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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
William Eklund (SJS) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, ahead of 
Filip Zadina (SJS) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, San Jose Sharks, 2023-24
- 1stWilliam EklundSJS · 80 GP5
- 2ndFilip ZadinaSJS · 72 GP3
3rdTomas HertlSJS/VGK · 54 GP2
4thLuke KuninSJS · 77 GP1
5thKyle BurroughsSJS · 73 GP1
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, 12 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and William Eklund leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William EklundFSJS | SJS | 5 | 80 | 0.06 | 16 | 66%▼3.7 |
| 2 | Filip ZadinaFSJS | SJS | 3 | 72 | 0.04 | 13 | — |
| 3 | Tomas HertlFSJS/VGK | SJS/VGK | 2 | 54 | 0.04 | 17 | 87% |
| 4 | Luke KuninFSJS | SJS | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 5 | Kyle BurroughsDSJS | SJS | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 6 |  Anthony DuclairFSJS/TBL | SJS/TBL | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 24 | 3.2% |
| 7 |  Mikael GranlundFSJS | SJS | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 12 | 70%▲6.1 |
| 8 |  Jan RuttaDSJS | SJS | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 9 |  Mike HoffmanFSJS | SJS | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 10 | — |
| 10 |  Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS | SJS | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 6 | — |
| 11 |  Nikita OkhotiukDSJS/CGY | SJS/CGY | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 1 | — |
| 12 |  Thomas BordeleauFSJS | SJS | 1 | 27 | 0.04 | 6 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
William Eklund leads with 5. The median of the 12 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Kyle Burroughs leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is William Eklund at 5.
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).