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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Mark Scheifele (WPG) and 
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) lead NHL skaters with 11 GWG in 2024-25, ahead of 
Matt Boldy (MIN) (10).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, 2024-25
- 1stMark ScheifeleWPG · 82 GP11Share
- 2ndLeon DraisaitlEDM · 71 GP11Share
- 3rdMatt BoldyMIN · 82 GP10Share
4thSidney CrosbyPIT · 80 GP10Share
5thNick SuzukiMTL · 82 GP9Share
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 2024-25, 454 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Mark Scheifele leads at 11.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark ScheifeleFWPG | WPG | 11 | 82 | 0.13 | 39 | 100 | 98%▼0.6 |
| 2 | Leon DraisaitlFEDM | EDM | 11 | 71 | 0.15 | 52 | 100 | 100% |
| 3 | Matt BoldyFMIN | MIN | 10 | 82 | 0.12 | 27 | 99 | 100% |
| 4 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 10 | 80 | 0.13 | 33 | 99 | 99% |
| 5 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 30 | 99 | 100% |
| 6 |  Sebastian AhoFCAR | CAR | 9 | 79 | 0.11 | 29 | 99 | 100% |
| 7 |  Nikita KucherovFTBL | TBL | 9 | 78 | 0.12 | 37 | 99 | 100% |
| 8 |  Dylan GuentherFUTA | UTA | 9 | 70 | 0.13 | 27 | 99 | 100% |
| 9 |  William NylanderFTOR | TOR | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 45 | 98 | 99% |
| 10 |  Kyle ConnorFWPG | WPG | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 41 | 98 | 99% |
| 11 |  Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 8 | 82 | 0.10 | 37 | 98 | 100% |
| 12 |  Martin NecasFCAR/COL | CAR/COL | 8 | 79 | 0.10 | 27 | 98 | 100% |
| 13 |  Dylan HollowayFSTL | STL | 8 | 77 | 0.10 | 26 | 98 | 89% |
| 14 |  John TavaresFTOR | TOR | 8 | 75 | 0.11 | 38 | 98 | 92%▼2.6 |
| 15 |  Vincent TrocheckFNYR | NYR | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 26 | 96 | 82%▼3 |
| 16 |  Warren FoegeleFLAK | LAK | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 24 | 96 | 3.2%▼0.8 |
| 17 |  Barrett HaytonFUTA | UTA | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 20 | 96 | 18%▲7.6 |
| 18 |  Pavel DorofeyevFVGK | VGK | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 35 | 96 | 89%▼2.4 |
| 19 |  Anze KopitarFLAK | LAK | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 21 | 96 | 0.4% |
| 20 |  Bo HorvatFNYI | NYI | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 28 | 96 | 94%▲1.2 |
| 21 |  Mitch MarnerFTOR | TOR | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 27 | 96 | 99% |
| 22 |  Brock NelsonFNYI/COL | NYI/COL | 7 | 80 | 0.09 | 26 | 96 | 88%▲1.4 |
| 23 |  Brayden PointFTBL | TBL | 7 | 77 | 0.09 | 42 | 96 | 92%▼1.7 |
| 24 |  Roope HintzFDAL | DAL | 7 | 76 | 0.09 | 28 | 96 | 82%▼1.2 |
| 25 |  Zach HymanFEDM | EDM | 7 | 73 | 0.10 | 27 | 96 | 94% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Mark Scheifele leads with 11. The median of the 454 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Jakob Chychrun leads NHL defensemen with 6; the top forward is Mark Scheifele at 11.
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).