Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals in the regular-season and playoffs, with 72 goals.

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most eng by a player including playoffs career

	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	1,734	1,006	828	1,834	+58	940	362	324	5	1	152	28	7,783	12.9	77	209	36.8	4,548	666	865	1,387	20:30
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	65	1,695	1,016	2,223	3,239	+611	643	239	776	85	93	115	6	5,787	17.6
3	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	51	1,332	517	675	1,192	+316	1,358	108	209	39	25	101	27	3,405	15.2	310	823	37.7	1,314	486	784	1,151	18:10
4	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	44	1,514	577	706	1,283	+270	723	161	264	37	15	97	17	4,941	11.7	77	213	36.2	1,393	472	1,193	770	18:58
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	41	1,606	726	1,241	1,967	+214	987	215	472	4	7	113	27	5,020	14.5	18,626	35,286	52.8	1,435	784	932	1,343	20:38
6	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	39	864	349	459	808	+160	404	86	158	24	16	77	20	2,342	14.9	5,106	10,033	50.9	790	283	603	752	19:20
7	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	39	1,058	482	800	1,282	+273	476	133	272	2	2	86	17	4,337	11.1	6,958	14,835	46.9	784	572	539	909	20:49
8	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	39	1,022	766	1,129	1,895	+134	921	265	514	56	23	85	11	4,035	19.0	1,581	3,225	49.0	62	51	90	145	22:51
9	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	36	1,038	455	846	1,301	+239	562	123	354	1	0	73	11	3,192	14.3	10	26	38.5	676	335	557	1,053	19:11
10	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	35	762	349	391	740	+108	373	81	114	5	1	49	8	2,169	16.1	553	1,207	45.8	764	409	336	394	19:24
11	Eric Staal E. Staal	35	1,469	480	647	1,127	-102	892	143	198	22	10	75	6	4,278	11.2	10,615	22,098	48.0	1,048	605	945	750	18:56
12	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	35	1,635	662	706	1,368	+37	1,138	211	244	16	9	108	8	5,000	13.2	2,811	5,429	51.8	1,764	498	639	803	20:00
13	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	34	821	360	552	912	+100	551	123	216	0	0	55	7	2,286	15.7	1,178	2,324	50.7	607	447	489	499	20:30
14	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	33	1,238	331	657	988	+54	795	62	207	14	10	50	5	3,089	10.7	853	1,851	46.1	1,496	759	580	544	18:11
15	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	33	1,500	595	1,013	1,608	+480	1,189	179	303	23	24	81	2	3,313	18.0
16	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	32	490	173	222	395	+63	336	20	35	7	11	24	3	1,111	15.6	136	356	38.2	425	291	330	331	18:20
17	John Tavares J. Tavares	32	1,341	553	685	1,238	-69	579	175	234	3	3	92	23	4,185	13.2	12,807	23,671	54.1	1,101	582	925	1,191	19:15
18	Zach Parise Z. Parise	32	1,376	473	499	972	+51	488	138	143	13	12	88	9	4,149	11.4	422	1,013	41.7	1,223	839	669	460	17:53
19	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	31	642	211	282	493	+53	600	59	105	0	0	36	4	1,727	12.2	25	73	34.2	1,407	200	270	622	16:54
20	Kyle Connor K. Connor	31	753	343	380	723	-14	161	75	120	9	2	70	16	2,382	14.4	25	77	32.5	244	244	419	448	19:55
21	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	31	896	454	922	1,376	+208	350	114	362	11	11	81	19	3,063	14.8	4,942	10,358	47.7	759	374	780	887	22:04
22	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	31	915	355	381	736	-68	215	137	116	13	8	55	7	2,229	15.9	1,533	3,574	42.9	680	555	346	462	19:07
23	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	31	1,374	674	683	1,357	-18	815	262	257	5	3	106	17	4,033	16.7	7,793	15,355	50.8	1,596	635	569	783	18:55
24	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	31	1,464	477	691	1,168	+331	592	148	216	25	27	91	13	4,535	10.5	17,312	29,883	57.9	1,311	1,001	942	525	18:47
25	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	31	1,901	462	1,211	1,673	+146	1,406	157	442	6	6	76	10	3,427	13.5	14,152	26,839	52.7	1,327	585	1,388	1,719	19:24

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

7th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

14th

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

Last Game

Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

Tue 14 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

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

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	10:30 PM

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals in the regular-season and playoffs, with 72 goals.

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