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1971-1972 NHL Game-Winning Goals Leaders

Goals that decided a game

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Phil Esposito led the NHL with 16 game-winning goals in the 1971-1972 season, 7 ahead of Bobby Hull (9). It is the best single-season game-winning goals mark in NHL history. It was one of 3 times Phil Esposito led in game-winning goals.

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Phil Esposito Led the NHL in 1971-1972 Phil Esposito BOS
16 Game-Winning Goals 7 clear of Bobby Hull
Showing Game-Winning Goals and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team GWG GP G A P
1 Phil Esposito Phil Esposito BOS 16 76 66 67 133
2 Bobby Hull Bobby Hull CHI 9 78 50 43 93
3 Bill Goldsworthy Bill Goldsworthy MNS 8 78 31 31 62
4 Johnny Bucyk Johnny Bucyk BOS 7 78 32 51 83
5 Ron Ellis TOR 7 78 23 24 47
6 Vic Hadfield Vic Hadfield NYR 7 78 50 56 106
7 Pit Martin Pit Martin CHI 7 78 24 51 75
8 Jacques Lemaire MTL 7 77 32 49 81
9 Gary Sabourin STL 7 77 28 17 45
10 Bill Fairbairn NYR 6 78 22 37 59
11 Lou Nanne MNS 6 78 21 28 49
12 Bobby Rousseau Bobby Rousseau NYR 6 78 21 36 57
13 Cliff Koroll CHI 6 76 22 23 45
14 Peter Mahovlich Peter Mahovlich MTL 6 75 35 32 67
15 Stan Mikita Stan Mikita CHI 6 74 26 39 65
16 Jean Ratelle Jean Ratelle NYR 6 63 46 63 109
17 Andre Boudrias VAN 5 78 27 34 61
18 Bryan Hextall Jr. Bryan Hextall Jr. PIT 5 78 20 24 44
19 Mickey Redmond Mickey Redmond DET 5 78 42 29 71
20 Nick Libett DET 5 77 31 22 53
21 Ed Westfall Ed Westfall BOS 5 77 18 26 44
22 Alex Delvecchio Alex Delvecchio DET 5 75 20 45 65
23 Bruce MacGregor Bruce MacGregor NYR 5 75 19 21 40
24 Yvan Cournoyer Yvan Cournoyer MTL 5 73 47 36 83
25 Paul Henderson TOR 5 73 38 19 57
26 Guy Lafleur Guy Lafleur MTL 5 73 29 35 64
27 Rick Martin Rick Martin BUF 5 73 44 30 74
28 Dave Keon Dave Keon TOR 5 72 18 30 48
29 Al Karlander DET 5 71 15 20 35
30 Simon Nolet PHI 5 67 23 20 43
31 Jim Pappin Jim Pappin CHI 5 64 27 21 48
32 Jude Drouin MNS 5 63 13 43 56
33 Fred Stanfield BOS 4 78 23 56 79
34 Garry Unger Garry Unger STL 4 78 36 34 70
35 Claude Larose MTL 4 77 20 18 38
36 Murray Oliver Murray Oliver MNS 4 77 27 29 56
37 Ralph Backstrom Ralph Backstrom LAK 4 76 23 29 52
38 Frank Mahovlich Frank Mahovlich MTL 4 76 43 53 96
39 Bobby Orr Bobby Orr BOS 4 76 37 80 117
40 Mike Walton Mike Walton BOS 4 76 28 28 56
41 Dave Balon Dave Balon NYR +1 4 75 23 24 47
42 Brad Park Brad Park NYR 4 75 24 49 73
43 Marc Tardif MTL 4 75 31 22 53
44 Darryl Sittler Darryl Sittler TOR 4 74 15 17 32
45 Rod Gilbert Rod Gilbert NYR 4 73 43 54 97
46 Serge Bernier PHI +1 4 70 23 22 45
47 Guy Lapointe MTL 4 69 11 38 49
48 Bob Berry LAK 3 78 17 22 39
49 Bobby Clarke Bobby Clarke PHI 3 78 35 46 81
50 Bob Kelly PHI 3 78 14 15 29
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