Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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	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	1,577	929	759	1,688	+56	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,113	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,884	580	793	1,253	20:26
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	56	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
3	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	41	1,154	452	583	1,035	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,954	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,077	397	691	1,003	18:01
4	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	40	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
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	1,426	654	1,109	1,763	+193	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,475	14.6	16,506	31,163	53.0	1,246	695	797	1,188	20:36
6	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	33	451	165	214	379	+70	293	18	35	6	11	22	3	1,050	15.7	116	311	37.3	351	268	300	306	18:25
7	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
8	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	33	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
9	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	762	315	405	720	+134	352	78	143	23	16	68	18	2,090	15.1	4,417	8,597	51.4	581	228	519	678	19:08
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	884	402	730	1,132	+204	436	104	299	1	0	65	9	2,719	14.8	11	25	44.0	480	294	477	903	19:07
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	32	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
12	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	31	686	309	356	665	+103	317	75	106	4	1	41	7	1,945	15.9	534	1,144	46.7	670	369	303	358	19:23
13	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,271	526	662	1,188	-53	553	167	225	3	3	86	20	3,955	13.3	12,154	22,468	54.1	965	537	880	1,137	19:13
14	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
15	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	700	329	353	682	-12	155	75	114	9	2	67	14	2,227	14.8	25	75	33.3	211	225	389	416	19:50
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	721	318	470	788	+95	505	109	180	0	0	48	5	1,992	16.0	1,034	2,044	50.6	462	378	418	431	20:24
17	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	996	767	612	418	17:49
18	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	29	799	412	821	1,233	+197	320	100	321	10	10	76	17	2,725	15.1	4,424	9,230	47.9	579	313	696	792	21:52
19	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	29	955	425	727	1,152	+231	435	114	243	2	2	77	15	3,865	11.0	6,266	13,389	46.8	663	509	484	814	20:40
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,251	627	636	1,263	-10	737	244	230	5	3	101	17	3,722	16.8	7,140	14,082	50.7	1,335	568	526	731	19:00
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	29	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
22	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	833	332	625	957	+136	244	79	210	0	1	51	10	2,287	14.5	13	59	22.0	232	156	440	755	19:47
23	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,375	509	893	1,402	-9	476	140	325	0	1	85	14	4,413	11.5	333	861	38.7	361	327	728	782	19:56
24	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
25	Pavel Bure P. Bure	28	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

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Team Leaders

3

Tuch

4

Strome

+/-

+6

Desharnais

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.50

8th

GA/GP

2.25

6th

PP%

18.2

21st

PK%

86.7

10th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	4	1	1	9	7
Rangers	4	2	0	8	6
Penguins	3	2	1	7	5
Capitals	3	1	0	6	5
Islanders	2	3	0	4	3
Devils	2	2	0	4	-4
Blue Jackets	2	2	0	4	-1
Flyers	0	4	2	2	-17

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM
Tue 10/13	WSH	@	CAR	6:45 PM
Wed 10/14	MTL	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 PM
Tue 10/20	LAK	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Rangers

4 - 2 - 0

Final

Capitals

3 - 1 - 0

Fri 9 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

6

Bouchard

6

Schmaltz

6

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

10

McDavid

9

Eichel

7

Keller

Points Leaders

13

McDavid

12

Bouchard

12

Eichel

Hits Leaders

36

Sherwood

24

McBain

24

Edstrom

Blocks Leaders

20

Weegar

19

Hronek

17

Larsson

Wins Leaders

4

Swayman

4

Ullmark

3

Wallstedt

Goals Against Leaders

0.66

Tarasov

0.67

Garand

0.74

Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

.974

Tarasov

.971

Garand

.963

Oettinger

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

5.20

5.00

4.20

Goals Against Rankings

1.40

1.80

1.83

Power Play Rankings

40.0

37.5

35.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

95.0

94.1

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1

4-2

Worst Record ATS

0-4

1-4

1-3

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	4	2	0	8	7
Wild	3	1	1	7	6
Jets	3	1	1	7	-2
Avalanche	3	2	0	6	9
Predators	2	1	2	6	0
Stars	2	2	1	5	3
Blues	2	2	1	5	-2
Blackhawks	1	5	0	2	-14
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	4	0	1	9	8
Golden Knights	4	1	0	8	8
Ducks	3	1	0	6	3
Kraken	3	2	0	6	7
Sharks	3	2	0	6	-4
Canucks	2	4	0	4	-7
Kings	0	2	1	1	-6
Flames	0	4	0	0	-17

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	4	1	0	8	4
Senators	4	1	0	8	4
Bruins	4	2	0	8	7
Maple Leafs	3	2	1	7	2
Panthers	2	1	2	6	-3
Canadiens	2	2	1	5	-4
Sabres	2	3	0	4	-8
Red Wings	1	3	1	3	-5
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	4	1	1	9	7
Rangers	4	2	0	8	6
Penguins	3	2	1	7	5
Capitals	3	1	0	6	5
Devils	2	2	0	4	-4
Blue Jackets	2	2	0	4	-1
Islanders	2	3	0	4	3
Flyers	0	4	2	2	-17

NHL 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	1-0
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	3-2
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	0-3
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	6-5
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM
Sun 10/11	VAN	@	NYR	6:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CAR	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Mon 10/12	FLA	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Mon 10/12	OTT	@	NJD	7:00 PM

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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