most empty net goals per game nhl history

Mikko Rantanen has the most career empty-net goals per game, with 0.05 per game.

Interpreted as:
most empty net goals per game with a minimum of 500 games played by a player NHL history
NAMEENG/GPGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
0.05
662
298
419
717
+91
422
105
157
0
0
48
5
1,866
16.0
995
1,960
50.8
420
351
393
356
20:26
2Sebastian Aho
S. Aho
0.05
686
287
355
642
+122
300
68
124
20
11
64
16
1,893
15.2
3,854
7,502
51.4
529
206
491
576
19:06
3Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
0.04
610
272
309
581
+87
260
66
85
2
1
36
5
1,744
15.6
326
715
45.6
629
332
282
292
19:17
4Kyle Connor
K. Connor
0.04
623
289
305
594
-3
143
67
102
8
1
61
13
1,963
14.7
25
74
33.8
178
204
371
351
19:37
5Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
0.04
1,501
899
731
1,630
+64
833
326
279
5
1
137
27
6,886
13.1
64
190
33.7
3,762
563
785
1,200
20:36
6Pavel Bure
P. Bure
0.04
702
437
342
779
+42
484
121
115
34
15
59
6
3,130
14.0
3
17
17.6
76
70
148
222
24:37
7Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
0.04
1,487
894
1,963
2,857
+520
577
204
686
73
76
91
2
5,088
17.6
8Jonathan Marchessault
J. Marchessault
0.04
724
254
294
548
-1
352
59
93
0
0
43
11
2,214
11.5
707
1,682
42.0
849
183
390
455
17:11
9Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
0.04
915
690
1,033
1,723
+114
834
236
465
49
22
74
11
3,633
19.0
1,414
2,865
49.4
52
45
70
122
22:40
10Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
0.03
1,110
429
562
991
+282
1,125
85
166
36
23
83
21
2,845
15.1
268
689
38.9
1,049
382
676
954
18:02
11Artemi Panarin
A. Panarin
0.03
763
304
573
877
+143
224
75
192
0
1
48
10
2,083
14.6
12
58
20.7
224
142
418
661
19:42
12Bryan Rust
B. Rust
0.03
647
206
239
445
+43
209
35
59
6
6
31
8
1,581
13.0
41
122
33.6
786
412
256
359
17:26
13Zach Hyman
Z. Hyman
0.03
653
230
213
443
+121
356
47
32
8
4
35
3
1,695
13.6
341
770
44.3
777
300
277
244
18:31
14Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
0.03
811
361
643
1,004
+151
388
97
270
0
0
58
8
2,504
14.4
10
22
45.5
448
265
456
780
19:01
15Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
0.03
723
364
732
1,096
+166
278
88
282
8
10
72
16
2,438
14.9
3,989
8,366
47.7
535
282
665
667
21:45
16Blake Coleman
B. Coleman
0.03
635
155
141
296
+38
471
12
3
19
8
25
1
1,526
10.2
602
1,405
42.8
1,390
395
350
313
15:58
17Michael Grabner
M. Grabner
0.03
640
175
101
276
+18
110
7
8
22
7
21
4
1,344
13.0
48
116
41.4
392
275
507
246
14:25
18Matthew Tkachuk
M. Tkachuk
0.03
642
240
396
636
+130
690
76
132
1
1
26
2
1,887
12.7
61
150
40.7
900
173
303
526
17:54
19Marian Hossa
M. Hossa
0.03
1,309
525
609
1,134
+245
628
143
231
34
12
85
15
4,229
12.4
64
187
34.2
1,062
395
1,008
668
18:55
20Tomas Hertl
T. Hertl
0.03
801
256
302
558
-71
284
67
70
6
4
40
8
1,837
13.9
5,445
10,099
53.9
883
569
471
407
17:53
21Sam Reinhart
S. Reinhart
0.03
786
299
326
625
-53
175
119
96
11
6
46
4
1,882
15.9
1,270
2,946
43.1
488
429
290
376
18:46
22Jack Eichel
J. Eichel
0.03
626
247
380
627
+3
193
62
152
2
6
41
11
2,235
11.1
4,084
9,100
44.9
407
415
373
546
20:09
23Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
0.03
1,363
633
1,069
1,702
+202
872
187
404
4
7
101
25
4,321
14.6
15,776
29,848
52.9
1,192
668
776
1,120
20:40
24Adrian Kempe
A. Kempe
0.03
641
199
216
415
+28
383
37
83
13
5
34
9
1,558
12.8
827
2,028
40.8
789
219
198
309
16:53
25Gabriel Landeskog
G. Landeskog
0.03
749
248
326
574
+77
605
68
82
5
5
43
7
2,044
12.1
1,528
2,862
53.4
1,482
537
474
358
19:21
StatMuse has season-level data for empty-net goals per game going back to the 1933-34 season.

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