NHL Game Winning Goals Leaders 1939-40

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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 top 137 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Game Winning Goals for the 1939-40 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	GWG
1	H. CainHerb Cain 26YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	7
2	B. HextallBryan Hextall 25YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
3	K. MacDonaldKilby MacDonald 24YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
4	E. WisemanEddie Wiseman 26YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	4
5	N. ColvilleNeil Colville 24YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	4
6	W. DumartWoody Dumart 22YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	4
7	B. ThomsBill Thoms 29YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	4
8	R. ConacherRoy Conacher 22YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	4
9	M. SchmidtMilt Schmidt 21YC	BostonBoston Bruins	3
10	B. BollBuzz Boll 28YLW	New YorkNew York Americans	3
11	O. HellerOtt Heller 29YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	3
12	M. MarchMush March 30YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	3
13	C. DahlstromCully Dahlstrom 26YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	3
14	G. DrillonGordie Drillon 25YRW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	3
15	G. MarkerGus Marker 31YRW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	3
16	J. GottseligJohnny Gottselig 34YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	3
17	S. SchrinerSweeney Schriner 27YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	3
18	A. MotterAlex Motter 26YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	3
19	P. KellyPep Kelly 25YRW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	3
20	N. MetzNick Metz 25YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	3
21	B. BauerBobby Bauer 24YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	2
22	L. CarrLorne Carr 28YRW	New YorkNew York Americans	2
23	B. DavidsonBob Davidson 27YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	2
24	D. HillerDutch Hiller 24YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	2
25	M. ArmstrongMurray Armstrong 23YC	New YorkNew York Americans	2
26	M. ColvilleMac Colville 23YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	2
27	S. HoweSyd Howe 27YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	2
28	A. JacksonArt Jackson 23YC	BostonBoston Bruins	2
29	A. ShibickyAlex Shibicky 25YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	2
30	P. HergesheimerPhil Hergesheimer 24YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	2
31	R. HeronRed Heron 21YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	2
32	G. ManthaGeorges Mantha 30YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	2
33	C. SmithClint Smith 25YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	2
34	K. KilreaKen Kilrea 20YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	2
35	D. BentleyDoug Bentley 22YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	2
36	M. HillMel Hill 25YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	2
37	C. BrownConnie Brown 22YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	2
38	R. HamillRed Hamill 22YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	2
39	S. AppsSyl Apps 24YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	2
40	H. GoldupHank Goldup 20YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	2
41	T. AndersonTom Anderson 28YLW	New YorkNew York Americans	1
42	B. CarseBill Carse 25YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	1
43	B. CowleyBill Cowley 27YC	BostonBoston Bruins	1
44	R. GoupilleRed Goupille 23YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	1
45	B. PrattBabe Pratt 23YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	1
46	L. TrudelLou Trudel 26YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	1
47	A. PikeAlf Pike 21YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	1
48	D. YoungDoug Young 30YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	1
49	M. BruneteauMud Bruneteau 24YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	1
50	D. ClapperDit Clapper 32YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	1