Since 2021-22, Alex Ovechkin has scored the most empty-net goals, with 32 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player since 2022

	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	32	370	198	164	362	-20	126	62	60	1	0	25	3	1,357	14.6	10	29	34.5	739	103	110	241	19:05
2	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	30	391	151	195	346	+72	278	18	31	6	10	19	1	920	16.4	105	284	37.0	287	233	264	288	18:58
3	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	25	377	183	215	398	+74	195	48	76	3	0	25	4	1,167	15.7	393	846	46.5	269	204	165	245	20:04
4	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	20	358	178	394	572	+75	173	45	170	1	0	27	3	1,216	14.6	6	11	54.5	198	130	191	468	20:43
5	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	19	338	198	221	419	+73	149	70	77	0	0	30	12	1,227	16.1	7	19	36.8	259	138	176	365	21:08
6	Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	19	392	169	165	334	+66	265	33	60	10	3	29	9	1,182	14.3	106	281	37.7	563	165	125	244	18:57
7	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	19	378	186	276	462	+81	337	60	111	0	0	27	3	1,174	15.8	831	1,647	50.5	278	206	211	289	21:36
8	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	18	381	209	425	634	+119	176	58	180	6	5	32	8	1,405	14.9	2,303	4,532	50.8	360	151	283	430	22:10
9	Kyle Connor K. Connor	17	383	187	229	416	-2	71	33	88	7	1	38	10	1,323	14.1	6	30	20.0	140	128	201	263	20:50
10	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	17	385	189	196	385	+30	93	83	64	13	7	32	5	1,025	18.4	912	2,016	45.2	346	247	151	242	19:53
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	16	378	167	264	431	+12	197	49	80	0	0	35	7	1,118	14.9	4,595	8,297	55.4	346	189	219	333	20:00
12	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	15	371	208	369	577	+168	190	49	127	0	0	35	7	1,717	12.1	2,907	6,096	47.7	274	240	172	458	22:17
13	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	15	368	133	145	278	-42	164	30	53	0	0	18	4	1,080	12.3	101	285	35.4	388	90	150	261	17:31
14	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	15	390	163	311	474	+25	114	37	129	0	1	20	3	1,130	14.4	9	33	27.3	97	65	174	438	19:54
15	Clayton Keller C. Keller	15	383	150	239	389	-12	167	31	89	2	1	20	8	1,058	14.2	103	259	39.8	74	154	213	337	19:39
16	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	15	322	143	247	390	+95	370	47	86	1	1	17	0	1,096	13.0	41	98	41.8	427	98	135	299	18:48
17	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	15	348	120	169	289	+28	327	40	61	0	0	22	1	965	12.4	19	49	38.8	754	92	143	349	17:16
18	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	14	370	156	189	345	-32	219	61	57	3	1	25	9	1,124	13.9	3,684	6,845	53.8	252	155	198	290	19:56
19	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	14	355	229	200	429	+89	96	62	61	2	1	31	7	1,532	14.9	3,221	5,792	55.6	321	417	304	270	20:38
20	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	14	390	220	282	502	+73	213	64	89	0	0	35	9	1,668	13.2	28	80	35.0	364	119	213	528	19:49
21	Tim Stutzle T. Stutzle	14	390	135	239	374	-41	200	31	102	6	0	16	8	941	14.3	1,141	2,492	45.8	593	228	201	340	20:11
22	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	13	386	163	225	388	+75	204	43	82	9	12	41	13	1,041	15.7	2,887	5,456	52.9	304	113	235	374	19:34
23	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	13	386	98	98	196	+55	271	7	2	12	5	18	0	947	10.3	103	240	42.9	716	247	166	248	16:22
24	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	13	348	132	187	319	+22	351	34	81	5	3	24	6	964	13.7	66	174	37.9	391	127	166	368	18:39
25	Bryan Rust B. Rust	13	343	130	157	287	-9	103	27	56	2	2	15	4	956	13.6	19	55	34.5	285	248	118	267	19:10

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Team Leaders

31

Ovechkin

37

Strome

+/-

+17

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.14

15th

GA/GP

2.95

9th

PP%

18.0

23rd

PK%

79.7

13th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	48	21	6	102	49
Penguins	39	22	16	94	27
Islanders	42	30	5	89	-2
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Blue Jackets	38	26	12	88	4
Capitals	38	29	9	85	11
Devils	39	34	2	80	-18
Rangers	32	36	9	73	-16

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/5	WSH	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Wed 4/8	WSH	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sat 4/11	WSH	@	PIT	3:00 PM
Sun 4/12	PIT	@	WSH	3:00 PM
Tue 4/14	WSH	@	CBJ	7:00 PM

Last Game

Capitals

38 - 29 - 9

Final

Devils

39 - 34 - 2

Thu 2 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

51

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

43

McDavid

Assists Leaders

83

McDavid

83

Kucherov

71

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

126

McDavid

125

Kucherov

122

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

380

Trenin

299

Sherwood

276

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

182

Dobson

181

McCabe

169

Lindell

Wins Leaders

37

Vasilevskiy

34

Vejmelka

31

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.13

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.34

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.913

Wallstedt

.912

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.76

3.59

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.49

2.69

2.75

Power Play Rankings

30.1

28.9

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

83.7

83.6

82.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-27

49-28

46-28

44-30

45-31

44-31

Worst Record ATS

26-50

28-47

29-46

30-47

30-46

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	50	15	10	110	92
Stars - x	45	20	12	102	47
Wild - x	43	21	12	98	32
Mammoth	39	30	6	84	27
Predators	35	31	9	79	-25
Blues	32	31	12	76	-34
Jets	32	31	12	76	-18
Blackhawks - e	27	35	14	68	-55
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	39	28	9	87	12
Ducks	41	30	5	87	-12
Golden Knights	34	26	16	84	3
Sharks	36	31	7	79	-33
Kings	30	26	19	79	-27
Kraken	32	31	11	75	-25
Flames	31	36	8	70	-46
Canucks - e	22	45	8	52	-91

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning - x	48	22	6	102	66
Sabres - x	46	22	8	100	39
Canadiens	44	21	10	98	29
Bruins	43	26	8	94	20
Senators	39	27	10	88	17
Red Wings	40	28	8	88	-8
Panthers	37	36	3	77	-29
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	13	77	-32
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - x	48	21	6	102	49
Penguins	39	22	16	94	27
Islanders	42	30	5	89	-2
Blue Jackets	38	26	12	88	4
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Capitals	38	29	9	85	11
Devils	39	34	2	80	-18
Rangers - e	32	36	9	73	-16