nhl player most game winning goal in career including playoffs

Alex Ovechkin has the most career game-winning goals in the regular season and playoffs, with 152 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	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	152	1,740	1,007	829	1,836	+59	940	362	324	5	1	26	7,793	12.9	77	209	36.8	4,559	667	865	1,390	20:28
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	151	1,941	844	1,278	2,122	+352	1,330	241	434	13	4	23	6,319	13.4	12	47	25.5	323	210	547	1,193	19:55
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	134	1,471	844	737	1,581	+36	531	303	302	24	8	15	5,679	14.9	19	54	35.2	174	119	257	440	18:06
4	Gordie Howe G. Howe	132	1,924	869	1,141	2,010	+165	1,905	226	394	28	12	0	4,104	10.1
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	130	1,412	778	949	1,727	+277	1,048	268	330	23	15	1	5,701	13.6
6	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	125	1,974	638	686	1,324	-38	608	196	268	21	4	15	4,814	13.3	6,645	13,883	47.9	1,906	525	848	1,253	18:14
7	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	121	1,581	728	817	1,545	+79	722	274	353	7	2	11	4,890	14.9	1,092	2,295	47.6	301	176	499	888	17:48
8	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	121	1,708	716	772	1,488	+182	2,768	256	301	24	17	14	5,708	12.5	304	638	47.6	677	323	303	507	18:14
9	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	115	1,695	1,016	2,223	3,239	+611	643	239	776	85	93	6	5,787	17.6
10	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	113	1,613	728	1,243	1,971	+210	987	215	472	4	7	26	5,038	14.5	18,707	35,435	52.8	1,441	787	933	1,353	20:38
11	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	112	1,254	618	869	1,487	+496	466	169	291	3	2	2	3,886	15.9
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	109	1,182	672	627	1,299	+265	736	178	193	21	11	1	5,108	12.5
13	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	108	1,635	662	706	1,368	+37	1,138	211	244	16	9	7	5,000	13.2	2,811	5,429	51.8	1,764	498	639	803	20:00
14	Mike Modano M. Modano	107	1,675	619	901	1,520	+114	1,054	181	369	31	21	11	4,780	12.9	8,308	16,106	51.6	246	351	806	1,133	20:01
15	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	107	1,415	630	612	1,242	+150	768	238	219	12	2	10	3,636	17.3	5,129	8,761	58.5	202	109	170	318	16:16
16	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	106	1,380	677	687	1,364	-20	815	264	260	5	3	17	4,044	16.7	7,811	15,387	50.8	1,604	638	571	788	18:56
17	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	106	1,710	762	1,178	1,940	+173	1,008	229	442	53	41	10	5,186	14.7	3,885	6,727	57.8	209	243	215	282	18:48
18	Mark Messier M. Messier	106	1,992	803	1,379	2,182	+263	2,156	203	470	77	86	8	4,892	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
19	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	105	1,431	535	820	1,355	+299	972	159	310	41	35	16	4,588	11.7	6,464	11,966	54.0	530	266	451	614	20:00
20	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	105	1,550	709	1,120	1,829	+28	692	232	479	36	18	15	5,203	13.6	7,850	14,916	52.6	329	330	499	482	21:17
21	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	104	1,437	602	829	1,431	+75	1,167	171	310	32	26	17	4,261	14.1	8,589	15,631	54.9	508	303	250	523	19:45
22	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	104	1,517	566	772	1,338	+174	1,578	201	268	30	20	9	3,657	15.5	3,567	7,147	49.9	957	214	389	652	17:24
23	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	102	1,459	605	990	1,595	+48	1,513	218	396	5	2	16	4,590	13.2	6,929	15,375	45.1	940	636	1,195	1,455	19:30
24	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	102	1,841	638	1,042	1,680	+9	1,126	222	401	18	15	7	4,230	15.1	954	1,965	48.5	1,150	334	398	617	18:49
25	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	102	1,354	591	722	1,313	+264	1,562	173	195	14	7	10	3,663	16.1

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5

Strome

+/-

+8

Desharnais

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GA/GP

3.00

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86.4

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	2	0	12	13
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Islanders	3	3	0	6	4
Devils	3	3	0	6	-6
Capitals	3	3	0	6	1
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	5	3	3	-21

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/14	MTL	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 PM
Tue 10/20	LAK	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BUF	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	WSH	7:30 PM

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Capitals

3 - 3 - 0

Final

Hurricanes

6 - 1 - 1

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Kaprizov

7

Lafreniere

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Assists Leaders

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McDavid

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Eichel

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Points Leaders

17

McDavid

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Eichel

Hits Leaders

41

Sherwood

37

Cuylle

34

Hathaway

Blocks Leaders

24

Weegar

23

Hronek

23

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Wins Leaders

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Swayman

5

Ullmark

4

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Goals Against Leaders

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Tarasov

1.15

Garand

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Garand

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34.5

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5-1

6-2

5-2

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1-5

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2-5

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Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	5	2	0	10	2
Bruins	4	2	0	8	7
Lightning	4	2	0	8	1
Panthers	3	2	2	8	-1
Canadiens	3	2	1	7	-3
Maple Leafs	3	3	1	7	1
Sabres	3	3	1	7	-7
Red Wings	1	3	2	4	-6
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Rangers	6	2	0	12	13
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Islanders	3	3	0	6	4
Capitals	3	3	0	6	1
Devils	3	3	0	6	-6
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	5	3	3	-21

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Mammoth	5	2	0	10	8
Jets	4	1	1	9	1
Wild	4	2	1	9	5
Avalanche	4	2	0	8	10
Blues	3	2	1	7	3
Predators	2	2	2	6	-3
Stars	2	3	1	5	2
Blackhawks	2	5	0	4	-12
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Golden Knights	6	2	0	12	10
Oilers	5	0	1	11	11
Kraken	5	2	0	10	10
Ducks	4	2	0	8	3
Sharks	3	2	0	6	-4
Canucks	2	6	0	4	-12
Kings	0	3	2	2	-10
Flames	1	5	0	2	-17