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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Rangers
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Chris Kreider (NYR) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the New York Rangers in 2023-24, ahead of 
Vincent Trocheck (NYR) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Rangers, 2023-24
- 1stChris KreiderNYR · 82 GP7
- 2ndVincent TrocheckNYR · 82 GP5
3rdArtemi PanarinNYR · 82 GP5
4thAlexis LafrenièreNYR · 82 GP5
5thAdam FoxNYR · 72 GP5
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, 20 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 3 and Chris Kreider leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris KreiderFNYR | NYR | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 39 | 55%▼6.4 |
| 2 | Vincent TrocheckFNYR | NYR | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 25 | 82%▼3 |
| 3 | Artemi PanarinFNYR | NYR | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 49 | 96%▼1.6 |
| 4 | Alexis LafrenièreFNYR | NYR | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 28 | 94%▲4.5 |
| 5 | Adam FoxDNYR | NYR | 5 | 72 | 0.07 | 17 | 99% |
| 6 |  Jimmy VeseyFNYR | NYR | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 13 | — |
| 7 |  Alexander WennbergFSEA/NYR | SEA/NYR | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 10 | 19%▼0.6 |
| 8 |  Mika ZibanejadFNYR | NYR | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 26 | 98% |
| 9 |  K'Andre MillerDNYR | NYR | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 8 | 58%▼1.8 |
| 10 |  Jack RoslovicFCBJ/NYR | CBJ/NYR | 3 | 59 | 0.05 | 9 | 44%▲11 |
| 11 |  Will CuylleFNYR | NYR | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 13 | 70%▲5.2 |
| 12 |  Kaapo KakkoFNYR | NYR | 2 | 61 | 0.03 | 13 | 25%▲0.7 |
| 13 |  Jonny BrodzinskiFNYR | NYR | 2 | 57 | 0.04 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 14 |  Braden SchneiderDNYR | NYR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 5 | 16% |
| 15 |  Barclay GoodrowFNYR | NYR | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 16 |  Erik GustafssonDNYR | NYR | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 6 | 3.2% |
| 17 |  Ryan LindgrenDNYR | NYR | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 18 |  Blake WheelerFNYR | NYR | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 19 |  Zac JonesDNYR | NYR | 1 | 31 | 0.03 | 2 | — |
| 20 |  Matt RempeFNYR | NYR | 1 | 17 | 0.06 | 1 | 4.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Chris Kreider leads with 7. The median of the 20 qualified skaters is 3.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Adam Fox leads NHL defensemen with 5; the top forward is Chris Kreider 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).