NHL All-Time Playoff Game Winning Goals Leaders

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Game-winning goals count goals that end up deciding wins. Higher means the player scored more goals that made the final difference. Below are the all-time NHL Playoff Career Game Winning Goals leaders, featuring 1,536 players across postseason history. For all skaters and goalies across the league, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	GWG
1	C. LemieuxClaude Lemieux 60YRW	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	19
2	J. PavelskiJoe Pavelski 41YC	San JoseSan Jose Sharks	18
3	M. RichardMaurice Richard 104YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	18
4	G. AndersonGlenn Anderson 65YRW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	17
5	C. DruryChris Drury 49YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	17
6	M. BossyMike Bossy 69YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	17
7	M. ModanoMike Modano 56YC	DallasDallas Stars	15
8	J. BeliveauJean Beliveau 94YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	15
9	J. KurriJari Kurri 66YRW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	14
10	B. GeoffrionBernie Geoffrion 95YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	14
11	E. MalkinEvgeni Malkin 39YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	13
12	S. RicherStephane Richer 60YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	13
13	C. PerryCorey Perry 41YRW	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	12
14	B. TrottierBryan Trottier 69YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	12
15	M. HossaMarian Hossa 47YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	12
16	S. YzermanSteve Yzerman 61YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
17	B. ShanahanBrendan Shanahan 57YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
18	S. FedorovSergei Fedorov 56YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
19	C. GilliesClark Gillies 72YLW	New YorkNew York Islanders	12
20	J. RoenickJeremy Roenick 56YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	12
21	C. KreiderChris Kreider 35YLW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	12
22	N. LidstromNicklas Lidstrom 56YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	11
23	M. RecchiMark Recchi 58YRW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	11
24	S. ThomasSteve Thomas 62YRW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	11
25	R. FrancisRon Francis 63YC	HartfordHartford Whalers	11
26	G. HoweGordie Howe 98YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	11
27	J. LemaireJacques Lemaire 80YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	11
28	T. SelanneTeemu Selanne 56YRW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	11
29	D. AlfredssonDaniel Alfredsson 53YRW	OttawaOttawa Senators	11
30	B. HullBobby Hull 87YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	11
31	S. BarnesStu Barnes 55YC	DallasDallas Stars	11
32	M. St. LouisMartin St. Louis 51YRW	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	11
33	P. BergeronPatrice Bergeron 40YC	BostonBoston Bruins	10
34	P. StastnyPaul Stastny 40YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	10
35	R. MacLeishRick MacLeish 76YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	10
36	N. MacKinnonNathan MacKinnon 30YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	10
37	S. CrosbySidney Crosby 38YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	9
38	H. RichardHenri Richard 90YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	9
39	T. HolmstromTomas Holmstrom 53YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	9
40	B. RichardsBrad Richards 46YC	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	9
41	F. MahovlichFrank Mahovlich 88YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	9
42	B. GoringButch Goring 76YC	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	9
43	P. SykoraPetr Sykora 49YRW	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	9
44	S. AhoSebastian Aho 28YC	CarolinaCarolina Hurricanes	9
45	M. NaslundMats Naslund 66YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	9
46	G. CarbonneauGuy Carbonneau 66YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	8
47	J. ThorntonJoe Thornton 47YC	San JoseSan Jose Sharks	8
48	J. WilliamsJustin Williams 44YRW	CarolinaCarolina Hurricanes	8
49	D. KrejciDavid Krejci 40YC	BostonBoston Bruins	8
50	N. KucherovNikita Kucherov 33YRW	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	8