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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Carolina Hurricanes
2026-27All situationsThrough 11 team games
Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) and 
Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) lead NHL skaters with 2 GWG for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2026-27, ahead of 
Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) (1).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Carolina Hurricanes, 2026-27
- 1stShayne GostisbehereCAR · 11 GP2
- 2ndAndrei SvechnikovCAR · 11 GP2
- 3rdNikolaj EhlersCAR · 11 GP1
4thJackson BlakeCAR · 11 GP1
5thTaylor HallCAR · 8 GP1
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 2026-27, 6 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Shayne Gostisbehere leads at 2.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shayne GostisbehereDCAR | CAR | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 2 | 96%▲0.6 |
| 2 | Andrei SvechnikovFCAR | CAR | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 6 | 98% |
| 3 | Nikolaj EhlersFCAR | CAR | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 3 | 87%▼2 |
| 4 | Jackson BlakeFCAR | CAR | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 1 | 82%▲1.1 |
| 5 | Taylor HallFCAR | CAR | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 3 | 34%▼7.9 |
| 6 |  Nicolas DeslauriersFCAR | CAR | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2026-27?
Shayne Gostisbehere leads with 2. The median of the 6 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2026-27?
Shayne Gostisbehere leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Andrei Svechnikov at 2.
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).