Maurice Richard has put up the most career goals when scoring exactly 0 empty-net goals, with 544 scored.
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most goals without an empty net goal by a player in a career| NAME | G | ENG | GP | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Richard | 544 | 0 | 978 | 422 | 966 | +18 | 1,287 | 143 | 111 | 4 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 166 | 11.4 | ||||||||
| 2 | | Y. Cournoyer | 428 | 0 | 968 | 435 | 863 | +254 | 233 | 152 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 2,427 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 3 | | S. Shutt | 424 | 0 | 930 | 393 | 817 | +394 | 410 | 95 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 2,403 | 17.6 | ||||||||
| 4 | | R. Gilbert | 406 | 0 | 1,065 | 615 | 1,021 | +38 | 510 | 108 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3,142 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| 5 | | R. Backstrom | 278 | 0 | 1,032 | 361 | 639 | +71 | 389 | 31 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 2,460 | 10.6 | |||||||||
| 6 | | M. Tremblay | 258 | 0 | 852 | 326 | 584 | +185 | 1,043 | 46 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 1,884 | 13.7 | ||||||||
| 7 | | B. Mosienko | 258 | 0 | 711 | 282 | 540 | 133 | 39 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | | M. Bentley | 245 | 0 | 646 | 299 | 544 | 177 | 64 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 9 | | S. Samsonov | 235 | 0 | 888 | 336 | 571 | +11 | 209 | 51 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 1,774 | 13.2 | 17 | 64 | 26.6 | 277 | 159 | 344 | 421 | 16:35 |
| 10 | | T. Blake | 235 | 0 | 577 | 294 | 529 | 282 | 38 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 11 | | C. Smith | 220 | 0 | 987 | 232 | 452 | +88 | 395 | 48 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 2,319 | 9.5 | 499 | 1,231 | 40.5 | 903 | 307 | 455 | 445 | 14:01 |
| 12 | | E. Lach | 215 | 0 | 664 | 408 | 623 | 478 | 60 | 104 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 13 | | S. Howe | 215 | 0 | 593 | 268 | 483 | 175 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 14 | | F. Stanfield | 211 | 0 | 914 | 405 | 616 | +50 | 134 | 60 | 162 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2,066 | 10.2 | |||||||||
| 15 | | L. Robinson | 208 | 0 | 1,384 | 750 | 958 | +722 | 793 | 66 | 243 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 2,332 | 8.9 | ||||||||
| 16 | | H. Cain | 206 | 0 | 572 | 192 | 398 | 177 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 17 | | G. Chouinard | 205 | 0 | 578 | 370 | 575 | -3 | 120 | 68 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1,361 | 15.1 | ||||||||
| 18 | | P. Gardner | 201 | 0 | 447 | 201 | 402 | -120 | 207 | 105 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1,124 | 17.9 | ||||||||
| 19 | | M. Walton | 201 | 0 | 588 | 247 | 448 | -44 | 357 | 62 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1,554 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| 20 | | S. Apps | 201 | 0 | 423 | 231 | 432 | 56 | 39 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 21 | | S. Schriner | 201 | 0 | 484 | 206 | 407 | 148 | 29 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 22 | | B. Cowley | 195 | 0 | 549 | 354 | 549 | 143 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 23 | | P. Mondou | 194 | 0 | 548 | 262 | 456 | +213 | 179 | 44 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1,111 | 17.5 | ||||||||
| 24 | | M. Tardif | 194 | 0 | 517 | 207 | 401 | +23 | 445 | 55 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1,179 | 16.5 | |||||||||
| 25 | | W. Merrick | 191 | 0 | 774 | 265 | 456 | +23 | 303 | 28 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1,497 | 12.8 | ||||||||
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 Sharks - e | 39 | 35 | 8 | 86 | -41 |
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 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 |
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