Alex Ovechkin and Pavel Bure are tied for the most goals against empty nets in a season, with 9 goals.

Interpreted as:

most overall empty net goals by a player by season

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	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	9	2021-22	WSH	77	50	40	90	+8	18	16	13	1	0	5	0	334	15.0	4	13	30.8	155	25	32	50	20:34
2	Pavel Bure P. Bure	9	1999-00	FLA	74	58	36	94	+25	16	11	9	2	0	14	1	360	16.1	0	1	0.0	25	12	54	95	24:45
3	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	8	1996-97	PHX	81	52	34	86	-1	228	9	10	2	0	7	1	296	17.6
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	7	2023-24	PIT	82	42	52	94	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
5	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	7	2023-24	TBL	81	44	100	144	+8	22	13	40	0	0	6	1	306	14.4	2	4	50.0	47	35	62	96	21:40
6	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	7	2023-24	VGK	82	42	27	69	-2	40	8	9	0	0	5	2	266	15.8	6	24	25.0	106	23	47	37	17:54
7	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	7	2022-23	PIT	78	36	37	73	+2	46	11	12	0	0	6	1	244	14.8	8	16	50.0	83	46	44	48	20:07
8	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	7	2021-22	EDM	80	44	79	123	+28	45	10	34	0	1	9	4	314	14.0	562	1,046	53.7	75	26	73	68	22:04
9	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	7	2021-22	CAR	78	30	39	69	+19	79	9	13	0	0	5	1	249	12.0	0	6	0.0	189	15	44	72	17:16
10	Michael Grabner M. Grabner	7	2017-18	TOT	80	27	9	36	+11	16	0	1	2	1	3	0	167	16.2	10	22	45.5	68	37	46	33	14:49
11	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	7	1988-89	PIT	76	85	114	199	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
12	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	6	2024-25	MIN	29	20	25	45	+22	10	3	7	0	0	4	1	99	20.2	0	2	0.0	10	13	7	48	22:23
13	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	6	2023-24	CGY	78	30	24	54	+19	76	3	0	4	2	7	0	191	15.7	31	69	44.9	128	57	43	34	17:08
14	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6	2022-23	WSH	73	42	33	75	-16	48	14	11	0	0	3	1	294	14.3	4	9	44.4	188	23	31	52	20:12
15	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	6	2022-23	FLA	82	31	36	67	-12	12	16	11	0	3	5	1	227	13.7	236	466	50.6	58	49	35	38	19:47
16	Kyle Connor K. Connor	6	2021-22	WPG	79	47	46	93	-3	4	8	20	3	0	9	1	317	14.8	1	7	14.3	32	23	66	47	21:47
17	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	6	2021-22	CGY	82	40	75	115	+64	26	6	19	0	0	9	2	262	15.3	1	1	100.0	10	9	50	81	18:34
18	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	6	2021-22	PIT	76	40	44	84	+13	44	7	15	0	0	7	1	264	15.2	13	25	52.0	72	38	41	23	20:06
19	Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	6	2021-22	LAK	78	35	19	54	-2	46	6	10	3	0	7	2	247	14.2	25	50	50.0	111	28	34	43	18:35
20	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	6	2019-20	CAR	68	38	28	66	+10	26	8	9	4	1	5	0	206	18.4	409	889	46.0	55	20	71	58	19:25
21	Gustav Nyquist G. Nyquist	6	2019-20	CBJ	70	15	27	42	+4	16	3	6	1	0	3	1	151	9.9	17	33	51.5	37	26	27	41	18:02
22	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6	2019-20	WSH	68	48	19	67	-12	30	13	5	0	0	3	1	311	15.4	1	1	100.0	184	30	28	48	20:40
23	Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	6	2019-20	VAN	69	21	24	45	-5	27	3	7	2	1	3	0	164	12.8	3	17	17.6	96	40	37	33	16:31
24	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	6	2018-19	TOR	71	21	20	41	+16	65	0	0	1	0	4	0	144	14.6	113	237	47.7	102	39	30	28	17:17
25	Eric Staal E. Staal	6	2017-18	MIN	82	42	34	76	+8	42	11	6	2	1	4	0	241	17.4	571	1,115	51.2	42	49	48	26	17:49