Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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	NAME	ENG	GP	G	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	72	1,576	929	759	1,688	+56	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,111	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,881	580	793	1,253	20:26
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	56	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
3	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	41	1,154	452	583	1,035	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,954	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,077	397	691	1,003	18:01
4	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	40	1,309	525	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	39	1,424	654	1,109	1,763	+194	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,471	14.6	16,486	31,127	53.0	1,245	692	797	1,185	20:36
6	Eric Staal E. Staal	33	1,365	455	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	33	915	690	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	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	32	449	162	212	374	+68	293	18	34	6	11	21	3	1,041	15.6	116	311	37.3	348	263	299	306	18:24
9	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	760	314	404	718	+132	352	78	143	22	15	68	18	2,083	15.1	4,405	8,573	51.4	580	226	519	675	19:08
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	882	402	726	1,128	+202	436	104	297	1	0	65	9	2,717	14.8	11	25	44.0	482	293	476	900	19:07
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	32	1,554	625	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
12	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	31	684	307	355	662	+102	317	74	105	4	1	41	7	1,940	15.8	534	1,142	46.8	668	368	303	356	19:23
13	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,270	526	662	1,188	-51	553	167	225	3	3	86	20	3,955	13.3	12,145	22,455	54.1	963	537	880	1,136	19:13
14	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	31	1,172	321	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	30	699	328	353	681	-11	155	75	114	9	2	67	14	2,224	14.7	25	75	33.3	211	224	389	411	19:50
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	719	317	467	784	+92	501	109	179	0	0	48	5	1,986	16.0	1,031	2,039	50.6	460	378	418	426	20:24
17	Zach Parise Z. Parise	30	1,254	434	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	29	798	412	820	1,232	+196	320	100	321	10	10	76	17	2,721	15.1	4,420	9,218	47.9	577	313	696	792	21:52
19	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	29	953	422	725	1,147	+229	433	114	243	2	2	76	15	3,855	10.9	6,243	13,348	46.8	663	509	483	811	20:40
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,249	627	633	1,260	-8	737	244	227	5	3	101	17	3,720	16.9	7,133	14,068	50.7	1,330	566	524	730	19:00
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	29	1,714	430	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	28	833	332	625	957	+136	244	79	210	0	1	51	10	2,287	14.5	13	59	22.0	234	156	440	755	19:47
23	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,373	509	892	1,401	-5	476	140	325	0	1	85	14	4,408	11.5	333	861	38.7	360	324	728	781	19:56
24	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	28	1,294	427	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	28	702	437	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

3

Tuch

3

Wilson

+/-

+4

Tuch

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.67

9th

GA/GP

2.67

10th

PP%

25.0

11th

PK%

91.7

4th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	4	1	0	8	8
Hurricanes	2	1	1	5	-1
Penguins	2	2	0	4	5
Capitals	2	1	0	4	3
Flyers	0	2	2	2	-12
Islanders	1	2	0	2	2
Devils	1	2	0	2	-7
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penguins

2 - 2 - 0

Final

Capitals

2 - 1 - 0

Wed 7 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

6

Bouchard

5

Connor

5

Schmaltz

Assists Leaders

9

McDavid

8

Eichel

6

Draisaitl

Points Leaders

12

McDavid

11

Bouchard

10

Eichel

Hits Leaders

20

Sherwood

19

Pettersson

18

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

17

Hronek

16

Weegar

15

Murphy

Wins Leaders

3

Shesterkin

3

Levi

2

Markstrom

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Husso

1.01

Oettinger

1.01

Hofer

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Husso

.968

Sorokin

.955

Hofer

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

5.50

5.33

4.75

Goals Against Rankings

1.60

1.67

2.00

Power Play Rankings

61.5

40.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

92.9

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

0-4

1-3

1-2

NHL 2026-27 Standings

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

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Jets	3	0	1	7	2
Mammoth	3	1	0	6	9
Wild	2	0	1	5	4
Avalanche	2	1	0	4	8
Predators	1	1	1	3	-2
Stars	1	2	0	2	0
Blues	1	2	0	2	-3
Blackhawks	1	3	0	2	-8
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	3	0	1	7	6
Golden Knights	3	1	0	6	7
Ducks	2	1	0	4	-1
Sharks	2	1	0	4	-3
Kraken	2	2	0	4	4
Canucks	2	2	0	4	1
Kings	0	2	1	1	-6
Flames	0	3	0	0	-13