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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Washington Capitals
2024-25All situationsThrough 82 team games
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) leads NHL skaters with 7 GWG for the Washington Capitals in 2024-25, ahead of 
Tom Wilson (WSH) (6).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Washington Capitals, 2024-25
- 1stAlex OvechkinWSH · 65 GP7
- 2ndTom WilsonWSH · 81 GP6
3rdAliaksei ProtasWSH · 76 GP6
4thJakob ChychrunWSH · 74 GP6
5thConnor McMichaelWSH · 82 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, 13 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 4 and Alex Ovechkin leads at 7.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 7 | 65 | 0.11 | 44 | 88%▼4 |
| 2 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 6 | 81 | 0.07 | 33 | 93%▼1.1 |
| 3 | Aliaksei ProtasFWSH | WSH | 6 | 76 | 0.08 | 30 | 47%▼4.9 |
| 4 | Jakob ChychrunDWSH | WSH | 6 | 74 | 0.08 | 20 | 99% |
| 5 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 26 | 35%▲0.8 |
| 6 |  Pierre-Luc DuboisFWSH | WSH | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 20 | 45%▼2.1 |
| 7 |  Jakub VranaFWSH/NSH | WSH/NSH | 4 | 39 | 0.10 | 9 | — |
| 8 |  Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 14 | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Dylan StromeFWSH | WSH | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 29 | 79%▼2.3 |
| 10 |  Andrew MangiapaneFWSH | WSH | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 14 | 3.2% |
| 11 |  Brandon DuhaimeFWSH | WSH | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.2% |
| 12 |  Taylor RaddyshFWSH | WSH | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 13 |  Ethen FrankFWSH | WSH | 1 | 24 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Alex Ovechkin leads with 7. The median of the 13 qualified skaters is 4.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2024-25?
Jakob Chychrun leads NHL defensemen with 6; the top forward is Alex Ovechkin 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).