Keith Tkachuk had the most goals against empty nets in 1996-97, with 8 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player 1997

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	8	1996-97	PHX	81	52	34	86	-1	228	9	10	2	0	7	1	296	17.6
2	Chris Gratton C. Gratton	5	1996-97	TBL	82	30	32	62	-28	201	9	9	0	0	4	0	230	13.0
3	John MacLean J. MacLean	5	1996-97	NJD	80	29	25	54	+11	49	5	3	0	0	6	0	254	11.4
4	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	5	1996-97	MTL	82	34	46	80	-1	58	7	13	2	1	3	0	202	16.8
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	4	1996-97	PIT	76	50	72	122	+27	65	15	22	3	3	7	0	327	15.3
6	Eddie Olczyk E. Olczyk	4	1996-97	TOT	79	25	30	55	-14	51	5	13	1	0	6	0	195	12.8
7	Ron Francis R. Francis	3	1996-97	PIT	81	27	63	90	+7	20	10	24	1	1	2	0	183	14.8
8	Dave Gagner D. Gagner	3	1996-97	CGY	82	27	33	60	+2	48	9	12	0	3	4	1	228	11.8
9	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	3	1996-97	PIT	63	47	48	95	+22	40	11	14	2	1	6	0	234	20.1
10	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	3	1996-97	ANA	69	44	55	99	+36	6	15	19	3	1	10	0	340	12.9
11	Derek Plante D. Plante	3	1996-97	BUF	82	27	26	53	+14	24	5	5	0	1	6	0	191	14.1
12	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	3	1996-97	ANA	78	51	58	109	+28	34	11	21	1	0	8	1	273	18.7
13	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	3	1996-97	TOT	78	26	59	85	+8	14	5	22	0	0	7	0	216	12.0
14	Tony Amonte T. Amonte	2	1996-97	CHI	81	41	36	77	+35	64	9	6	2	1	4	0	266	15.4
15	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	2	1996-97	NJD	82	27	34	61	+38	48	4	5	1	0	2	0	233	11.6
16	Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	2	1996-97	BUF	68	19	24	43	+16	249	2	2	0	0	1	0	121	15.7
17	Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	2	1996-97	HFD	81	22	44	66	-16	46	8	14	0	2	2	0	142	15.5
18	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	2	1996-97	TBL	77	35	25	60	-11	116	12	6	0	0	6	0	229	15.3
19	Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	2	1996-97	EDM	76	26	21	47	0	16	4	5	0	0	3	0	182	14.3
20	Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	2	1996-97	FLA	78	18	21	39	-2	30	2	5	0	0	1	0	139	12.9
21	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	2	1996-97	TOT	81	22	60	82	+2	68	4	18	1	0	1	0	143	15.4
22	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	2	1996-97	PHI	52	32	47	79	+31	136	9	14	0	0	7	2	198	16.2
23	Stephane Matteau S. Matteau	2	1996-97	STL	74	16	20	36	+11	50	1	0	2	1	2	0	98	16.3
24	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	2	1996-97	NYI	80	48	42	90	+21	43	6	15	4	2	6	0	292	16.4
25	Yanic Perreault Y. Perreault	2	1996-97	LAK	41	11	14	25	0	20	1	3	1	1	0	0	98	11.2

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