NHL Game Winning Goals Leaders 2016-17

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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 867 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Game Winning Goals for the 2016-17 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	GWG
1	R. RakellRickard Rakell 23YRW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	10
2	J. CarterJeff Carter 31YC	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	9
3	C. AtkinsonCam Atkinson 27YRW	ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets	9
4	F. ForsbergFilip Forsberg 21YLW	NashvilleNashville Predators	9
5	E. StaalEric Staal 31YC	MinnesotaMinnesota Wild	8
6	V. TarasenkoVladimir Tarasenko 24YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	8
7	A. MatthewsAuston Matthews 18YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	8
8	B. MarchandBrad Marchand 28YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	8
9	M. HoffmanMike Hoffman 26YC	OttawaOttawa Senators	8
10	A. OvechkinAlex Ovechkin 30YLW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	7
11	J. PavelskiJoe Pavelski 31YC	San JoseSan Jose Sharks	7
12	M. BacklundMikael Backlund 27YC	CalgaryCalgary Flames	7
13	M. PaciorettyMax Pacioretty 27YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	7
14	P. BergeronPatrice Bergeron 30YC	BostonBoston Bruins	7
15	B. SchennBrayden Schenn 24YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	7
16	N. KucherovNikita Kucherov 23YRW	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	7
17	A. AnisimovArtem Anisimov 28YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	7
18	P. MarleauPatrick Marleau 36YC	San JoseSan Jose Sharks	6
19	B. BurnsBrent Burns 31YD	San JoseSan Jose Sharks	6
20	N. KadriNazem Kadri 25YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	6
21	J. MillerJ.T. Miller 23YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	6
22	C. McDavidConnor McDavid 19YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	6
23	P. ByronPaul Byron 27YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	6
24	A. LeeAnders Lee 25YLW	New YorkNew York Islanders	6
25	J. VeseyJimmy Vesey 23YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	6
26	V. ArvidssonViktor Arvidsson 23YLW	NashvilleNashville Predators	6
27	M. LetestuMark Letestu 31YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	6
28	K. TurrisKyle Turris 26YC	OttawaOttawa Senators	6
29	J. MarchessaultJonathan Marchessault 25YC	FloridaFlorida Panthers	6
30	D. PastrnakDavid Pastrnak 20YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	6
31	J. DrouinJonathan Drouin 21YLW	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	6
32	P. HornqvistPatric Hornqvist 29YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	6
33	E. MalkinEvgeni Malkin 29YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	6
34	A. GalchenyukAlex Galchenyuk 22YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	6
35	C. ShearyConor Sheary 24YLW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	6
36	P. BerglundPatrik Berglund 28YC	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	5
37	N. BackstromNicklas Backstrom 28YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	5
38	J. van RiemsdykJames van Riemsdyk 27YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	5
39	P. KanePatrick Kane 27YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	5
40	M. JohanssonMarcus Johansson 25YLW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	5
41	T. TatarTomas Tatar 25YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
42	R. PanikRichard Panik 25YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	5
43	C. CoyleCharlie Coyle 24YC	MinnesotaMinnesota Wild	5
44	L. DraisaitlLeon Draisaitl 20YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	5
45	A. PanarinArtemi Panarin 24YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	5
46	P. MaroonPatrick Maroon 28YLW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	5
47	A. WennbergAlexander Wennberg 21YC	ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets	5
48	N. FolignoNick Foligno 28YLW	ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets	5
49	J. SilfverbergJakob Silfverberg 25YRW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	5
50	V. HedmanVictor Hedman 25YD	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	5