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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Seattle Kraken
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Alexander Wennberg (SEA/NYR) leads NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the Seattle Kraken in 2023-24, ahead of 
Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Seattle Kraken, 2023-24
1stAlexander WennbergSEA/NYR · 79 GP4- 2ndOliver BjorkstrandSEA · 82 GP3
3rdEeli TolvanenSEA · 81 GP3
4thJared McCannSEA · 80 GP3
5thJordan EberleSEA · 78 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 Alexander Wennberg leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander WennbergFSEA/NYR | SEA/NYR | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 10 | 19%▼0.6 |
| 2 | Oliver BjorkstrandFSEA | SEA | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 20 | 15%▼1.8 |
| 3 | Eeli TolvanenFSEA | SEA | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 16 | 36%▼4.7 |
| 4 | Jared McCannFSEA | SEA | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 29 | 79%▲1.9 |
| 5 | Jordan EberleFSEA | SEA | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 17 | 52%▲6.7 |
| 6 |  Shane WrightFSEA | SEA | 3 | 8 | 0.38 | 4 | 27%▼0.9 |
| 7 |  Justin SchultzDSEA | SEA | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 7 | — |
| 8 |  Tomas TatarFSEA/COL | SEA/COL | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 9 | — |
| 9 |  Kailer YamamotoFSEA | SEA | 2 | 59 | 0.03 | 8 | 11%▲7.1 |
| 10 |  Adam LarssonDSEA | SEA | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 4 | 27% |
| 11 |  Brian DumoulinDSEA | SEA | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 12 |  Yanni GourdeFSEA | SEA | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 11 | 4.9% |
| 13 |  Tye KartyeFSEA | SEA | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 11 | 16%▲8.3 |
| 14 |  Matty BeniersFSEA | SEA | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 15 | 46%▼2.8 |
| 15 |  Andre BurakovskyFSEA | SEA | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 7 | 4.8%▼1.7 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Alexander Wennberg leads with 4. The median of the 15 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Justin Schultz leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Alexander Wennberg at 4.
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).