Wayne Gretzky scored the most empty-net goals in 1986-87, with 5 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player 1987

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	1986-87	EDM	79	62	121	183	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
2	Petri Skriko P. Skriko	4	1986-87	VAN	76	33	41	74	-4	44	10	9	6	1	4	0	224	14.7
3	Mike Bullard M. Bullard	3	1986-87	TOT	71	30	36	66	+7	51	11	10	0	0	3	0	180	16.7
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	3	1986-87	PIT	63	54	53	107	+12	57	19	19	0	0	4	2	267	20.2
5	Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	3	1986-87	PHI	69	21	28	49	+17	288	1	2	1	0	5	0	147	14.3
6	Laurie Boschman L. Boschman	2	1986-87	WIN	80	17	24	41	-18	152	1	4	1	0	2	0	161	10.6
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	2	1986-87	BOS	78	23	72	95	+44	36	6	27	1	2	3	0	334	6.9
8	Neal Broten N. Broten	2	1986-87	MNS	46	18	35	53	+12	33	5	16	1	0	4	1	112	16.1
9	Shawn Burr S. Burr	2	1986-87	DET	80	22	25	47	+3	107	1	2	2	0	1	0	153	14.4
10	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	2	1986-87	MTL	79	18	27	45	+9	68	0	1	0	2	2	0	121	14.9
11	Lindsay Carson L. Carson	2	1986-87	PHI	71	11	15	26	0	141	0	0	1	0	2	0	100	11.0
12	Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	2	1986-87	HFD	78	40	39	79	+8	110	11	15	0	0	7	1	234	17.1
13	Jan Erixon J. Erixon	2	1986-87	NYR	68	8	18	26	0	24	0	1	1	0	1	0	73	11.0
14	Stew Gavin S. Gavin	2	1986-87	HFD	79	20	21	41	+9	28	3	4	2	1	4	0	162	12.3
15	Gilles Hamel G. Hamel	2	1986-87	WIN	79	27	21	48	+4	24	1	0	1	1	4	0	175	15.4
16	Steve Kasper S. Kasper	2	1986-87	BOS	79	20	30	50	-6	51	4	2	2	3	2	1	110	18.2
17	Andrew McBain A. McBain	2	1986-87	WIN	71	11	21	32	+8	106	1	2	1	1	0	0	85	12.9
18	Mark Messier M. Messier	2	1986-87	EDM	77	37	70	107	+22	73	7	21	4	7	5	0	210	17.6
19	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	2	1986-87	BOS	76	31	37	68	+6	6	4	13	4	2	3	0	141	22.0
20	Joel Otto J. Otto	2	1986-87	CGY	68	19	31	50	+5	185	5	12	0	0	1	0	127	15.0
21	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	2	1986-87	PHI	75	25	45	70	+47	53	1	5	3	8	5	1	155	16.1
22	Denis Savard D. Savard	2	1986-87	CHI	70	40	50	90	+17	108	7	18	0	0	7	0	235	17.0
23	Doug Smail D. Smail	2	1986-87	WIN	78	25	18	43	+20	36	0	1	2	0	4	0	131	19.1
24	Brent Sutter B. Sutter	2	1986-87	NYI	69	27	36	63	+23	73	6	10	3	1	8	0	177	15.3
25	Dave Tippett D. Tippett	2	1986-87	HFD	80	9	22	31	-2	42	0	0	3	3	2	0	120	7.5