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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brock Nelson (COL) leads NHL skaters with 9 GWG for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, ahead of 
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) (7).
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Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, Colorado Avalanche, 2025-26
- 1stBrock NelsonCOL · 81 GP9
- 2ndNathan MacKinnonCOL · 80 GP7
3rdBrent BurnsCOL · 82 GP5
4thMartin NecasCOL · 78 GP5
5thVictor OlofssonCOL/CGY · 78 GP4
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 2025-26, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Brock Nelson leads at 9.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brock NelsonFCOL | COL | 9 | 81 | 0.11 | 33 | 88%▲1.4 |
| 2 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 7 | 80 | 0.09 | 53 | 100% |
| 3 | Brent BurnsDCOL | COL | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 12 | 44%▼2.7 |
| 4 | Martin NecasFCOL | COL | 5 | 78 | 0.06 | 38 | 100% |
| 5 | Victor OlofssonFCOL/CGY | COL/CGY | 4 | 78 | 0.05 | 13 | 27%▲0.7 |
| 6 |  Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 4 | 75 | 0.05 | 20 | 100% |
| 7 |  Gavin BrindleyFCOL | COL | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 6 | 13% |
| 8 |  Parker KellyFCOL | COL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 21 | 17%▼1.2 |
| 9 |  Josh MansonDCOL | COL | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 5 | 44%▲7.6 |
| 10 |  Nazem KadriFCGY/COL | CGY/COL | 2 | 77 | 0.03 | 16 | 72%▲2.7 |
| 11 |  Ross ColtonFCOL | COL | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 9 | 7.3% |
| 12 |  Gabriel LandeskogFCOL | COL | 2 | 60 | 0.03 | 14 | 51%▲4.6 |
| 13 |  Sam MalinskiDCOL | COL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 8 | 41%▼3.5 |
| 14 |  Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 1 | 72 | 0.01 | 17 | 50%▼2.5 |
| 15 |  Devon ToewsDCOL | COL | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 3 | 82%▲8.8 |
| 16 |  Nick BlankenburgDNSH/COL | NSH/COL | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 8 | 4.8% |
| 17 |  Samuel GirardDCOL/PIT | COL/PIT | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 3 | 28%▲5 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2025-26?
Brock Nelson leads with 9. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2025-26?
Brent Burns leads NHL defensemen with 5; the top forward is Brock Nelson at 9.
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).