NHL Game Winning Goals Leaders 1996-97

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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 762 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Game Winning Goals for the 1996-97 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	GWG
1	P. KariyaPaul Kariya 21YLW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	10
2	B. GuerinBill Guerin 25YRW	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	9
3	M. ModanoMike Modano 26YC	DallasDallas Stars	9
4	M. MessierMark Messier 35YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	9
5	M. SundinMats Sundin 25YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	8
6	T. SelanneTeemu Selanne 25YRW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	8
7	M. GartnerMike Gartner 36YRW	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	7
8	B. ShanahanBrendan Shanahan 27YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	7
9	K. TkachukKeith Tkachuk 24YLW	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	7
10	P. TurgeonPierre Turgeon 26YC	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	7
11	K. JonesKeith Jones 27YRW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	7
12	M. LemieuxMario Lemieux 30YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	7
13	J. RoenickJeremy Roenick 26YC	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	7
14	R. SheppardRay Sheppard 30YRW	FloridaFlorida Panthers	7
15	E. LindrosEric Lindros 23YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	7
16	B. HolikBobby Holik 25YC	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	6
17	D. PlanteDerek Plante 25YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	6
18	B. HolzingerBrian Holzinger 23YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	6
19	J. MacLeanJohn MacLean 31YRW	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	6
20	Z. PalffyZiggy Palffy 24YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	6
21	E. OlczykEddie Olczyk 29YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	6
22	D. CiccarelliDino Ciccarelli 36YRW	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	6
23	B. HullBrett Hull 31YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	6
24	V. KozlovVyacheslav Kozlov 24YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	6
25	J. CampbellJim Campbell 23YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	6
26	D. McCartyDarren McCarty 24YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	6
27	J. HoglundJonas Hoglund 23YRW	CalgaryCalgary Flames	6
28	W. ClarkWendel Clark 29YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	6
29	J. JagrJaromir Jagr 24YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	6
30	D. McAmmondDean McAmmond 23YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	6
31	D. HunterDale Hunter 35YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	5
32	J. LeClairJohn LeClair 26YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	5
33	A. YashinAlexei Yashin 22YC	OttawaOttawa Senators	5
34	A. DaigleAlexandre Daigle 21YRW	OttawaOttawa Senators	5
35	J. FriesenJeff Friesen 19YLW	San JoseSan Jose Sharks	5
36	K. DineenKevin Dineen 32YRW	HartfordHartford Whalers	5
37	T. KlattTrent Klatt 25YRW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	5
38	M. RidleyMike Ridley 32YC	VancouverVancouver Canucks	5
39	D. AudetteDonald Audette 26YRW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	5
40	B. HogueBenoit Hogue 29YLW	DallasDallas Stars	5
41	J. SakicJoe Sakic 26YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	5
42	D. GagnerDave Gagner 31YC	CalgaryCalgary Flames	4
43	S. MellanbyScott Mellanby 30YRW	FloridaFlorida Panthers	4
44	D. ReidDave Reid 32YLW	DallasDallas Stars	4
45	S. PodeinShjon Podein 28YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	4
46	G. SandersonGeoff Sanderson 24YLW	HartfordHartford Whalers	4
47	C. GrattonChris Gratton 20YC	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	4
48	N. SundstromNiklas Sundstrom 21YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	4
49	R. SmythRyan Smyth 20YLW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	4
50	P. VerbeekPat Verbeek 32YRW	DallasDallas Stars	4