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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Winnipeg Jets
2026-27All situationsThrough 11 team games
Kyle Connor (WPG) and 
Cole Perfetti (WPG) lead NHL skaters with 2 GWG for the Winnipeg Jets in 2026-27.
Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Winnipeg Jets, 2026-27
- 1stKyle ConnorWPG · 9 GP2
- 2ndCole PerfettiWPG · 9 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 2026-27, 2 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Kyle Connor leads at 2.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle ConnorFWPG | WPG | 2 | 9 | 0.22 | 8 | 99% |
| 2 | Cole PerfettiFWPG | WPG | 2 | 9 | 0.22 | 6 | 84%▲4.5 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2026-27?
Kyle Connor leads with 2. The median of the 2 qualified skaters is 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).