most game winning goals by defenseman since 2022

Since 2021-22, Cale Makar has the most game-winning goals by a defenseman, with 21 game-winners.

	NAME	GWG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	21	379	119	305	424	+143	112	37	132	3	4	6	1,119	10.6	0	0		286	595	272	339	25:21
2	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	19	419	80	268	348	+104	150	23	98	0	4	8	1,070	7.5	0	0		312	513	255	510	22:00
3	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	18	341	77	132	209	-7	263	26	35	0	0	4	920	8.4	0	0		298	519	137	363	22:31
4	Roman Josi R. Josi	16	360	87	255	342	-8	181	34	106	0	2	4	1,172	7.4	0	0		233	643	155	325	25:04
5	Brandon Montour B. Montour	16	383	66	159	225	-15	343	13	66	0	0	6	988	6.7	0	0		430	420	140	337	22:11
6	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	15	385	51	153	204	+20	194	8	39	0	2	2	784	6.5	0	0		503	595	181	301	22:33
7	Adam Fox A. Fox	15	374	59	290	349	+85	154	13	127	3	10	3	693	8.5	0	0		168	581	293	321	23:41
8	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	14	316	58	146	204	+4	184	23	50	0	1	3	950	6.1	0	0		342	382	82	374	21:09
9	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	14	399	66	236	302	+55	205	15	87	0	0	4	871	7.6	0	0		415	562	156	346	24:12
10	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	13	344	48	197	245	+80	308	11	70	2	0	5	622	7.7	0	0		574	643	141	335	24:02
11	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	13	330	46	189	235	+74	100	9	52	0	0	4	734	6.3	0	0		70	449	167	323	22:21
12	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	12	398	58	200	258	-2	144	12	72	0	3	2	947	6.1	0	0		355	765	174	409	22:23
13	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	11	307	40	146	186	+2	57	15	69	0	4	2	640	6.3	1	1	100.0	163	581	153	318	23:31
14	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	11	358	60	237	297	+76	196	15	100	1	2	2	816	7.4	0	0		314	557	163	353	23:24
15	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	11	383	73	250	323	-53	136	14	86	0	0	6	926	7.9	0	1	0.0	142	399	266	498	24:05
16	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	11	368	44	153	197	-4	215	6	44	3	4	3	728	6.0	0	0		333	676	203	400	23:37
17	Colton Parayko C. Parayko	11	393	40	106	146	+4	106	1	4	2	4	2	668	6.0	0	0		495	875	247	342	23:12
18	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	10	321	40	136	176	+51	262	13	47	1	6	2	711	5.6	0	1	0.0	413	386	131	302	23:01
19	Kris Letang K. Letang	10	384	44	186	230	+3	237	13	58	2	1	7	830	5.3	0	0		701	572	220	449	23:59
20	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	10	313	35	103	138	+83	58	4	33	0	1	4	495	7.1	0	0		266	563	70	151	20:54
21	Devon Toews D. Toews	10	383	48	186	234	+196	128	5	26	0	2	3	751	6.4	0	0		292	525	220	275	24:04
22	Bowen Byram B. Byram	10	315	44	107	151	+33	201	4	14	1	2	1	406	10.8	0	0		356	403	86	240	21:37
23	Thomas Harley T. Harley	10	277	38	105	143	+66	74	3	29	1	0	7	490	7.8	0	0		181	451	116	298	21:21
24	John Carlson J. Carlson	9	361	58	210	268	+22	128	20	67	1	3	0	843	6.9	0	1	0.0	269	641	203	410	23:56
25	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	9	376	59	193	252	-24	152	20	94	2	0	2	707	8.3	0	0		211	415	155	307	19:59

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Team Leaders

9

Lehkonen

13

MacKinnon

+/-

+10

Toews

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.27

2nd

GA/GP

3.00

12th

PP%

20.0

19th

PK%

82.8

10th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	7	3	2	16	9
Mammoth	8	4	0	16	6
Stars	6	3	1	13	9
Avalanche	6	4	1	13	13
Blues	5	5	1	11	0
Jets	4	3	3	11	-3
Predators	3	3	4	10	-8
Blackhawks	3	8	0	6	-19

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/25	COL	@	NSH	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NJD	@	COL	9:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CGY	@	COL	10:00 PM
Mon 11/2	COL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Tue 11/3	COL	@	CBJ	7:00 PM

Last Game

Lightning

7 - 3 - 0

Final

Avalanche

6 - 4 - 1

Fri 23 Oct 2026

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Goals Leaders

12

Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

9

Matthews

Assists Leaders

25

McDavid

16

Fox

14

Bouchard

Points Leaders

33

McDavid

23

Draisaitl

21

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

68

Sherwood

56

Cuylle

53

Trenin

Blocks Leaders

34

Seider

34

Weegar

34

Kleven

Wins Leaders

7

Wallstedt

7

Swayman

7

Ullmark

Goals Against Leaders

1.23

Oettinger

1.33

Ullmark

1.40

Tarasov

Save Percentage Leaders

.945

Ullmark

.940

Tarasov

.939

Oettinger

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.36

4.27

4.00

Goals Against Rankings

1.60

2.17

2.20

Power Play Rankings

38.1

35.1

32.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

95.2

92.3

91.7

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-2

8-4

7-4

8-5

6-4

Worst Record ATS

3-9

3-7

3-6

4-7

5-8

4-6

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	9	2	1	19	22
Senators	8	4	0	16	4
Maple Leafs	7	4	2	16	9
Lightning	7	3	1	15	4
Panthers	6	4	2	14	-2
Canadiens	5	3	2	12	-1
Red Wings	4	4	3	11	-5
Sabres	4	4	3	11	-10
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	9	2	2	20	18
Rangers	7	5	1	15	5
Devils	7	4	0	14	4
Capitals	6	4	0	12	2
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Flyers	3	7	3	9	-18
Blue Jackets	4	5	0	8	-8

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	8	4	0	16	6
Wild	7	3	2	16	9
Stars	6	3	1	13	9
Avalanche	6	4	1	13	13
Jets	4	3	3	11	-3
Blues	5	5	1	11	0
Predators	3	3	4	10	-8
Blackhawks	3	8	0	6	-19
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	8	2	1	17	10
Golden Knights	8	4	1	17	9
Kraken	7	4	1	15	3
Sharks	6	5	1	13	-6
Ducks	5	6	0	10	-5
Flames	4	6	0	8	-16
Kings	2	5	2	6	-11
Canucks	2	9	1	5	-21

NHL 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	1-0
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	3-2
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	0-3
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	6-5
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/25	NYI	@	DAL	6:00 PM
Sun 10/25	MTL	@	WPG	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	COL	@	NSH	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	MIN	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Mon 10/26	LAK	@	NYR	7:00 PM

Since 2021-22, Cale Makar has the most game-winning goals by a defenseman, with 21 game-winners.

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