League Leaders Who Led?

2016 NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders

Goals that decided a game

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Rickard Rakell led the NHL in game-winning goals in 2016 with 10, 1 ahead of Cam Atkinson (9). It stands 79th among all single seasons in NHL history.

# Player Team GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG S S%
1 Rickard Rakell Rickard Rakell ANA 71 33 18 51 10 12 5 0 10 177 18.6%
2 Cam Atkinson Cam Atkinson CBJ 82 35 27 62 13 22 10 3 9 240 14.6%
3 Jeff Carter Jeff Carter LAK 82 32 34 66 2 41 10 1 9 250 12.8%
4 Filip Forsberg Filip Forsberg NSH 82 31 27 58 -4 32 3 3 9 234 13.3%
5 Auston Matthews Auston Matthews TOR 82 40 29 69 2 14 8 0 8 279 14.3%
6 Eric Staal Eric Staal MIN 82 28 37 65 17 34 4 1 8 211 13.3%
7 Vladimir Tarasenko Vladimir Tarasenko STL 82 39 36 75 -1 12 9 0 8 286 13.6%
8 Brad Marchand Brad Marchand BOS 80 39 46 85 18 81 9 3 8 226 17.3%
9 Mike Hoffman Mike Hoffman OTT 74 26 35 61 17 51 13 0 8 224 11.6%
10 Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin WSH 82 33 36 69 6 50 17 0 7 313 10.5%
11 Mikael Backlund Mikael Backlund CGY 81 22 31 53 9 36 7 0 7 197 11.2%
12 Max Pacioretty Max Pacioretty MTL 81 35 32 67 15 38 8 1 7 268 13.1%
13 Joe Pavelski Joe Pavelski SJS 81 29 39 68 11 34 7 1 7 233 12.5%
14 Patrice Bergeron Patrice Bergeron BOS 79 21 32 53 12 24 8 0 7 302 7.0%
15 Brayden Schenn Brayden Schenn PHI 79 25 30 55 -13 38 17 0 7 178 14.0%
16 Nikita Kucherov Nikita Kucherov TBL 74 40 45 85 13 38 17 0 7 246 16.3%
17 Marian Hossa Marian Hossa CHI 73 26 19 45 7 8 5 1 7 167 15.6%
18 Artem Anisimov Artem Anisimov CHI 64 22 23 45 9 30 4 0 7 105 21.0%
19 Brent Burns Brent Burns SJS 82 29 47 76 19 40 8 0 6 320 9.1%
20 Nazem Kadri Nazem Kadri TOR 82 32 29 61 -7 95 12 0 6 236 13.6%
21 Patrick Marleau Patrick Marleau SJS 82 27 19 46 4 28 7 0 6 190 14.2%
22 Connor McDavid Connor McDavid EDM 82 30 70 100 27 26 3 1 6 251 12.0%
23 J.T. Miller J.T. Miller NYR 82 22 34 56 17 21 2 3 6 132 16.7%
24 Paul Byron Paul Byron MTL 81 22 21 43 21 29 0 1 6 96 22.9%
25 Anders Lee Anders Lee NYI 81 34 18 52 9 56 9 0 6 191 17.8%
26 Viktor Arvidsson Viktor Arvidsson NSH 80 31 30 61 16 28 4 5 6 246 12.6%
27 Jimmy Vesey Jimmy Vesey NYR 80 16 11 27 -13 26 5 0 6 116 13.8%
28 Mark Letestu Mark Letestu EDM 78 16 19 35 -2 17 11 2 6 120 13.3%
29 Kyle Turris Kyle Turris OTT 78 27 28 55 -3 47 6 0 6 185 14.6%
30 Jonathan Marchessault Jonathan Marchessault FLA 75 30 21 51 -21 38 8 0 6 193 15.5%
31 David Pastrnak David Pastrnak BOS 75 34 36 70 11 34 10 0 6 262 13.0%
32 Jonathan Drouin Jonathan Drouin TBL 73 21 32 53 -13 16 9 0 6 183 11.5%
33 Patric Hornqvist Patric Hornqvist PIT 70 21 23 44 16 28 10 0 6 223 9.4%
34 Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Malkin PIT 62 33 39 72 18 77 11 0 6 191 17.3%
35 Alex Galchenyuk Alex Galchenyuk MTL 61 17 27 44 -5 24 6 0 6 104 16.4%
36 Conor Sheary Conor Sheary PIT 61 23 30 53 24 22 2 0 6 154 14.9%
37 Nicklas Backstrom Nicklas Backstrom WSH 82 23 63 86 17 38 8 0 5 162 14.2%
38 Patrik Berglund Patrik Berglund STL 82 23 11 34 -7 32 4 0 5 153 15.0%
39 Charlie Coyle Charlie Coyle MIN 82 18 38 56 13 36 4 0 5 159 11.3%
40 Leon Draisaitl Leon Draisaitl EDM 82 29 48 77 7 20 10 0 5 172 16.9%
41 Marcus Johansson Marcus Johansson WSH 82 24 34 58 25 10 5 0 5 129 18.6%
42 Patrick Kane Patrick Kane CHI 82 34 55 89 11 32 7 0 5 292 11.6%
43 Artemi Panarin Artemi Panarin CHI 82 31 43 74 18 21 9 0 5 211 14.7%
44 Richard Panik Richard Panik CHI 82 22 22 44 14 58 4 0 5 155 14.2%
45 Tomas Tatar Tomas Tatar DET 82 25 21 46 -8 26 5 0 5 166 15.1%
46 James van Riemsdyk James van Riemsdyk TOR 82 29 33 62 -2 37 6 0 5 238 12.2%
47 Dougie Hamilton Dougie Hamilton CGY 81 13 37 50 12 64 2 0 5 222 5.9%
48 Patrick Maroon Patrick Maroon EDM 81 27 15 42 13 95 3 0 5 178 15.2%
49 Brandon Dubinsky Brandon Dubinsky CBJ 80 12 29 41 16 91 1 1 5 115 10.4%
50 Tanner Pearson Tanner Pearson LAK 80 24 20 44 5 13 3 1 5 187 12.8%
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