolmstromNYI · 75 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, 15 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Kyle Palmieri leads at 8.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle PalmieriFNYI | NYI | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 30 | 13%▼0.8 |
| 2 | Bo HorvatFNYI | NYI | 6 | 81 | 0.07 | 33 | 94%▲1.2 |
| 3 | Mathew BarzalFNYI | NYI | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 23 | 80%▼1.2 |
| 4 | Noah DobsonDNYI | NYI | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 10 | 92%▼1.7 |
| 5 | Simon HolmstromFNYI | NYI | 3 | 75 | 0.04 | 15 | 14%▼0.8 |
| 6 |  Brock NelsonFNYI | NYI | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 34 | 88%▲1.4 |
| 7 |  Jean-Gabriel PageauFNYI | NYI | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 11 | 13%▲1.8 |
| 8 |  Anders LeeFNYI | NYI | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 20 | 29%▼0.6 |
| 9 |  Pierre EngvallFNYI | NYI | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 10 |  Casey CizikasFNYI | NYI | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 10 | 3.2% |
| 11 |  Mike ReillyDNYI/FLA | NYI/FLA | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 6 | 3.2% |
| 12 |  Adam PelechDNYI | NYI | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 1 | 4.1%▲0.8 |
| 13 |  Ryan PulockDNYI | NYI | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 5 | 7.1%▼1 |
| 14 |  Hudson FaschingFNYI | NYI | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 4 | — |
| 15 |  Julien GauthierFNYI | NYI | 1 | 27 | 0.04 | 5 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Kyle Palmieri leads with 8. The median of the 15 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Noah Dobson leads NHL defensemen with 4; the top forward is Kyle Palmieri at 8.
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).