Alex Ovechkin scored the most empty-net goals in 2008-09, with 5 goals.

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most empty net goals by a player 2009

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	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	5	2008-09	WSH	79	56	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	528	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
2	Pavol Demitra P. Demitra	4	2008-09	VAN	69	20	33	53	+6	20	4	12	0	0	1	1	143	14.0	132	242	54.5	22	32	18	20	17:29
3	Martin Havlat M. Havlat	4	2008-09	CHI	81	29	48	77	+29	30	5	9	0	0	5	2	249	11.6	2	8	25.0	19	12	30	16	17:25
4	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	4	2008-09	CGY	82	35	54	89	-2	37	10	22	0	0	4	0	289	12.1	263	501	52.5	82	15	35	49	21:37
5	Rick Nash R. Nash	4	2008-09	CBJ	78	40	39	79	+11	52	6	13	5	1	5	2	263	15.2	5	18	27.8	71	29	70	34	21:10
6	Jordan Staal J. Staal	4	2008-09	PIT	82	22	27	49	+5	37	2	4	1	3	3	0	166	13.3	567	1,206	47.0	156	55	45	44	19:51
7	P.J. Axelsson	3	2008-09	BOS	75	6	24	30	-1	16	2	9	0	0	0	0	87	6.9	16	47	34.0	56	32	42	21	16:14
8	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	3	2008-09	WSH	82	22	66	88	+16	46	14	28	0	0	1	0	174	12.6	570	1,171	48.7	52	46	77	62	19:57
9	Mike Green M. Green	3	2008-09	WSH	68	31	42	73	+24	68	18	20	1	0	4	0	243	12.8	0	0		86	110	49	95	25:46
10	David Legwand D. Legwand	3	2008-09	NSH	73	20	22	42	-3	32	1	6	3	1	1	0	175	11.4	509	1,023	49.8	25	23	44	50	19:27
11	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	3	2008-09	PIT	82	35	78	113	+17	80	14	27	2	0	4	2	290	12.1	283	668	42.4	80	39	94	81	22:31
12	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	3	2008-09	SJS	76	38	33	71	+16	18	11	7	5	2	10	1	251	15.1	310	591	52.5	98	23	46	61	21:21
13	Jay McClement J. McClement	3	2008-09	STL	82	12	14	26	-10	29	0	0	3	0	3	0	137	8.8	756	1,451	52.1	38	57	44	26	16:36
14	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	3	2008-09	DET	77	31	42	73	+13	36	12	18	2	0	5	0	309	10.0	634	1,189	53.3	56	32	42	42	19:53
15	Dave Bolland D. Bolland	2	2008-09	CHI	81	19	28	47	+19	52	2	1	2	2	4	1	111	17.1	522	1,177	44.4	67	40	35	11	16:27
16	Troy Brouwer T. Brouwer	2	2008-09	CHI	69	10	16	26	+7	50	4	4	1	0	0	0	126	7.9	9	20	45.0	125	19	16	12	15:05
17	Dustin Brown D. Brown	2	2008-09	LAK	80	24	29	53	-15	64	7	11	0	0	6	1	292	8.2	25	54	46.3	285	22	37	48	19:24
18	Ryan Callahan R. Callahan	2	2008-09	NYR	81	22	18	40	+7	45	2	2	1	0	1	0	237	9.3	7	10	70.0	265	32	53	9	17:04
19	Gregory Campbell G. Campbell	2	2008-09	FLA	77	13	19	32	0	76	1	1	0	1	1	0	135	9.6	509	1,018	50.0	202	82	31	19	16:47
20	Jeff Carter J. Carter	2	2008-09	PHI	82	46	38	84	+23	68	13	11	4	0	12	3	342	13.5	833	1,725	48.3	54	53	72	65	20:57
21	Cal Clutterbuck C. Clutterbuck	2	2008-09	MIN	78	11	7	18	-5	76	1	0	0	0	1	0	136	8.1	2	17	11.8	356	39	22	16	13:00
22	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	2	2008-09	PIT	77	33	70	103	+3	76	7	33	0	1	3	1	238	13.9	829	1,615	51.3	80	42	56	80	21:57
23	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	2	2008-09	CAR	69	22	21	43	+11	20	4	3	2	3	2	0	139	15.8	457	884	51.7	41	44	54	25	16:48
24	Kris Draper K. Draper	2	2008-09	DET	79	7	10	17	-13	40	0	0	1	1	2	0	93	7.5	603	1,000	60.3	105	20	16	9	11:59
25	Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	2	2008-09	FLA	81	15	21	36	0	42	0	0	4	0	3	0	136	11.0	6	17	35.3	55	31	32	37	16:26

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