Alex Ovechkin and Vincent Lecavalier are tied for the most career penalty shot attempts, with 13 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most career penalty shots by a player NHL

	NAME	PS ATT	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	13	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	Vincent Lecavalier V. Lecavalier	13	1,212	421	528	949	-140	848	127	194	13	10	63	9	3,468	12.1	8,431	17,639	47.8	1,305	338	479	746	18:48
3	Rick Nash R. Nash	11	1,060	437	368	805	-11	750	111	121	22	9	73	7	3,624	12.1	147	382	38.5	959	358	691	483	18:20
4	Pavel Bure P. Bure	11	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
5	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	10	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
6	Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	10	1,035	407	408	815	+95	492	110	147	7	3	71	11	3,207	12.7	25	94	26.6	493	282	350	689	17:43
7	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	10	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
8	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	9	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
9	Evander Kane E. Kane	9	1,001	339	309	648	-70	1,278	54	56	18	7	47	5	3,419	9.9	678	1,508	45.0	2,327	400	493	573	18:32
10	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	9	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	Michael Grabner M. Grabner	8	640	175	101	276	+18	110	7	8	22	7	21	4	1,344	13.0	48	116	41.4	392	275	507	246	14:25
12	Eric Staal E. Staal	8	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
13	Erik Cole E. Cole	8	892	265	267	532	-7	659	61	66	9	5	47	4	2,050	12.9	165	450	36.7	2,009	331	436	355	17:22
14	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	8	989	402	587	989	+31	399	139	251	17	6	53	4	3,509	11.5	166	427	38.9	195	272	308	433	20:24
15	Martin Straka M. Straka	8	954	257	460	717	+67	360	54	160	11	7	40	2	1,713	15.0	743	1,758	42.3	248	201	176	279	20:37
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	8	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
17	Jonathan Huberdeau J. Huberdeau	7	962	263	544	807	-7	501	65	189	7	3	37	6	2,080	12.6	162	399	40.6	749	419	487	786	18:03
18	Taylor Hall T. Hall	7	987	301	484	785	-38	526	85	126	1	1	51	13	2,903	10.4	414	924	44.8	746	511	618	832	17:55
19	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	7	1,110	379	333	712	-137	481	77	91	0	0	47	7	3,386	11.2	773	1,740	44.4	511	271	763	635	16:36
20	Mike Richards M. Richards	7	749	181	306	487	+16	585	50	122	28	10	30	4	1,688	10.7	5,466	11,005	49.7	994	466	448	521	18:03
21	Dustin Brown D. Brown	7	1,296	325	387	712	-36	738	106	94	6	7	42	9	3,360	9.7	220	512	43.0	3,685	378	484	735	17:50
22	Patrick Sharp P. Sharp	7	939	287	333	620	+39	536	74	102	17	6	49	8	2,706	10.6	2,400	4,926	48.7	697	314	491	316	17:02
23	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	7	1,134	391	642	1,033	+37	310	101	216	29	17	66	10	2,884	13.6	352	854	41.2	420	605	810	799	20:30
24	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	7	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
25	Miroslav Satan M. Satan	7	1,050	363	372	735	+20	464	120	121	16	8	50	4	2,582	14.1	323	623	51.8	262	225	359	537	19:20

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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