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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2026-27All situationsThrough 11 team games
Martin Necas (COL) leads NHL skaters with 2 GWG for the Colorado Avalanche in 2026-27, ahead of 
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) (1).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Colorado Avalanche, 2026-27
- 1stMartin NecasCOL · 10 GP2
- 2ndGabriel LandeskogCOL · 10 GP1
3rdNathan MacKinnonCOL · 10 GP1
4thNicolas RoyCOL · 6 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, 4 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Martin Necas leads at 2.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin NecasFCOL | COL | 2 | 10 | 0.20 | 5 | 100% |
| 2 | Gabriel LandeskogFCOL | COL | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 4 | 51%▲4.6 |
| 3 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 6 | 100% |
| 4 | Nicolas RoyFCOL | COL | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 2 | 11%▼1.3 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2026-27?
Martin Necas leads with 2. The median of the 4 qualified skaters is 1.
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).