most empty net goals in the nhl since 2020

Since 2019-20, Alex Ovechkin has the most goals against empty nets, with 37 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player in the NHL since 2020

	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	37	463	261	197	458	-32	158	83	70	1	0	33	5	1,786	14.6	11	32	34.4	989	151	146	302	19:29
2	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	29	422	150	196	346	+59	263	16	31	6	11	21	3	947	15.8	109	290	37.6	340	250	281	273	18:15
3	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	28	448	214	255	469	+88	199	57	85	3	1	35	5	1,368	15.6	329	717	45.9	340	245	200	257	20:10
4	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	24	465	233	329	562	+112	377	76	129	0	0	39	3	1,451	16.1	904	1,776	50.9	328	247	275	316	21:12
5	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	22	489	218	269	487	+102	250	55	94	16	11	51	13	1,337	16.3	3,508	6,747	52.0	383	153	330	463	19:33
6	Kyle Connor K. Connor	21	489	241	275	516	-2	113	51	96	8	2	48	10	1,661	14.5	14	52	26.9	158	156	271	313	20:32
7	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	21	404	196	418	614	+82	185	48	181	0	0	30	6	1,346	14.6	6	12	50.0	216	142	215	493	20:25
8	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	21	450	151	222	373	+43	405	46	81	0	0	27	2	1,254	12.0	20	51	39.2	941	131	193	436	17:14
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	20	462	206	323	529	+15	230	58	108	1	0	44	12	1,359	15.2	5,624	10,201	55.1	407	228	293	401	20:08
10	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	19	467	252	452	704	+193	222	66	159	0	0	39	9	2,149	11.7	3,366	7,157	47.0	347	281	217	496	21:55
11	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	19	482	205	402	607	+68	134	47	155	0	1	25	3	1,394	14.7	10	38	26.3	132	87	243	519	19:56
12	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	19	498	234	232	466	-9	121	97	74	13	6	38	4	1,272	18.4	1,074	2,392	44.9	392	296	189	284	19:55
13	Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	19	496	184	190	374	+37	312	38	76	13	5	31	10	1,402	13.1	218	544	40.1	655	198	154	273	18:17
14	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	18	375	215	238	453	+81	155	74	81	0	0	30	13	1,326	16.2	10	43	23.3	272	149	201	373	20:41
15	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	18	464	187	284	471	+77	473	43	116	10	8	34	7	1,281	14.6	99	260	38.1	510	157	249	469	18:52
16	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	18	468	170	183	353	-20	219	39	59	0	0	25	7	1,449	11.7	195	490	39.8	513	113	207	312	17:29
17	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	18	481	267	538	805	+131	208	77	231	6	5	47	10	1,745	15.3	2,838	5,647	50.3	445	187	363	512	22:06
18	Gustav Nyquist G. Nyquist	18	396	78	156	234	-37	86	14	38	9	2	9	1	672	11.6	79	183	43.2	218	190	170	199	17:13
19	Bryan Rust B. Rust	18	432	170	192	362	+15	149	37	67	2	2	25	6	1,208	14.1	22	61	36.1	402	296	171	302	19:17
20	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	16	488	127	121	248	+67	348	9	3	15	6	23	1	1,212	10.5	152	394	38.6	984	301	232	272	16:16
21	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	16	466	316	252	568	+135	112	83	75	2	1	48	9	2,008	15.7	4,080	7,428	54.9	405	509	423	365	20:47
22	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	16	486	184	170	354	-22	124	52	52	4	2	21	5	1,409	13.1	94	227	41.4	428	136	190	250	16:43
23	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	15	472	179	232	411	-64	278	63	69	3	1	24	8	1,435	12.5	4,632	8,682	53.4	327	212	258	397	20:10
24	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	15	486	281	337	618	+101	249	89	109	0	0	48	10	2,051	13.7	36	101	35.6	426	144	275	608	19:28
25	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	15	485	212	286	498	0	263	57	78	0	1	42	10	1,108	19.1	3,585	7,415	48.3	310	300	301	398	20:49

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Team Leaders

22

Ovechkin

35

Carlson

+/-

+24

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

14th

GA/GP

2.95

11th

PP%

16.3

26th

PK%

78.5

21st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	33	15	6	72	30
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 2/2	NYI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Tue 2/3	WSH	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/5	NSH	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	PHI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Fri 2/27	VGK	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hurricanes

33 - 15 - 6

Final

Capitals

27 - 22 - 7

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Caufield

Assists Leaders

61

McDavid

55

Kucherov

52

Celebrini

Points Leaders

95

McDavid

91

MacKinnon

82

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

276

Trenin

210

Sherwood

198

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

137

Parayko

135

Dobson

125

Weegar

Wins Leaders

25

Vejmelka

24

Vasilevskiy

22

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.04

Vasilevskiy

2.22

Cooley

2.22

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.920

Vasilevskiy

.919

Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.91

3.46

3.45

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.48

2.69

Power Play Rankings

31.2

30.0

27.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

84.6

84.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

38-16

35-18

35-20

32-21

32-22

Worst Record ATS

17-37

19-36

19-35

19-34

20-34

22-34

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	36	8	9	81	74
Wild	32	14	10	74	25
Stars	32	14	9	73	31
Mammoth	28	23	4	60	19
Predators	25	23	6	56	-27
Jets	22	25	7	51	-10
Blackhawks	21	25	9	51	-30
Blues	20	26	9	49	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	25	15	14	64	7
Oilers	28	20	8	64	8
Kraken	26	19	9	61	-3
Kings	23	17	13	59	-9
Ducks	28	23	3	59	-13
Sharks	27	22	4	58	-17
Flames	22	26	6	50	-26
Canucks	18	31	6	42	-54

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	34	14	4	72	52
Red Wings	32	18	6	70	0
Canadiens	31	17	7	69	9
Sabres	31	18	5	67	21
Bruins	32	20	3	67	15
Panthers	28	23	3	59	-11
Senators	26	21	7	59	6
Maple Leafs	25	21	9	59	-11
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	33	15	6	72	30
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27