nhl player most game winning goals by defense in playoffs career

Nicklas Lidstrom has made the most career game-winning goals by a defenseman in the playoffs, with 11 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	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	11	263	54	129	183	+61	76	30	81	3	3	1	656	8.2	0	0		99	193	85	107	28:00
2	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	8	202	25	73	98	+20	155	12	29	3	1	2	411	6.1	1	2	50.0	180	187	152	168	26:35
3	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	8	233	26	92	118	+44	402	12	31	0	4	0	481	5.4	0	0		231	153	102	83	24:04
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	8	194	59	137	196	+53	264	21	66	6	2	0	616	9.6
5	Kris Letang K. Letang	7	155	25	67	92	-2	162	9	26	0	2	1	378	6.6	0	0		301	247	65	182	24:23
6	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	7	141	22	68	90	+3	102	12	43	1	2	0	291	7.6	0	0		109	159	26	96	24:00
7	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	7	215	37	115	152	+32	201	20	47	3	4	0	504	7.3	1	1	100.0	10	17	7	19	21:33
8	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	7	185	56	108	164	+64	253	28	52	2	5	2	578	9.7
9	Bobby Orr B. Orr	7	74	26	66	92	+60	107	8	24	3	7	1	358	7.3
10	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	6	81	21	67	88	+5	38	9	33	0	0	1	220	9.5	0	0		84	116	60	98	23:40
11	Cale Makar C. Makar	6	86	26	64	90	+27	24	9	25	1	1	1	246	10.6	0	0		100	138	80	80	24:43
12	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	6	49	18	23	41	-2	48	5	9	0	1	1	124	14.5	1	3	33.3	192	53	28	53	21:31
13	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	6	165	29	71	100	+42	66	17	31	0	2	1	290	10.0	0	1	0.0	164	175	106	147	23:20
14	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	6	95	28	69	97	+2	36	12	38	1	1	0	352	8.0	0	0		16	30	10	25	28:29
15	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	6	266	31	113	144	+48	423	14	46	3	5	2	587	5.3	0	0		109	139	57	85	20:24
16	Brad Park B. Park	6	161	35	90	125	+24	217	13	36	1	2	1	383	9.1
17	Serge Savard S. Savard	6	130	19	49	68	+47	90	4	15	3	1	1	198	9.6
18	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	5	170	23	97	120	+18	94	10	43	0	1	1	425	5.4	0	0		228	323	79	176	24:58
19	Alec Martinez A. Martinez	5	131	14	23	37	+22	47	6	6	0	0	2	194	7.2	0	0		161	283	26	87	18:27
20	Duncan Keith D. Keith	5	151	19	72	91	+20	70	2	27	0	2	1	323	5.9	0	0		120	264	86	181	27:07
21	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	5	137	23	67	90	-10	131	11	32	0	1	1	298	7.7	0	0		62	45	30	56	21:05
22	Jason Woolley J. Woolley	5	79	11	36	47	+9	44	4	22	0	0	1	139	7.9	0	0		17	20	5	18	17:32
23	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	5	168	23	57	80	+16	93	7	28	0	5	2	364	6.3	0	1	0.0	18	83	23	53	26:47
24	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	5	177	39	121	160	+11	255	26	71	0	3	1	663	5.9	0	1	0.0	52	51	14	33	28:21
25	Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	5	123	26	44	70	+39	138	11	23	1	0	0	342	7.6

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More Red Wings Stats

Team Leaders

41

DeBrincat

51

Raymond

+/-

+15

Seider

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.91

22nd

GA/GP

3.10

19th

PP%

22.6

12th

PK%

77.1

23rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

Last Game

Red Wings

41 - 31 - 10

Final

Panthers

40 - 38 - 4

Wed 15 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

7

Boldy

7

Stankoven

6

Marner

Playoffs Assists Leaders

10

Kaprizov

10

Eichel

9

Hughes

Playoffs Points Leaders

14

Kaprizov

13

Hughes

13

Marner

Playoffs Hits Leaders

51

Barbashev

48

Foligno

48

Carrier

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

27

Matheson

27

Theodore

26

York

Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

6

Wedgewood

6

Hart

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.12

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

1.73

Lyon

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.950

Andersen

.939

Silovs

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.00

3.67

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.25

2.22

2.29

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

29.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

96.3

95.8

95.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

53-38

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

38-53

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12