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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Utah Mammoth
2026-27All situationsThrough 11 team games
Nick Schmaltz (UTA) leads NHL skaters with 3 GWG for the Utah Mammoth in 2026-27, ahead of 
MacKenzie Weegar (UTA) (1).
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Utah Mammoth, 2026-27
- 1stNick SchmaltzUTA · 10 GP3
- 2ndMacKenzie WeegarUTA · 10 GP1
3rdLawson CrouseUTA · 10 GP1
4thDylan GuentherUTA · 10 GP1
5thLogan CooleyUTA · 10 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, 5 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Nick Schmaltz leads at 3.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick SchmaltzFUTA | UTA | 3 | 10 | 0.30 | 7 | 97% |
| 2 | MacKenzie WeegarDUTA | UTA | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 2 | 91% |
| 3 | Lawson CrouseFUTA | UTA | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 1 | 32%▼1 |
| 4 | Dylan GuentherFUTA | UTA | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 4 | 100% |
| 5 | Logan CooleyFUTA | UTA | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 1 | 94% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2026-27?
Nick Schmaltz leads with 3. The median of the 5 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2026-27?
MacKenzie Weegar leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Nick Schmaltz at 3.
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).