biggest ratio of empty net goals to goals in a career

Alex Ovechkin has lit the lamp 929 times in his career.

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	NAME	G	ENG	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	929	72	1,575	759	1,688	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,109	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,880	580	793	1,253	20:27
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	894	56	1,487	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
3	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	451	41	1,152	583	1,034	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,949	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,075	397	690	1,002	18:01
4	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	525	40	1,309	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	654	39	1,422	1,109	1,763	+199	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,464	14.7	16,461	31,087	53.0	1,244	692	796	1,181	20:36
6	Eric Staal E. Staal	455	33	1,365	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
7	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	690	33	915	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
8	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	313	32	759	402	715	+132	350	77	143	22	15	68	18	2,080	15.0	4,397	8,561	51.4	578	226	519	674	19:08
9	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	402	32	881	724	1,126	+200	436	104	297	1	0	65	9	2,716	14.8	11	25	44.0	482	293	476	896	19:07
10	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	625	32	1,554	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
11	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	161	31	448	212	373	+67	291	18	34	6	11	21	3	1,033	15.6	116	311	37.3	348	262	298	305	18:23
12	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	307	31	683	355	662	+102	317	74	105	4	1	41	7	1,935	15.9	531	1,136	46.7	668	368	303	354	19:22
13	John Tavares J. Tavares	525	31	1,269	662	1,187	-51	553	167	225	3	3	86	20	3,949	13.3	12,129	22,438	54.1	963	537	880	1,136	19:13
14	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	321	31	1,172	622	943	+67	764	59	196	14	10	49	5	2,955	10.9	808	1,766	45.8	1,353	723	552	523	18:11
15	Kyle Connor K. Connor	324	30	696	352	676	-11	155	73	113	9	2	65	14	2,209	14.7	25	75	33.3	211	223	387	410	19:49
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	316	30	718	467	783	+90	501	109	179	0	0	48	5	1,983	15.9	1,030	2,037	50.6	460	376	418	426	20:25
17	Zach Parise Z. Parise	434	30	1,254	455	889	+76	444	125	133	11	10	83	9	3,776	11.5	412	975	42.3	995	767	612	418	17:49
18	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	411	29	797	818	1,229	+192	320	100	320	10	10	76	17	2,720	15.1	4,411	9,204	47.9	575	312	696	790	21:52
19	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	422	29	952	725	1,147	+231	433	114	243	2	2	76	15	3,854	10.9	6,237	13,332	46.8	663	509	483	809	20:40
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	625	29	1,248	633	1,258	-8	737	243	227	5	3	101	17	3,717	16.8	7,130	14,064	50.7	1,330	565	524	729	19:00
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	430	29	1,714	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
22	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	332	28	832	625	957	+138	242	79	210	0	1	51	10	2,283	14.5	13	59	22.0	233	156	440	755	19:47
23	Patrick Kane P. Kane	509	28	1,372	892	1,401	-5	474	140	325	0	1	85	14	4,406	11.6	333	861	38.7	359	323	728	781	19:56
24	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	427	28	1,294	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41
25	Pavel Bure P. Bure	437	28	702	342	779	+42	484	121	115	34	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37

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Team Leaders

2

Tuch

2

Chychrun

+/-

+2

Tuch

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.00

16th

GA/GP

2.50

12th

PP%

25.0

14th

PK%

88.9

14th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	2	1	0	4	3
Penguins	2	0	0	4	8
Hurricanes	1	1	1	3	-3
Flyers	0	1	2	2	-9
Islanders	1	1	0	2	5
Devils	1	1	0	2	-5
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM
Tue 10/13	WSH	@	CAR	6:45 PM
Wed 10/14	MTL	@	WSH	7:30 PM

Last Game

Capitals

1 - 1 - 0

Final

Lightning

1 - 1 - 0

Sat 3 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

4

Bouchard

3

Draisaitl

3

Aho

Assists Leaders

7

McDavid

5

Celebrini

4

Bouchard

Points Leaders

9

McDavid

8

Bouchard

5

Draisaitl

Hits Leaders

16

Pettersson

13

Sherwood

13

Zadorov

Blocks Leaders

14

Hronek

12

Murphy

10

Seeler

Wins Leaders

2

Askarov

2

Swayman

2

Blackwood

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Vejmelka

0.00

Garand

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Vejmelka

1.000

Garand

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

7.00

6.50

5.67

Goals Against Rankings

0.50

1.00

Power Play Rankings

71.4

50.0

44.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

1-0

2-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

0-3

0-2

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	2	0	0	4	9
Mammoth	2	0	0	4	9
Wild	2	0	0	4	5
Blues	1	1	0	2	-1
Predators	1	1	0	2	-1
Jets	0	0	1	1	-1
Stars	0	2	0	0	-5
Blackhawks	0	3	0	0	-10
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	2	0	1	5	3
Sharks	2	0	0	4	2
Canucks	2	1	0	4	2
Ducks	1	0	0	2	1
Kraken	1	1	0	2	3
Golden Knights	1	1	0	2	2
Kings	0	1	1	1	-5
Flames	0	2	0	0	-8

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	2	1	0	4	1
Canadiens	1	0	1	3	0
Panthers	1	0	1	3	0
Senators	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	1	1	0	2	-2
Lightning	1	1	0	2	-2
Maple Leafs	1	2	0	2	-1
Red Wings	0	1	0	0	-2
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Penguins	2	0	0	4	8
Rangers	2	1	0	4	3
Hurricanes	1	1	1	3	-3
Islanders	1	1	0	2	5
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0
Devils	1	1	0	2	-5
Flyers	0	1	2	2	-9

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 10/4	WPG	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	UTA	@	NYR	6:00 PM
Sun 10/4	CGY	@	SEA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/4	FLA	@	ANA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/4	VGK	@	VAN	9:00 PM

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