most empty net goals as a percentage of total goals in career

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career goals against empty nets when scoring >0 goals, with 65 goals.

Interpreted as:
most empty net goals as a percentage of total goals by a player in career
NAME ENG G GP 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
65
897
682
328
1,225
+397
371
326
129
5
1
136
27
3,599
24.9
26
81
32.1
1,549
287
378
580
20:22
2 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
56
894
638
907
1,801
+699
263
204
290
73
35
91
2
2,852
31.3
3 Marian Hossa
M. Hossa
39
525
432
195
720
+360
219
143
74
34
7
85
15
1,705
30.8
19
61
31.1
314
144
352
211
19:01
4 Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
38
424
353
172
596
+346
335
84
42
36
9
82
21
1,183
35.8
104
255
40.8
333
123
257
314
18:23
5 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
38
625
505
407
1,032
+391
281
184
154
4
4
100
25
1,993
31.4
5,974
11,118
53.7
429
251
294
402
20:28
6 Eric Staal
E. Staal
33
455
370
189
644
+248
221
133
59
21
2
72
5
1,455
31.3
2,953
6,126
48.2
239
162
265
201
19:28
7 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
33
690
480
570
1,260
+312
315
236
245
49
11
74
11
2,291
30.1
552
1,113
49.6
23
23
35
42
23:54
8 Jarome Iginla
J. Iginla
32
625
503
230
855
+328
334
197
72
13
3
101
7
1,994
31.3
1,021
1,878
54.4
476
156
219
247
20:21
9 Sebastian Aho
S. Aho
31
283
232
112
395
+189
114
68
42
20
6
64
16
811
34.9
1,373
2,656
51.7
201
81
175
196
18:57
10 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
30
294
240
170
464
+193
156
103
62
0
0
47
5
863
34.1
392
796
49.2
153
120
167
136
20:34
11 Blake Wheeler
B. Wheeler
30
321
280
136
457
+202
171
59
57
14
2
49
5
914
35.1
189
409
46.2
313
176
141
117
18:21
12 Zach Parise
Z. Parise
30
434
375
125
559
+270
129
125
32
11
3
83
9
1,490
29.1
125
295
42.4
313
218
191
125
18:16
13 Joe Thornton
J. Thornton
29
430
381
236
666
+251
252
146
93
6
1
68
9
1,049
41.0
3,233
6,148
52.6
257
113
290
333
19:51
14 Patrice Bergeron
P. Bergeron
28
427
363
165
592
+286
121
131
54
22
9
81
9
1,427
29.9
4,404
7,564
58.2
268
225
245
125
18:35
15 Pavel Bure
P. Bure
28
437
322
158
595
+195
200
121
55
34
5
59
6
1,671
26.2
1
10
10.0
37
34
64
100
25:07
16 Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
28
524
415
329
853
+445
273
161
89
19
6
69
1
1,340
39.1
17 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
27
268
219
90
358
+144
94
66
27
2
1
36
5
816
32.8
123
277
44.4
198
114
92
106
19:16
18 Kyle Connor
K. Connor
27
284
232
129
413
+181
73
67
48
7
1
60
12
905
31.4
11
31
35.5
59
77
140
132
19:45
19 John Tavares
J. Tavares
27
494
409
207
701
+207
190
155
67
3
1
82
18
1,550
31.9
3,974
7,379
53.9
297
194
302
351
19:09
20 Jonathan Marchessault
J. Marchessault
26
251
209
78
329
+144
89
58
26
0
0
43
11
798
31.5
230
523
44.0
208
41
136
143
17:17
21 Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
26
684
529
270
954
+316
233
255
111
7
1
110
9
2,107
32.5
283
636
44.5
73
46
160
267
18:10
22 Andrei Svechnikov
A. Svechnikov
25
151
127
51
202
+106
88
39
14
0
0
28
3
444
34.0
2
12
16.7
254
39
59
104
16:35
23 Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
25
357
301
250
607
+233
178
96
111
0
0
57
7
1,118
31.9
5
11
45.5
174
99
182
298
19:12
24 Patrick Kane
P. Kane
25
492
421
308
800
+312
154
138
98
0
0
81
14
1,681
29.3
112
281
39.9
112
99
244
208
19:55
25 Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
25
514
426
288
802
+237
457
183
113
4
0
86
13
1,666
30.9
2,165
4,831
44.8
277
187
371
408
19:35
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Capitals Capitals
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9
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30
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36
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85
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35
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36
12
80
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39
10
76
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56
22
4
116
86
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50
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6
106
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49
29
4
102
43
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50
22
10
110
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25
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105
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48
29
5
101
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26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
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27
8
102
75
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31
4
98
29
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22
9
111
56
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47
30
5
99
33
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42
33
7
91
20

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