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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Macklin Celebrini (SJS) and 
Will Smith (SJS) lead NHL skaters with 5 GWG for the San Jose Sharks in 2025-26, ahead of 
Collin Graf (SJS) (4).
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Leaders: Game-Winning Goals, San Jose Sharks, 2025-26
- 1stMacklin CelebriniSJS · 82 GP5
- 2ndWill SmithSJS · 69 GP5
- 3rdCollin GrafSJS · 81 GP4
4thAlexander WennbergSJS · 80 GP3
5thKiefer SherwoodVAN/SJS · 72 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, 17 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 2 and Macklin Celebrini leads at 5.
Game-Winning Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GWG | GP | Per game | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macklin CelebriniFSJS | SJS | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 45 | 100% |
| 2 | Will SmithFSJS | SJS | 5 | 69 | 0.07 | 24 | 94% |
| 3 | Collin GrafFSJS | SJS | 4 | 81 | 0.05 | 21 | 21%▼3.3 |
| 4 | Alexander WennbergFSJS | SJS | 3 | 80 | 0.04 | 18 | 19%▼0.6 |
| 5 | Kiefer SherwoodFVAN/SJS | VAN/SJS | 3 | 72 | 0.04 | 23 | 53%▼2.3 |
| 6 |  Adam GaudetteFSJS | SJS | 3 | 66 | 0.05 | 17 | 0.1% |
| 7 |  Tyler ToffoliFSJS | SJS | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 19 | 38%▲0.5 |
| 8 |  Zack OstapchukFSJS | SJS | 2 | 59 | 0.03 | 4 | 4.0%▲0.8 |
| 9 |  John KlingbergDSJS | SJS | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Igor ChernyshovFSJS | SJS | 2 | 28 | 0.07 | 9 | 50%▼2 |
| 11 |  Pavol RegendaFSJS | SJS | 2 | 24 | 0.08 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 12 |  William EklundFSJS | SJS | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 15 | 66%▼3.7 |
| 13 |  Vincent DesharnaisDSJS | SJS | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 1 | 7.5%▲3.4 |
| 14 |  Shakir MukhamadullinDSJS | SJS | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 5 | 11% |
| 15 |  Michael MisaFSJS | SJS | 1 | 45 | 0.02 | 9 | 53%▼2.9 |
| 16 |  Philipp KurashevFSJS | SJS | 1 | 43 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 17 |  Ethan CardwellFSJS | SJS | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Game-Winning Goals in 2025-26?
Macklin Celebrini leads with 5. The median of the 17 qualified skaters is 2.
Which defenseman leads in Game-Winning Goals in 2025-26?
John Klingberg leads NHL defensemen with 2; the top forward is Macklin Celebrini 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).