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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Carolina Hurricanes
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Sebastian Aho (CAR) leads NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2024-25, ahead of 
Martin Necas (CAR/COL) (8).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Carolina Hurricanes, 2024-25
- 1stSebastian AhoCAR · 79 GP9
2ndMartin NecasCAR/COL · 79 GP8
3rdMikko RantanenCOL/DAL/CAR · 82 GP6
4thJackson BlakeCAR · 80 GP6
5thLogan StankovenDAL/CAR · 78 GP5
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, 19 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Sebastian Aho leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian AhoFCAR | CAR | 9 | 79 | 0.11 | 29 | 100% |
| 2 | Martin NecasFCAR/COL | CAR/COL | 8 | 79 | 0.10 | 27 | 100% |
| 3 | Mikko RantanenFCOL/DAL/CAR | COL/DAL/CAR | 6 | 82 | 0.07 | 32 | 99% |
| 4 | Jackson BlakeFCAR | CAR | 6 | 80 | 0.07 | 17 | 82%▲1.1 |
| 5 | Logan StankovenFDAL/CAR | DAL/CAR | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 14 | 81%▲0.9 |
| 6 |  Jordan MartinookFCAR | CAR | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 15 | 4.3% |
| 7 |  Taylor HallFCHI/CAR | CHI/CAR | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 18 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 8 |  Jordan StaalFCAR | CAR | 3 | 75 | 0.04 | 13 | 15%▼2 |
| 9 |  Jack RoslovicFCAR | CAR | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 22 | 44%▲11 |
| 10 |  Jaccob SlavinDCAR | CAR | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 6 | 26%▲4.9 |
| 11 |  Jalen ChatfieldDCAR | CAR | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 7 | 5.0%▲0.8 |
| 12 |  Dmitry OrlovDCAR | CAR | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 6 | 33%▲7.5 |
| 13 |  Seth JarvisFCAR | CAR | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 32 | 94%▲1.1 |
| 14 |  Andrei SvechnikovFCAR | CAR | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 20 | 98% |
| 15 |  Jack DruryFCAR/COL | CAR/COL | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 8 | 4.8% |
| 16 |  Eric RobinsonFCAR | CAR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 14 | 6.5%▲3.3 |
| 17 |  Jesperi KotkaniemiFCAR | CAR | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 12 | 4.0%▲0.8 |
| 18 |  Mark JankowskiFNSH/CAR | NSH/CAR | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 12 | 23%▲14 |
| 19 |  William CarrierFCAR | CAR | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 4 | 17%▲10 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Sebastian Aho leads with 9. The median of the 19 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Jaccob Slavin leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Sebastian Aho 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).