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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Chicago Blackhawks
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Connor Bedard (CHI) leads NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2024-25, ahead of 
Ryan Donato (CHI) (3).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Chicago Blackhawks, 2024-25
- 1stConnor BedardCHI · 82 GP5
- 2ndRyan DonatoCHI · 80 GP3
3rdIlya MikheyevCHI · 80 GP3
4thTaylor HallCHI/CAR · 77 GP3
5thSeth JonesCHI/FLA · 63 GP2
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 1 and Connor Bedard leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor BedardFCHI | CHI | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 23 | 98%▲0.7 |
| 2 | Ryan DonatoFCHI | CHI | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 31 | 8.1% |
| 3 | Ilya MikheyevFCHI | CHI | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 20 | 6.7%▼0.8 |
| 4 | Taylor HallFCHI/CAR | CHI/CAR | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 18 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 5 | Seth JonesDCHI/FLA | CHI/FLA | 2 | 63 | 0.03 | 9 | 90%▲15 |
| 6 |  Frank NazarFCHI | CHI | 2 | 53 | 0.04 | 12 | 49%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Tyler BertuzziFCHI | CHI | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 23 | 50%▼2.2 |
| 8 |  Nick FolignoFCHI | CHI | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 15 | 3.3% |
| 9 |  Lukas ReichelFCHI | CHI | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 8 | 4.8% |
| 10 |  Patrick MaroonFCHI | CHI | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 5 | — |
| 11 |  Craig SmithFCHI/DET | CHI/DET | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 9 | — |
| 12 |  Philipp KurashevFCHI | CHI | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Landon SlaggertFCHI | CHI | 1 | 33 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Connor Bedard leads with 5. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Seth Jones leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Connor Bedard at 5.
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).