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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jack Hughes (NJD) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the New Jersey Devils in 2024-25, ahead of 
Timo Meier (NJD) (5).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New Jersey Devils, 2024-25
- 1stJack HughesNJD · 62 GP7
- 2ndTimo MeierNJD · 80 GP5
3rdStefan NoesenNJD · 78 GP5
4thDawson MercerNJD · 82 GP3
5thOndrej PalatNJD · 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, 18 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Jack Hughes leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack HughesFNJD | NJD | 7 | 62 | 0.11 | 27 | 99% |
| 2 | Timo MeierFNJD | NJD | 5 | 80 | 0.06 | 26 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 3 | Stefan NoesenFNJD | NJD | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 22 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Dawson MercerFNJD | NJD | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 19 | 21%▼0.8 |
| 5 | Ondrej PalatFNJD | NJD | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 6 |  Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 3 | 75 | 0.04 | 35 | 95% |
| 7 |  Dougie HamiltonDNJD | NJD | 3 | 64 | 0.05 | 9 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 8 |  Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 21 | 95% |
| 9 |  Paul CotterFNJD | NJD | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 16 | 48%▼8.2 |
| 10 |  Johnathan KovacevicDNJD | NJD | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 11 |  Brian DumoulinDANA/NJD | ANA/NJD | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 12 |  Luke HughesDNJD | NJD | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 7 | 83% |
| 13 |  Erik HaulaFNJD | NJD | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 11 | 11%▼0.8 |
| 14 |  Cody GlassFPIT/NJD | PIT/NJD | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 6 | 4.1% |
| 15 |  Nathan BastianFNJD | NJD | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 16 |  Daniel SprongFNJD/SEA/VAN | NJD/SEA/VAN | 1 | 30 | 0.03 | 2 | — |
| 17 |  Simon NemecDNJD | NJD | 1 | 27 | 0.04 | 2 | 48%▼2.5 |
| 18 |  Seamus CaseyDNJD | NJD | 1 | 14 | 0.07 | 4 | 17% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Jack Hughes leads with 7. The median of the 18 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Dougie Hamilton leads NHL defensemen with 3; the top forward is Jack Hughes at 7.
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).