Since 2016-17, Alex Ovechkin has the most goals against empty nets, with 46 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player in NHL since 2017

	NAME	ENG	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	46	734	404	317	721	-23	290	136	107	1	0	53	10	2,880	14.0	15	47	31.9	1,608	248	250	501	19:29
2	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	756	310	401	711	+132	342	75	142	22	15	68	18	2,068	15.0	4,370	8,519	51.3	578	225	519	671	19:08
3	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	31	446	161	210	371	+66	291	18	34	6	11	21	3	1,024	15.7	115	308	37.3	347	262	296	302	18:22
4	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	695	323	351	674	-11	155	72	113	9	2	65	14	2,200	14.7	25	75	33.3	210	221	387	410	19:49
5	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	30	681	306	353	659	+100	317	74	105	4	1	41	7	1,930	15.9	521	1,120	46.5	667	367	302	353	19:22
6	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	707	316	466	782	+98	499	109	179	0	0	48	5	1,970	16.0	1,015	2,009	50.5	458	364	415	423	20:33
7	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	28	668	333	642	975	+150	355	90	267	1	0	56	8	2,210	15.1	9	20	45.0	341	217	402	768	20:12
8	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	28	732	361	628	989	+221	348	95	221	2	1	63	15	3,164	11.4	5,318	11,368	46.8	515	370	359	703	21:32
9	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	28	698	298	447	745	+131	717	70	172	17	17	59	16	1,931	15.4	207	527	39.3	646	236	437	719	19:03
10	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	28	749	393	779	1,172	+186	302	97	307	9	10	71	16	2,608	15.1	4,144	8,562	48.4	561	300	662	769	22:02
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	27	713	316	507	823	+49	346	93	168	1	2	58	17	2,118	14.9	8,667	16,010	54.1	661	341	431	629	20:13
12	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	27	729	255	300	555	-2	361	58	94	0	0	43	11	2,239	11.4	682	1,638	41.6	840	182	390	498	17:29
13	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	26	750	300	577	877	+132	210	71	193	0	1	44	9	2,090	14.4	13	59	22.0	187	142	411	717	19:55
14	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	25	557	182	252	434	+41	493	51	93	0	0	31	3	1,500	12.1	22	63	34.9	1,119	163	230	529	16:50
15	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	25	751	300	337	637	-58	173	121	107	13	7	48	5	1,845	16.3	1,251	2,843	44.0	504	430	282	399	19:14
16	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	24	695	257	232	489	+134	366	57	37	8	4	37	4	1,817	14.1	340	768	44.3	802	310	276	269	18:42
17	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	23	673	227	278	505	-115	269	69	74	6	4	33	9	1,571	14.4	5,742	10,580	54.3	749	505	405	329	18:34
18	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	22	734	314	448	762	+41	378	84	113	2	7	58	16	1,655	19.0	5,822	12,201	47.7	479	439	504	578	20:58
19	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	22	673	253	417	670	+124	738	80	141	1	1	27	2	1,975	12.8	65	162	40.1	929	180	311	564	17:56
20	Bryan Rust B. Rust	21	655	227	262	489	+40	215	43	72	7	7	33	8	1,640	13.8	42	132	31.8	737	443	256	412	18:05
21	Viktor Arvidsson V. Arvidsson	20	620	211	216	427	+71	245	36	46	11	3	36	3	1,813	11.6	103	287	35.9	225	347	223	326	16:44
22	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	20	693	170	155	325	+50	516	12	4	22	8	28	1	1,671	10.2	610	1,427	42.7	1,518	436	374	362	16:05
23	Gustav Nyquist G. Nyquist	20	653	134	251	385	-43	142	21	60	9	2	16	2	1,275	10.5	100	224	44.6	382	273	290	362	17:13
24	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	20	736	395	485	880	+130	386	130	159	0	0	63	12	2,879	13.7	45	137	32.8	636	245	424	886	19:10
25	Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	20	621	163	233	396	-18	190	43	40	2	0	23	3	1,413	11.5	379	758	50.0	502	303	399	293	17:54

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

7th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

14th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

Last Game

Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

6

Hagel

6

Boldy

6

Stankoven

Playoffs Assists Leaders

8

LaCombe

8

Eichel

7

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

10

Draisaitl

9

LaCombe

9

Boldy

Playoffs Hits Leaders

38

Crouse

37

Barbashev

35

Kolesar

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

20

Matheson

18

Carrier

17

Theodore

Playoffs Wins Leaders

5

Andersen

4

Vladar

4

Wallstedt

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

0.90

Andersen

1.14

Lyon

1.21

Wedgewood

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.961

Andersen

.955

Lyon

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.33

3.83

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.00

1.25

2.00

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

50.0

40.0

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

96.0

95.8

93.8

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

56-33

49-33

48-34

51-37

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

36-52

34-48

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12