most empty net nhl goals last 25 seasons

Since 2001-02, Alex Ovechkin had the most goals against empty nets, with 72 goals.

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most empty net NHL goals by a player last 25 seasons

	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	72	1,573	929	758	1,687	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,108	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,876	579	793	1,251	20:27
2	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	41	1,152	451	583	1,034	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,949	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,075	397	690	1,002	18:01
3	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	1,420	654	1,107	1,761	+197	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,459	14.7	16,437	31,038	53.0	1,241	692	796	1,180	20:36
4	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	36	1,083	449	523	972	+204	515	126	205	32	10	72	13	3,606	12.5	54	166	32.5	865	345	887	567	19:07
5	Eric Staal E. Staal	33	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
6	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	756	310	401	711	+132	342	75	142	22	15	68	18	2,068	15.0	4,370	8,519	51.3	578	225	519	671	19:08
7	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	879	401	723	1,124	+200	436	104	297	1	0	65	9	2,712	14.8	10	24	41.7	482	292	475	890	19:07
8	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	31	446	161	210	371	+66	291	18	34	6	11	21	3	1,024	15.7	115	308	37.3	347	262	296	302	18:22
9	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,266	525	660	1,185	-49	549	167	224	3	3	86	20	3,941	13.3	12,110	22,394	54.1	962	533	879	1,131	19:13
10	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	31	1,172	321	622	943	+67	764	59	196	14	10	49	5	2,955	10.9	808	1,766	45.8	1,353	723	552	523	18:11
11	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	695	323	351	674	-11	155	72	113	9	2	65	14	2,200	14.7	25	75	33.3	210	221	387	410	19:49
12	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	30	681	306	353	659	+100	317	74	105	4	1	41	7	1,930	15.9	521	1,120	46.5	667	367	302	353	19:22
13	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	716	316	466	782	+91	501	109	179	0	0	48	5	1,979	16.0	1,028	2,033	50.6	458	375	416	424	20:24
14	Zach Parise Z. Parise	30	1,254	434	455	889	+76	444	125	133	11	10	83	9	3,776	11.5	412	975	42.3	995	767	612	418	17:49
15	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	30	1,166	503	530	1,033	+45	828	160	179	10	4	85	7	3,740	13.4	2,249	4,322	52.0	1,367	401	544	692	20:02
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	29	950	420	722	1,142	+230	428	113	243	2	2	76	15	3,842	10.9	6,220	13,295	46.8	661	509	483	808	20:40
17	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,246	624	632	1,256	-7	737	242	227	5	3	101	17	3,712	16.8	7,124	14,054	50.7	1,327	565	524	727	19:00
18	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	28	794	409	811	1,220	+185	320	100	318	9	10	76	17	2,713	15.1	4,392	9,165	47.9	573	310	695	786	21:52
19	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	830	330	624	954	+140	242	79	209	0	1	51	10	2,277	14.5	13	59	22.0	233	156	440	752	19:47
20	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,369	508	892	1,400	-1	470	140	325	0	1	85	14	4,402	11.5	333	861	38.7	356	322	728	781	19:56
21	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	28	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41
22	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	27	778	263	311	574	-12	378	62	97	0	0	44	11	2,323	11.3	721	1,720	41.9	906	191	402	510	17:08
23	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	27	1,269	533	874	1,407	+41	1,263	187	343	4	1	89	14	3,958	13.5	6,109	13,615	44.9	737	540	1,058	1,264	19:28
24	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	27	1,425	351	1,009	1,360	+194	995	115	378	5	6	58	8	2,554	13.7	10,949	20,595	53.2	900	464	1,085	1,418	19:04
25	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	26	839	323	357	680	-67	183	129	109	13	7	51	5	2,013	16.0	1,308	3,037	43.1	533	461	303	420	18:55

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32

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39

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+/-

+20

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G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

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PP%

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PK%

80.2

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

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Playoffs Goals Leaders

7

Boldy

7

MacKinnon

7

Dorofeyev

Playoffs Assists Leaders

14

Eichel

11

Hughes

11

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

16

Marner

15

Hughes

15

Kaprizov

Playoffs Hits Leaders

61

Barbashev

55

Foligno

51

Trenin

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

33

Theodore

31

Matheson

26

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

7

Wedgewood

7

Hart

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.12

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

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Andersen

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NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.11

3.73

3.55

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

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2.27

2.29

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

33.3

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

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NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

54-39

Worst Record ATS

30-52

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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

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Mon 3/30	TOR	@	ANA	5-4
Mon 3/30	STL	@	SJS	4-5
Tue 3/31	NJD	@	NYR	1-4
Tue 3/31	NYI	@	BUF	3-4
Tue 3/31	DAL	@	BOS	3-6

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/14	MTL	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Thu 5/14	VGK	@	ANA	9:30 PM
Sat 5/16	ANA	@	VGK	6:00 PM
Sat 5/16	BUF	@	MTL	8:00 PM
Mon 5/18	MTL	@	BUF	1:00 PM

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