Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel are tied for the most goals against empty nets this season, with 7 goals.

Interpreted as:

empty net goals leader this regular season

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	7	2025-26	TBL	72	43	84	127	+44	48	8	29	1	0	7	1	224	19.2	0	2	0.0	35	27	19	118	20:20
2	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	7	2025-26	TBL	69	35	38	73	+33	56	5	7	1	0	6	0	205	17.1	25	62	40.3	42	38	35	72	19:46
3	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	6	2025-26	COL	76	51	72	123	+55	37	11	18	0	0	7	1	332	15.4	654	1,279	51.1	63	35	23	157	22:13
4	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	6	2025-26	EDM	79	47	86	133	+16	38	13	39	1	1	4	1	297	15.8	433	885	48.9	39	30	28	129	22:57
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6	2025-26	WSH	79	31	30	61	-5	26	5	13	0	0	5	0	230	13.5	2	3	66.7	128	15	9	59	17:29
6	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	6	2025-26	NSH	78	39	22	61	-18	54	13	11	0	0	10	3	188	20.7	297	523	56.8	87	32	22	65	17:45
7	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	6	2025-26	MIN	76	43	44	87	+12	28	17	13	0	0	7	4	265	16.2	0	2	0.0	49	27	21	111	22:09
8	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	6	2025-26	WSH	73	24	26	50	+19	20	0	1	2	1	5	0	154	15.6	25	59	42.4	32	40	25	83	18:16
9	Jordan Eberle J. Eberle	5	2025-26	SEA	75	25	28	53	+2	28	4	12	0	0	3	0	162	15.4	12	31	38.7	53	42	22	50	18:32
10	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	5	2025-26	WSH	69	29	30	59	+13	117	7	4	1	0	3	0	145	20.0	17	38	44.7	176	51	16	82	19:34
11	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	5	2025-26	MIN	74	42	41	83	+19	28	11	17	4	0	3	1	245	17.1	54	118	45.8	58	58	34	86	20:35
12	Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	5	2025-26	BUF	80	12	27	39	+11	78	0	1	0	0	4	0	90	13.3	202	462	43.7	194	41	20	57	13:41
13	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	5	2025-26	CAR	70	32	34	66	+5	23	5	16	4	2	7	2	222	14.4	32	79	40.5	81	27	40	57	18:53
14	Dawson Mercer D. Mercer	5	2025-26	NJD	79	18	21	39	-3	33	4	3	2	0	1	0	148	12.2	114	293	38.9	32	47	26	70	18:12
15	Matthew Knies M. Knies	5	2025-26	TOR	76	23	41	64	-25	29	6	10	1	0	2	0	137	16.8	1	6	16.7	147	31	25	67	18:50
16	Bobby McMann B. McMann	5	2025-26	TOT	73	27	17	44	-2	32	4	2	0	0	3	0	163	16.6	7	13	53.8	159	26	18	40	15:49
17	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	4	2025-26	CGY	77	16	25	41	+10	16	1	2	1	4	3	0	175	9.1	676	1,361	49.7	23	27	28	80	18:02
18	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	4	2025-26	DET	79	40	43	83	+11	17	15	8	0	0	6	2	279	14.3	18	47	38.3	38	37	42	84	18:28
19	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	4	2025-26	OTT	79	14	32	46	+20	22	1	10	0	0	3	0	130	10.8	469	752	62.4	65	27	22	52	16:21
20	Travis Konecny T. Konecny	4	2025-26	PHI	75	27	40	67	+14	59	2	12	1	1	2	0	167	16.2	19	52	36.5	104	38	17	100	19:08
21	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	4	2025-26	DET	72	34	31	65	+6	48	14	10	1	0	9	4	223	15.2	769	1,461	52.6	46	33	18	63	20:13
22	Jared McCann J. McCann	4	2025-26	SEA	50	19	19	38	-7	11	6	6	0	0	2	1	113	16.8	13	24	54.2	40	25	14	55	16:30
23	Jake Evans J. Evans	4	2025-26	MTL	64	11	11	22	-7	16	0	0	2	0	2	1	69	15.9	450	812	55.4	84	46	15	46	15:27
24	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	4	2025-26	EDM	57	31	20	51	+12	28	10	4	0	0	2	1	158	19.6	0	1	0.0	53	18	8	26	20:01
25	Clayton Keller C. Keller	4	2025-26	UTA	77	26	54	80	+22	32	3	21	0	0	6	4	218	11.9	12	33	36.4	8	30	26	96	19:01

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Team Leaders

43

Kucherov

84

Kucherov

+/-

+44

Kucherov

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.55

3rd

GA/GP

2.81

3rd

PP%

21.5

14th

PK%

82.0

6th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	48	23	8	104	39
Canadiens	46	22	10	102	28
Lightning	48	24	6	102	60
Bruins	43	26	10	96	18
Senators	42	27	10	94	28
Red Wings	40	29	9	89	-10
Maple Leafs	32	33	14	78	-39
Panthers	37	38	4	78	-37

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/11	TBL	@	BOS	12:30 PM
Mon 4/13	DET	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 4/15	NYR	@	TBL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Lightning

48 - 24 - 6

Final

Senators

41 - 27 - 10

Tue 7 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

51

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

47

McDavid

Assists Leaders

86

McDavid

84

Kucherov

72

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

133

McDavid

127

Kucherov

123

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

395

Trenin

313

Sherwood

286

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

186

Dobson

185

McCabe

175

Seider

Wins Leaders

37

Vasilevskiy

36

Vejmelka

32

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.10

Wedgewood

2.32

Vasilevskiy

2.34

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.914

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.73

3.57

3.55

Goals Against Rankings

2.48

2.69

2.81

Power Play Rankings

30.7

28.7

25.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.2

84.0

82.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

51-28

50-29

47-31

46-31

47-32

45-32

Worst Record ATS

27-52

28-49

29-49

30-48

31-48

31-47

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - z	51	16	10	112	93
Stars - x	46	20	12	104	48
Wild - x	45	21	12	102	36
Mammoth	41	30	6	88	31
Predators	37	31	10	84	-18
Jets	34	31	12	80	-13
Blues	33	32	12	78	-35
Blackhawks - e	28	36	14	70	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	40	29	10	90	10
Golden Knights	36	26	16	88	8
Ducks	41	32	5	87	-19
Kings	32	26	19	83	-25
Sharks	37	33	7	81	-38
Kraken	32	34	11	75	-34
Flames - e	32	36	9	73	-45
Canucks - e	22	47	8	52	-95

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - x	48	23	8	104	39
Lightning - x	48	24	6	102	60
Canadiens - x	46	22	10	102	28
Bruins	43	26	10	96	18
Senators	42	27	10	94	28
Red Wings	40	29	9	89	-10
Panthers - e	37	38	4	78	-37
Maple Leafs - e	32	33	14	78	-39
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - y	50	22	6	106	48
Penguins - x	41	22	16	98	33
Flyers	40	26	12	92	1
Islanders	43	31	5	91	-1
Blue Jackets	39	27	12	90	4
Capitals	40	30	9	89	12
Devils - e	40	36	3	83	-23
Rangers - e	33	37	9	75	-11