which player scored the most game winning goals of all time

Alex Ovechkin has made the most career game-winning goals, with 141 game-winners.

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	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	141	1,573	929	758	1,687	+55	857	331	291	5	1	27	7,108	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,876	579	793	1,251	20:27
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	135	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	121	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12		3,803	10.1
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	118	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12		5,166	13.9
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	110	1,451	684	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
6	Brett Hull B. Hull	110	1,269	741	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
7	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	109	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
8	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	109	1,524	656	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	104	1,420	654	1,107	1,761	+197	898	194	416	4	7	26	4,459	14.7	16,437	31,038	53.0	1,241	692	796	1,180	20:36
10	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	101	1,246	624	632	1,256	-7	737	242	227	5	3	17	3,712	16.8	7,124	14,054	50.7	1,327	565	524	727	19:00
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	101	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
12	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	98	1,126	560	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	0	3,516	15.9
13	Bobby Hull B. Hull	98	1,063	610	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10		4,577	12.7
14	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	96	1,346	564	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
15	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	94	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
16	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	93	1,248	483	696	1,179	+261	839	144	256	36	29	15	3,985	12.1	5,839	10,768	54.2	423	231	385	556	19:56
17	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	93	1,257	564	562	1,126	+155	677	215	204	12	2	7	3,242	17.4	4,454	7,590	58.7	144	91	132	266	16:17
18	Jeff Carter J. Carter	92	1,321	442	409	851	+9	635	125	113	21	6	16	3,967	11.1	9,045	17,546	51.6	1,166	663	585	682	17:27
19	Mike Modano M. Modano	92	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
20	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	92	1,363	513	703	1,216	+153	1,463	184	247	28	20	5	3,281	15.6	3,328	6,627	50.2	854	194	354	592	17:23
21	Mark Messier M. Messier	92	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
22	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	92	1,540	556	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0		3,087	16.2
23	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	91	1,652	577	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
24	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	91	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	2	5,088	17.6
25	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	90	1,432	708	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	7	5,090	13.9

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2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	1	1	-1
Rangers	1	0	0	-3
Flyers	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

3

Bouchard

2

Nylander

2

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

2

Bouchard

2

Hronek

2

McDavid

Points Leaders

5

Bouchard

3

Eichel

2

Hronek

Hits Leaders

8

Svechnikov

8

Zadorov

8

Gatcomb

Blocks Leaders

5

Pettersson

4

Murphy

3

Bouchard

Wins Leaders

1

Markstrom

1

Swayman

1

Dobes

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Swayman

0.92

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Swayman

.950

Bussi

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

6.00

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

1.00

Power Play Rankings

50.0

33.3

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	1	0	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Panthers	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	0	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	0	1	1	-1
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
Flyers	0	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers	0	1	0	0	-3

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	0	0	0	0	0
Stars	0	0	0	0	0
Wild	0	0	0	0	0
Predators	0	0	0	0	0
Blues	0	0	0	0	0
Mammoth	0	0	0	0	0
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Blackhawks	0	1	0	0	-3
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	1	0	0	2	3
Canucks	1	0	0	2	1
Oilers	0	0	1	1	-1
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
Flames	0	0	0	0	0
Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
Kraken	0	0	0	0	0