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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Mikael Granlund (SJS/DAL) and 
Macklin Celebrini (SJS) lead NHL skaters with 4 GWG for the San Jose Sharks in 2024-25, ahead of 
Cody Ceci (SJS/DAL) (2).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, San Jose Sharks, 2024-25
1stMikael GranlundSJS/DAL · 83 GP4- 2ndMacklin CelebriniSJS · 70 GP4
3rdCody CeciSJS/DAL · 85 GP2
4thAlexander WennbergSJS · 77 GP2
5thWilliam EklundSJS · 77 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 Mikael Granlund leads at 4.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikael GranlundFSJS/DAL | SJS/DAL | 4 | 83 | 0.05 | 22 | 70%▲6.1 |
| 2 | Macklin CelebriniFSJS | SJS | 4 | 70 | 0.06 | 25 | 100% |
| 3 | Cody CeciDSJS/DAL | SJS/DAL | 2 | 85 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.2% |
| 4 | Alexander WennbergFSJS | SJS | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 10 | 19%▼0.6 |
| 5 | William EklundFSJS | SJS | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 17 | 66%▼3.7 |
| 6 |  Noah GregorFOTT/SJS | OTT/SJS | 2 | 52 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 7 |  Tyler ToffoliFSJS | SJS | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 30 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 8 |  Mario FerraroDSJS | SJS | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 5 | 12%▼1.2 |
| 9 |  Will SmithFSJS | SJS | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 18 | 94% |
| 10 |  Jake WalmanDSJS/EDM | SJS/EDM | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 7 | 22%▼2.5 |
| 11 |  Nico SturmFSJS/FLA | SJS/FLA | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 12 |  Collin GrafFSJS | SJS | 1 | 33 | 0.03 | 5 | 21%▼3.3 |
| 13 |  Lucas CarlssonDSJS | SJS | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Mikael Granlund leads with 4. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Cody Ceci leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Mikael Granlund at 4.
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).