most empty net goals in the nhl this season

Nikita Kucherov, Nathan MacKinnon and Brandon Hagel are tied for the most goals against empty nets this season, with 7 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player in the NHL this season

	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	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	7	2025-26	TBL	73	43	85	128	+44	50	8	29	1	0	7	1	225	19.1	0	2	0.0	36	27	20	119	20:23
2	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	7	2025-26	COL	77	52	74	126	+56	39	11	19	0	0	7	1	338	15.4	662	1,298	51.0	64	35	23	160	22:13
3	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	7	2025-26	TBL	69	35	38	73	+33	56	5	7	1	0	6	0	205	17.1	25	62	40.3	42	38	35	72	19:46
4	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	6	2025-26	EDM	79	47	86	133	+16	38	13	39	1	1	4	1	297	15.8	433	885	48.9	39	30	28	129	22:57
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6	2025-26	WSH	79	31	30	61	-5	26	5	13	0	0	5	0	230	13.5	2	3	66.7	128	15	9	59	17:29
6	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	6	2025-26	NSH	79	39	22	61	-20	54	13	11	0	0	10	3	191	20.4	306	535	57.2	88	32	23	65	17:44
7	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	6	2025-26	MIN	77	45	44	89	+12	28	19	13	0	0	7	4	269	16.7	0	2	0.0	52	27	22	112	22:10
8	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	6	2025-26	WSH	73	24	26	50	+19	20	0	1	2	1	5	0	154	15.6	25	59	42.4	32	40	25	83	18:16
9	Jordan Eberle J. Eberle	5	2025-26	SEA	76	25	29	54	+3	28	4	12	0	0	3	0	164	15.2	12	32	37.5	54	42	24	51	18:33
10	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	5	2025-26	WSH	69	29	30	59	+13	117	7	4	1	0	3	0	145	20.0	17	38	44.7	176	51	16	82	19:34
11	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	5	2025-26	MIN	75	42	43	85	+18	30	11	19	4	0	3	1	249	16.9	54	122	44.3	60	58	34	86	20:35
12	Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	5	2025-26	BUF	80	12	27	39	+11	78	0	1	0	0	4	0	90	13.3	202	462	43.7	194	41	20	57	13:41
13	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	5	2025-26	CAR	70	32	34	66	+5	23	5	16	4	2	7	2	222	14.4	32	79	40.5	81	27	40	57	18:53
14	Dawson Mercer D. Mercer	5	2025-26	NJD	79	18	21	39	-3	33	4	3	2	0	1	0	148	12.2	114	293	38.9	32	47	26	70	18:12
15	Matthew Knies M. Knies	5	2025-26	TOR	76	23	41	64	-25	29	6	10	1	0	2	0	137	16.8	1	6	16.7	147	31	25	67	18:50
16	Bobby McMann B. McMann	5	2025-26	TOT	74	28	17	45	-1	32	4	2	0	0	3	0	171	16.4	7	13	53.8	160	26	18	41	15:52
17	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	4	2025-26	CGY	78	16	25	41	+10	16	1	2	1	4	3	0	177	9.0	680	1,373	49.5	23	28	28	81	18:01
18	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	4	2025-26	DET	79	40	43	83	+11	17	15	8	0	0	6	2	279	14.3	18	47	38.3	38	37	42	84	18:28
19	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	4	2025-26	OTT	79	14	32	46	+20	22	1	10	0	0	3	0	130	10.8	471	752	62.6	65	27	22	52	16:21
20	Travis Konecny T. Konecny	4	2025-26	PHI	75	27	40	67	+14	59	2	12	1	1	2	0	167	16.2	19	52	36.5	104	38	17	100	19:08
21	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	4	2025-26	DET	72	34	31	65	+6	48	14	10	1	0	9	4	223	15.2	769	1,461	52.6	46	33	18	63	20:13
22	Jared McCann J. McCann	4	2025-26	SEA	51	20	19	39	-8	11	7	6	0	0	2	1	115	17.4	13	25	52.0	40	25	14	57	16:28
23	Jake Evans J. Evans	4	2025-26	MTL	65	11	11	22	-7	28	0	0	2	0	2	1	70	15.7	457	824	55.5	85	46	15	46	15:24
24	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	4	2025-26	EDM	57	31	20	51	+12	28	10	4	0	0	2	1	158	19.6	0	1	0.0	53	18	8	26	20:01
25	Clayton Keller C. Keller	4	2025-26	UTA	78	26	57	83	+24	34	3	22	0	0	6	4	220	11.8	12	33	36.4	8	30	26	96	19:00

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Team Leaders

43

Kucherov

85

Kucherov

+/-

+44

Kucherov

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.52

4th

GA/GP

2.80

3rd

PP%

21.2

14th

PK%

82.5

3rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	49	23	8	106	44
Canadiens	47	22	10	104	29
Lightning	48	25	6	102	59
Bruins	43	26	10	96	18
Senators	42	27	10	94	28
Red Wings	41	29	9	91	-7
Maple Leafs	32	33	14	78	-39
Panthers	37	38	4	78	-37

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/11	TBL	@	BOS	12:30 PM
Mon 4/13	DET	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 4/15	NYR	@	TBL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Lightning

48 - 25 - 6

Final

Canadiens

47 - 22 - 10

Thu 9 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

52

MacKinnon

50

Caufield

47

McDavid

Assists Leaders

86

McDavid

85

Kucherov

74

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

133

McDavid

128

Kucherov

126

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

400

Trenin

325

Sherwood

287

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

187

Dobson

185

McCabe

175

Seider

Wins Leaders

37

Vejmelka

37

Vasilevskiy

33

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.10

Wedgewood

2.32

Vasilevskiy

2.34

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.914

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.72

3.58

3.57

Goals Against Rankings

2.46

2.71

2.80

Power Play Rankings

30.7

28.6

25.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.3

84.1

82.5

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

51-28

50-29

47-31

47-32

45-33

Worst Record ATS

27-52

29-49

30-49

31-48

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	52	16	10	114	95
Stars - x	47	20	12	106	49
Wild - x	45	22	12	102	35
Mammoth - x	42	30	6	90	34
Predators	37	32	10	84	-21
Jets	35	31	12	82	-12
Blues	33	33	12	78	-36
Blackhawks - e	28	37	14	70	-59
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	40	29	10	90	10
Golden Knights	36	26	17	89	7
Ducks	42	32	5	89	-14
Kings	33	26	19	85	-22
Sharks	37	34	7	81	-43
Kraken	33	34	11	77	-33
Flames - e	32	37	9	73	-47
Canucks - e	22	48	8	52	-98

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - x	49	23	8	106	44
Canadiens - x	47	22	10	104	29
Lightning - x	48	25	6	102	59
Bruins	43	26	10	96	18
Senators	42	27	10	94	28
Red Wings	41	29	9	91	-7
Panthers - e	37	38	4	78	-37
Maple Leafs - e	32	33	14	78	-39
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - y	51	22	6	108	53
Penguins - x	41	22	16	98	33
Flyers	40	27	12	92	-2
Islanders	43	31	5	91	-1
Blue Jackets	39	28	12	90	-1
Capitals	40	30	9	89	12
Devils - e	40	36	3	83	-23
Rangers - e	33	37	9	75	-11