Brent Sutter and Steve Yzerman were tied for the most goals against empty nets in 1989-90, with 4 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player 1990

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Brent Sutter B. Sutter	4	1989-90	NYI	67	33	35	68	+9	65	17	10	3	1	3	0	198	16.7
2	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	4	1989-90	DET	79	62	65	127	-6	79	16	21	7	4	8	1	332	18.7
3	Scott Arniel S. Arniel	3	1989-90	BUF	79	18	14	32	+4	77	1	0	1	1	4	0	123	14.6
4	Rob Brown R. Brown	3	1989-90	PIT	80	33	47	80	-10	102	12	12	0	0	3	0	157	21.0
5	Adam Creighton A. Creighton	3	1989-90	CHI	80	34	36	70	+4	224	12	13	0	1	3	0	156	21.8
6	Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	3	1989-90	TOR	80	21	15	36	-12	127	0	0	2	3	4	0	76	27.6
7	Steve Kasper S. Kasper	3	1989-90	LAK	77	17	28	45	+4	27	1	2	1	2	4	0	72	23.6
8	Gary Leeman G. Leeman	3	1989-90	TOR	80	51	44	95	+4	63	14	12	1	0	5	0	256	19.9
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	3	1989-90	PIT	59	45	78	123	-18	78	14	35	3	0	4	0	226	19.9
10	Don Maloney D. Maloney	3	1989-90	NYI	79	16	27	43	+6	47	0	2	1	4	2	2	113	14.2
11	Dan Quinn D. Quinn	3	1989-90	TOT	78	25	38	63	-17	49	11	15	0	1	5	1	181	13.8
12	Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	3	1989-90	BUF	75	19	41	60	+9	66	4	6	1	2	2	0	160	11.9
13	Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	3	1989-90	PHI	75	37	59	96	+4	196	15	18	1	2	0	0	269	13.8
14	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	2	1989-90	MNS	80	55	44	99	-3	72	21	19	1	1	9	1	300	18.3
15	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	2	1989-90	MTL	68	19	36	55	+21	37	1	2	1	0	3	0	125	15.2
16	Shayne Corson S. Corson	2	1989-90	MTL	76	31	44	75	+33	144	7	12	0	0	6	0	192	16.1
17	Ron Francis R. Francis	2	1989-90	HFD	80	32	69	101	+13	73	15	28	1	0	5	0	170	18.8
18	Paul Gillis P. Gillis	2	1989-90	QUE	71	8	14	22	-24	234	0	1	1	1	0	0	68	11.8
19	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2	1989-90	LAK	73	40	102	142	+8	42	10	30	4	2	4	1	236	16.9
20	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	2	1989-90	CGY	79	45	50	95	+32	40	18	17	0	0	3	0	226	19.9
21	John Ogrodnick J. Ogrodnick	2	1989-90	NYR	80	43	31	74	+11	44	19	12	0	0	8	0	215	20.0
22	Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	2	1989-90	WSH	77	25	39	64	-7	54	10	13	3	0	0	0	149	16.8
23	Mike Ridley M. Ridley	2	1989-90	WSH	74	30	43	73	0	27	8	10	3	2	3	0	124	24.2
24	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	2	1989-90	CHI	78	26	40	66	+2	54	6	15	0	0	4	0	173	15.0
25	Petri Skriko P. Skriko	2	1989-90	VAN	77	15	33	48	-21	36	3	12	1	1	2	0	172	8.7