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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Tampa Bay Lightning
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brayden Point (TBL) leads NHL skaters with 12 GWG for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2023-24, ahead of 
Nikita Kucherov (TBL) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Tampa Bay Lightning, 2023-24
- 1stBrayden PointTBL · 81 GP12
- 2ndNikita KucherovTBL · 81 GP6
3rdSteven StamkosTBL · 79 GP6
4thBrandon HagelTBL · 82 GP3
5thAnthony CirelliTBL · 79 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, 14 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Brayden Point leads at 12.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brayden PointFTBL | TBL | 12 | 81 | 0.15 | 46 | 92%▼1.7 |
| 2 | Nikita KucherovFTBL | TBL | 6 | 81 | 0.07 | 44 | 100% |
| 3 | Steven StamkosFTBL | TBL | 6 | 79 | 0.08 | 40 | 95%▲0.7 |
| 4 | Brandon HagelFTBL | TBL | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 26 | 100% |
| 5 | Anthony CirelliFTBL | TBL | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 20 | 44%▼2.2 |
| 6 |  Nick PaulFTBL | TBL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 24 | 9.8%▲1.7 |
| 7 |  Darren RaddyshDTBL | TBL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 6 | 98%▲0.5 |
| 8 |  Michael EyssimontFTBL | TBL | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Victor HedmanDTBL | TBL | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 13 | 84%▼1 |
| 10 |  Tyler MotteFTBL | TBL | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 6 | — |
| 11 |  Luke GlendeningFTBL | TBL | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 12 |  Nick PerbixDTBL | TBL | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Anthony DuclairFSJS/TBL | SJS/TBL | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 24 | 3.2% |
| 14 |  Zach BogosianDMIN/TBL | MIN/TBL | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Brayden Point leads with 12. The median of the 14 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Darren Raddysh leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Brayden Point at 12.
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).