Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career goals against empty nets, with 71 goals.

Interpreted as:

most career goals by a player without empty nets

	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	71	1,569	928	756	1,684	+55	857	331	290	5	1	141	27	7,091	13.1	66	193	34.2	3,870	578	793	1,247	20:28
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	1,152	451	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	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	1,418	654	1,105	1,759	+197	896	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,453	14.7	16,419	31,002	53.0	1,239	691	796	1,178	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	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	755	309	401	710	+131	338	75	142	22	15	68	18	2,063	15.0	4,363	8,503	51.3	578	223	519	669	19:08
9	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	875	400	721	1,121	+201	434	104	297	1	0	64	8	2,705	14.8	10	24	41.7	481	290	473	884	19:06
10	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
11	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	31	444	160	210	370	+65	289	18	34	6	11	21	3	1,015	15.8	114	307	37.1	347	262	296	299	18:22
12	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,261	524	658	1,182	-48	549	166	222	3	3	86	20	3,933	13.3	12,050	22,293	54.1	956	530	879	1,125	19:13
13	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
14	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	690	322	349	671	-5	155	71	113	9	2	65	14	2,176	14.8	25	75	33.3	207	218	387	408	19:49
15	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	30	678	305	352	657	+100	317	74	105	4	1	41	7	1,923	15.9	513	1,102	46.6	667	366	301	351	19:21
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	712	315	464	779	+91	497	109	178	0	0	48	5	1,974	16.0	1,026	2,026	50.6	452	374	411	420	20:25
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	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,242	621	630	1,251	-8	733	241	226	5	3	101	17	3,694	16.8	7,098	14,017	50.6	1,325	561	522	727	19:00
19	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
20	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	28	790	405	805	1,210	+182	314	99	314	9	10	76	17	2,696	15.0	4,361	9,113	47.9	572	309	691	781	21:51
21	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	825	329	621	950	+138	242	79	209	0	1	50	10	2,269	14.5	13	59	22.0	233	155	438	744	19:47
22	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,365	507	889	1,396	+2	470	140	323	0	1	85	14	4,395	11.5	332	858	38.7	355	322	726	777	19:57
23	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
24	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
25	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	28	1,279	524	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4

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Team Leaders

31

Ovechkin

37

Strome

+/-

+18

Protas

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.15

15th

GA/GP

3.00

12th

PP%

17.6

26th

PK%

79.7

13th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	50	22	6	106	48
Penguins	40	22	16	96	30
Flyers	40	26	12	92	1
Blue Jackets	39	27	12	90	4
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Capitals	39	30	9	87	8
Devils	40	35	3	83	-20
Rangers	33	36	9	75	-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/8	WSH	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sat 4/11	WSH	@	PIT	3:00 PM
Sun 4/12	PIT	@	WSH	3:00 PM
Tue 4/14	WSH	@	CBJ	7:00 PM

Last Game

Capitals

39 - 30 - 9

Final

Rangers

33 - 36 - 9

Sun 5 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

51

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

44

McDavid

Assists Leaders

84

McDavid

84

Kucherov

72

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

128

McDavid

127

Kucherov

123

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

395

Trenin

309

Sherwood

283

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

186

Dobson

183

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

Shesterkin

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.73

3.55

Goals Against Rankings

2.48

2.69

2.81

Power Play Rankings

29.7

28.7

24.9

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.2

84.0

82.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

51-28

50-28

47-31

46-31

46-32

45-32

Worst Record ATS

27-51

28-49

29-49

30-48

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	39	29	10	88	7
Golden Knights	36	26	16	88	8
Ducks	41	32	5	87	-19
Kings	32	26	19	83	-25
Sharks	37	32	7	81	-35
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
Lightning - x	48	24	6	102	60
Sabres - x	47	23	8	102	37
Canadiens - x	46	22	10	102	28
Bruins	43	26	10	96	18
Senators	41	27	10	92	24
Red Wings	40	29	9	89	-10
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	14	78	-33
Panthers - e	37	37	4	78	-33
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - y	50	22	6	106	48
Penguins	40	22	16	96	30
Flyers	40	26	12	92	1
Blue Jackets	39	27	12	90	4
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Capitals	39	30	9	87	8
Devils - e	40	35	3	83	-20
Rangers - e	33	36	9	75	-9