most empty net goals nhl players playoff season

Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand are tied for the most career empty-net goals in the playoffs, with 10 goals.

	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	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	10	104	62	76	138	+45	48	20	28	0	0	10	2	484	12.8	711	1,489	47.8	119	60	55	93	22:13
2	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	10	180	66	92	158	+47	207	18	32	3	2	16	5	456	14.5	41	127	32.3	239	89	94	149	19:05
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	9	208	122	260	382	+91	66	35	90	12	17	24	4	699	17.5
4	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	8	137	57	63	120	+41	79	21	27	2	3	8	1	514	11.1	951	1,836	51.8	150	63	91	86	21:03
5	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	7	97	37	52	89	+25	60	10	13	2	1	7	2	251	14.7	660	1,360	48.5	196	52	77	67	20:52
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	6	107	76	96	172	+20	87	29	49	7	1	11	0	402	18.9	167	360	46.4	10	6	20	23	24:35
7	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	5	76	32	24	56	-1	32	8	7	0	1	4	2	216	14.8	225	537	41.9	147	94	43	42	21:24
8	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	5	74	24	27	51	+14	99	5	11	0	0	4	0	200	12.0	3	9	33.3	246	33	36	81	17:19
9	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	5	81	43	38	81	+8	56	7	9	1	0	8	1	239	18.0	32	87	36.8	97	42	34	41	19:35
10	Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	5	88	27	15	42	+4	26	6	1	0	0	4	0	195	13.8	3	5	60.0	208	50	39	36	17:05
11	Lars Eller L. Eller	5	116	15	35	50	-1	60	1	4	2	1	4	1	194	7.7	759	1,512	50.2	226	56	58	60	15:19
12	Jeff Carter J. Carter	5	133	47	37	84	-14	72	18	9	0	0	7	1	428	11.0	740	1,543	48.0	201	78	50	96	18:27
13	Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	5	186	72	60	132	+13	275	19	25	3	1	11	4	443	16.3
14	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	5	200	106	127	233	+101	123	25	41	10	11	14	2	527	20.1
15	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	221	71	112	183	+31	277	18	41	4	4	12	1	472	15.0
16	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	4	29	13	11	24	-1	14	1	4	0	0	2	1	105	12.4	53	112	47.3	39	20	14	22	21:12
17	Roope Hintz R. Hintz	4	95	27	42	69	+1	38	8	21	1	1	0	0	207	13.0	448	878	51.0	136	73	43	60	16:31
18	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	4	105	44	86	130	+9	50	14	37	0	0	7	2	307	14.3	150	291	51.5	149	72	73	75	21:09
19	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	4	94	32	52	84	+8	190	11	19	0	0	7	3	246	13.0	3	8	37.5	224	41	40	82	18:33
20	Sam Bennett S. Bennett	4	107	40	38	78	+11	178	10	11	0	0	3	0	298	13.4	370	878	42.1	445	51	40	74	17:04
21	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	4	159	54	123	177	+39	126	19	57	0	0	8	2	480	11.3	0	2	0.0	194	43	82	163	19:34
22	Ondrej Palat O. Palat	4	155	51	52	103	+34	68	11	9	1	1	13	1	310	16.5	36	127	28.3	444	150	86	99	18:04
23	Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	4	86	24	19	43	+24	51	3	4	0	0	2	1	176	13.6	798	1,474	54.1	255	98	34	42	16:49
24	Dustin Brown D. Brown	4	92	19	30	49	+12	84	6	7	2	3	5	1	216	8.8	20	63	31.7	437	42	34	53	18:24
25	Logan Couture L. Couture	4	116	48	53	101	+3	31	16	20	1	0	8	2	326	14.7	544	1,157	47.0	168	105	95	59	18:34

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Team Leaders

7

MacKinnon

10

Necas

+/-

+9

Toews

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.63

1st

GA/GP

2.40

1st

PP%

17.1

27th

PK%

84.6

1st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/20	VGK	@	COL	8:00 PM
Fri 5/22	VGK	@	COL	8:00 PM
Sun 5/24	COL	@	VGK	8:00 PM
Tue 5/26	COL	@	VGK	1:00 PM
Thu 5/28	VGK	@	COL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Wild

1 - 4

Final

Avalanche

4 - 1

Wed 13 May 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

9

Dorofeyev

8

Howden

7

Boldy

Playoffs Assists Leaders

14

Eichel

11

Hughes

11

Hutson

Playoffs Points Leaders

18

Marner

15

Hughes

15

Eichel

Playoffs Hits Leaders

65

Barbashev

55

Foligno

54

Kolesar

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

36

Matheson

35

Theodore

30

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

8

Hart

7

Dobes

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.12

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.950

Andersen

.939

Silovs

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.11

3.73

3.67

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.25

2.29

2.40

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.0

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

55-40

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

38-52

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