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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders

2026-27All situationsThrough 3 team games

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.

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.

Leader in 2026-27: Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR), 1 GWG.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.

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NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders, 2026-27, All situations
#	Player	Team	GWG	GP	Per game	G	GWG % of G
1	Shayne GostisbehereDCAR	CAR	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	19:09	96%▲16
2	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	1	3	0.33	3	33.3%	21:54	100%
3	Kasperi KapanenFEDM	EDM	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	18:10	9.2%▲9
4	Sean DurziDNYR	NYR	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	21:09	38%▲36
5	Paul CotterFVAN	VAN	1	3	0.33	3	33.3%	14:03	19%▲19
6	Pavel DorofeyevFNYR	NYR	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	15:41	92%▲1.8
7	JJ PeterkaFBOS	BOS	1	3	0.33	2	50.0%	19:17	75%▲37
8	Fraser MintenFBOS	BOS	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	15:22	47%▲38
9	Elias PetterssonDVAN	VAN	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	15:42	14%▲13
10	Easton CowanFTOR	TOR	1	3	0.33	1	100.0%	13:49	52%▲49
11	Blake ColemanFMIN	MIN	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	13:39	38%▼24
12	Alex TuchFWSH	WSH	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	17:16	94%▼5.5
13	Nick SchmaltzFUTA	UTA	1	2	0.50	3	33.3%	17:56	94%▲4.4
14	Jack EichelFVGK	VGK	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	20:04	99%▲1.4
15	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	22:14	89%▲12
16	Tommy NovakFPIT	PIT	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	15:23	11%▲9.1
17	Nicolas RoyFCOL	COL	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	12:33	4.9%▲4.7
18	Alexandre CarrierDMTL	MTL	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	15:13	14%▲12
19	Martin NecasFCOL	COL	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	19:16	100%▲1.8
20	Quinn HughesDMIN	MIN	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	24:57	100%
21	Nils HoglanderFNSH	NSH	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	11:05	4.0%▲3.9
22	Jack HughesFNJD	NJD	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	23:25	100%
23	Nick RobertsonFPIT	PIT	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	14:19	28%▲27
24	Simon HolmstromFNYI	NYI	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	18:32	16%▲14
25	Dylan GuentherFUTA	UTA	1	2	0.50	3	33.3%	15:42	99%▲1.7
26	Matthew KniesFCBJ	CBJ	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	16:55	95%▲14
27	Mason McTavishFSTL	STL	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	14:47	51%▲36
28	Conor GeekieFTBL	TBL	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	10:51	20%▲20
29	Jiri KulichFBUF	BUF	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	11:08	26%▲25
30	Luca CagnoniDSJS	SJS	1	2	0.50	1	100.0%	21:19	56%▲53
31	Igor ChernyshovFSJS	SJS	1	2	0.50	2	50.0%	14:18	52%▲48
32	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	1	1	1.00	1	100.0%	22:40	42%▲18
33	Stephen HallidayFOTT	OTT	1	1	1.00	1	100.0%	10:07	4.8%▲4.8
34	Leo CarlssonFANA	ANA	1	1	1.00	1	100.0%	17:43	94%▲11

How to read it

Goals that were the winning team's (loser's final score + 1)th goal, shootouts excluded.

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Game-winning goals are goals plus timing luck: year-to-year correlation is weak (about 0.1 beyond what goals explain).

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