NHL Game Winning Goals Leaders 1980-81

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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 558 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Game Winning Goals for the 1980-81 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	GWG
1	M. BossyMike Bossy 23YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	10
2	C. SimmerCharlie Simmer 26YLW	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	10
3	M. DionneMarcel Dionne 28YC	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	9
4	D. MaloneyDon Maloney 21YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	9
5	K. NilssonKent Nilsson 23YC	CalgaryCalgary Flames	8
6	R. MiddletonRick Middleton 26YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	7
7	W. BabychWayne Babych 22YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	7
8	A. MacAdamAl MacAdam 28YRW	MinnesotaMinnesota North Stars	7
9	B. SmithBobby Smith 22YC	MinnesotaMinnesota North Stars	7
10	D. GareDanny Gare 26YRW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	7
11	T. KerrTim Kerr 20YRW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	7
12	G. LafleurGuy Lafleur 28YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	7
13	M. NapierMark Napier 23YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	6
14	J. RichardJacques Richard 27YLW	QuebecQuebec Nordiques	6
15	B. StoughtonBlaine Stoughton 27YLW	HartfordHartford Whalers	6
16	R. BourqueRay Bourque 19YD	BostonBoston Bruins	6
17	E. VailEric Vail 26YLW	CalgaryCalgary Flames	6
18	M. FolignoMike Foligno 21YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
19	E. JohnstoneEddie Johnstone 26YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
20	R. KehoeRick Kehoe 28YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	5
21	D. MarukDennis Maruk 24YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	5
22	D. RotaDarcy Rota 27YLW	VancouverVancouver Canucks	5
23	R. SchuttRod Schutt 23YLW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	5
24	B. ProppBrian Propp 21YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	5
25	B. BourneBob Bourne 26YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	5
26	D. FosterDwight Foster 23YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	5
27	P. TurnbullPerry Turnbull 21YC	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	5
28	S. TambelliniSteve Tambellini 22YC	ColoradoColorado Rockies	5
29	B. TrottierBryan Trottier 23YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	5
30	J. PetterssonJorgen Pettersson 23YLW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	5
31	G. AndersonGlenn Anderson 19YRW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	5
32	B. KellyBob Kelly 29YLW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	4
33	P. LeePeter Lee 24YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	4
34	T. McKegneyTony McKegney 22YLW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	4
35	P. McNabPeter McNab 28YC	BostonBoston Bruins	4
36	J. PronovostJean Pronovost 34YRW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	4
37	A. StastnyAnton Stastny 20YLW	QuebecQuebec Nordiques	4
38	A. SavardAndre Savard 26YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	4
39	B. FederkoBernie Federko 24YC	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	4
40	A. KallurAnders Kallur 27YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	4
41	W. PlettWilli Plett 25YRW	CalgaryCalgary Flames	4
42	B. SutterBrian Sutter 23YLW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	4
43	P. StastnyPeter Stastny 23YC	QuebecQuebec Nordiques	4
44	M. TremblayMario Tremblay 23YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	4
45	D. WilliamsDave Williams 26YLW	VancouverVancouver Canucks	4
46	D. SutterDarryl Sutter 21YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	4
47	S. JensenSteve Jensen 25YLW	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	4
48	D. PotvinDenis Potvin 26YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	4
49	R. SeilingRic Seiling 22YRW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	4
50	T. YoungTim Young 25YC	MinnesotaMinnesota North Stars	4