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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: New York Rangers
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) and 
J.T. Miller (NYR) lead NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the New York Rangers in 2025-26, ahead of 
Artemi Panarin (NYR/LAK) (4).
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Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, New York Rangers, 2025-26
- 1stAlexis LafrenièreNYR · 82 GP5
- 2ndJ.T. MillerNYR · 68 GP5
3rdArtemi PanarinNYR/LAK · 78 GP4
4thMika ZibanejadNYR · 81 GP3
5thGabe PerreaultNYR · 49 GP3
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, 16 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 1 and Alexis Lafrenière leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexis LafrenièreFNYR | NYR | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 24 | 94%▲4.5 |
| 2 | J.T. MillerFNYR | NYR | 5 | 68 | 0.07 | 17 | 89%▼0.6 |
| 3 | Artemi PanarinFNYR/LAK | NYR/LAK | 4 | 78 | 0.05 | 28 | 96%▼1.6 |
| 4 | Mika ZibanejadFNYR | NYR | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 34 | 98% |
| 5 | Gabe PerreaultFNYR | NYR | 3 | 49 | 0.06 | 12 | 64%▲0.9 |
| 6 |  Will BorgenDNYR | NYR | 2 | 75 | 0.03 | 5 | 17%▲11 |
| 7 |  Matthew RobertsonDNYR | NYR | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 6 | 5.6% |
| 8 |  Vladislav GavrikovDNYR | NYR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 14 | 62%▲4 |
| 9 |  Will CuylleFNYR | NYR | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 20 | 70%▲5.2 |
| 10 |  Noah LabaFNYR | NYR | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 9 | 9.7% |
| 11 |  Sam CarrickFNYR/BUF | NYR/BUF | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 12 |  Vincent TrocheckFNYR | NYR | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 16 | 82%▼3 |
| 13 |  Conor ShearyFNYR | NYR | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 14 |  Adam FoxDNYR | NYR | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 9 | 99% |
| 15 |  Adam EdstromFNYR | NYR | 1 | 35 | 0.03 | 3 | 23%▲17 |
| 16 |  Jaroslav ChmelarFNYR | NYR | 1 | 28 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2025-26?
Alexis Lafrenière leads with 5. The median of the 16 qualified skaters is 1.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2025-26?
Will Borgen leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Alexis Lafrenière at 5.
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).