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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Arizona Coyotes
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Dylan Guenther (UTA) leads NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Arizona Coyotes in 2024-25, ahead of 
Barrett Hayton (UTA) (7).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Arizona Coyotes, 2024-25
- 1stDylan GuentherUTA · 70 GP9
- 2ndBarrett HaytonUTA · 82 GP7
3rdClayton KellerUTA · 81 GP5
4thNick SchmaltzUTA · 82 GP3
5thMikhail SergachevUTA · 77 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 2024-25, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Dylan Guenther leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan GuentherFUTA | UTA | 9 | 70 | 0.13 | 27 | 100% |
| 2 | Barrett HaytonFUTA | UTA | 7 | 82 | 0.09 | 20 | 18%▲7.6 |
| 3 | Clayton KellerFUTA | UTA | 5 | 81 | 0.06 | 30 | 100% |
| 4 | Nick SchmaltzFUTA | UTA | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 20 | 97% |
| 5 | Mikhail SergachevDUTA | UTA | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 15 | 100%▲1.4 |
| 6 |  Lawson CrouseFUTA | UTA | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 12 | 32%▼1 |
| 7 |  Logan CooleyFUTA | UTA | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 25 | 94% |
| 8 |  Kevin StenlundFUTA | UTA | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 14 | 0.2% |
| 9 |  Jack McBainFUTA | UTA | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 13 | 18%▲1.6 |
| 10 |  Michael KesselringDUTA | UTA | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 7 | 7.3% |
| 11 |  Alexander KerfootFUTA | UTA | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 11 | 3.2% |
| 12 |  Josh DoanFUTA | UTA | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 7 | 50%▼3.7 |
| 13 |  Vladislav KolyachonokDUTA/PIT | UTA/PIT | 1 | 35 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Dylan Guenther leads with 9. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Mikhail Sergachev leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Dylan Guenther at 9.
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).