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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Winnipeg Jets
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Kyle Connor (WPG) leads NHL skaters with 10 GWG for the Winnipeg Jets in 2023-24, ahead of 
Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) (7).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Winnipeg Jets, 2023-24
- 1stKyle ConnorWPG · 65 GP10
- 2ndNikolaj EhlersWPG · 82 GP7
3rdSean MonahanMTL/WPG · 83 GP5
4thGabriel VilardiWPG · 47 GP5
5thTyler ToffoliNJD/WPG · 79 GP4
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, 19 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Kyle Connor leads at 10.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle ConnorFWPG | WPG | 10 | 65 | 0.15 | 34 | 99% |
| 2 | Nikolaj EhlersFWPG | WPG | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 25 | 87%▼2 |
| 3 | Sean MonahanFMTL/WPG | MTL/WPG | 5 | 83 | 0.06 | 26 | 16%▼0.9 |
| 4 | Gabriel VilardiFWPG | WPG | 5 | 47 | 0.11 | 22 | 68%▼6.1 |
| 5 | Tyler ToffoliFNJD/WPG | NJD/WPG | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 33 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 6 |  Mark ScheifeleFWPG | WPG | 4 | 74 | 0.05 | 25 | 98%▼0.6 |
| 7 |  Morgan BarronFWPG | WPG | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 11 | 4.0%▼0.8 |
| 8 |  Nino NiederreiterFWPG | WPG | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 18 | 4.0% |
| 9 |  Cole PerfettiFWPG | WPG | 3 | 71 | 0.04 | 19 | 84%▲4.5 |
| 10 |  Mason AppletonFWPG | WPG | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Alex IafalloFWPG | WPG | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 11 | 4.3% |
| 12 |  Brenden DillonDWPG | WPG | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 8 | 7.3%▼1.6 |
| 13 |  Neal PionkDWPG | WPG | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 5 | 61%▲31 |
| 14 |  Adam LowryFWPG | WPG | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 12 | 7.5%▼0.9 |
| 15 |  Josh MorrisseyDWPG | WPG | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 10 | 96%▼2.5 |
| 16 |  Nate SchmidtDWPG | WPG | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 2 | 4.9% |
| 17 |  Axel Jonsson-FjallbyFWPG | WPG | 1 | 26 | 0.04 | 2 | — |
| 18 |  Dominic ToninatoFWPG | WPG | 1 | 15 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 |  Nikita ChibrikovFWPG | WPG | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 8.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Kyle Connor leads with 10. The median of the 19 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2023-24?
Brenden Dillon leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Kyle Connor at 10.
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).