nhl leaders in empty net goals last 5 years

Between April 16, 2021 and April 16, 2026, Alex Ovechkin has the most goals against empty nets, with 33 goals.

	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	33	381	201	169	370	-22	128	64	61	1	0	25	3	1,399	14.4	10	30	33.3	761	104	111	250	19:00
2	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	30	404	155	201	356	+72	282	18	33	6	10	20	2	952	16.3	108	287	37.6	302	242	273	295	18:53
3	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	25	395	188	226	414	+68	201	49	80	3	0	27	5	1,213	15.5	414	887	46.7	282	215	171	252	20:05
4	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	20	364	180	397	577	+72	175	46	170	1	0	28	4	1,229	14.6	6	11	54.5	199	132	194	477	20:43
5	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	20	392	191	289	480	+88	347	61	116	0	0	28	3	1,212	15.8	838	1,667	50.3	291	210	224	298	21:32
6	Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	19	412	176	171	347	+65	277	33	61	11	3	30	9	1,230	14.3	115	303	38.0	579	172	129	257	18:54
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	19	400	224	454	678	+129	184	61	192	6	5	35	9	1,476	15.2	2,423	4,766	50.8	375	160	299	451	22:09
8	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	19	398	199	199	398	+24	97	87	66	13	7	35	5	1,068	18.6	993	2,179	45.6	347	258	155	245	19:52
9	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	19	356	214	226	440	+76	151	76	79	0	0	32	13	1,292	16.6	7	21	33.3	275	143	189	384	21:01
10	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	17	386	213	381	594	+164	203	51	130	0	0	35	7	1,782	12.0	2,982	6,253	47.7	284	242	181	477	22:16
11	Kyle Connor K. Connor	17	401	197	233	430	-7	73	35	88	7	1	42	10	1,372	14.4	6	31	19.4	152	135	209	271	20:47
12	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	17	394	175	274	449	+11	205	50	83	0	0	36	7	1,158	15.1	4,768	8,641	55.2	362	196	230	348	19:59
13	Clayton Keller C. Keller	16	401	156	250	406	-10	181	34	93	2	1	21	9	1,099	14.2	106	267	39.7	81	161	222	349	19:35
14	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	16	365	127	179	306	+31	345	42	63	0	0	22	1	1,011	12.6	19	49	38.8	798	100	151	367	17:16
15	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	16	387	140	153	293	-33	168	31	54	0	0	20	6	1,128	12.4	114	312	36.5	409	96	162	274	17:32
16	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	15	404	171	238	409	+85	216	44	85	12	12	44	13	1,094	15.6	2,996	5,682	52.7	314	125	240	393	19:33
17	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	15	406	167	326	493	+27	118	37	134	0	1	22	3	1,160	14.4	9	33	27.3	99	70	179	453	19:52
18	Tim Stutzle T. Stutzle	15	406	142	245	387	-39	206	34	105	6	0	18	8	972	14.6	1,156	2,527	45.7	607	233	207	350	20:01
19	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	15	362	140	198	338	+32	361	35	83	6	4	26	6	1,010	13.9	69	183	37.7	406	129	178	378	18:38
20	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	15	337	149	257	406	+99	395	48	87	1	1	17	0	1,133	13.2	42	99	42.4	441	102	140	321	18:46
21	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	14	367	238	204	442	+93	96	63	62	2	1	34	7	1,592	14.9	3,313	5,976	55.4	332	427	313	279	20:37
22	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	14	404	105	104	209	+56	281	7	2	13	5	19	0	999	10.5	104	246	42.3	761	259	176	259	16:24
23	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	14	378	161	194	355	-34	226	63	58	4	1	26	9	1,147	14.0	3,768	6,985	53.9	257	158	199	295	19:56
24	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	14	409	224	296	520	+79	225	64	92	0	0	36	9	1,724	13.0	28	81	34.6	379	125	220	544	19:42
25	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	13	375	128	151	279	+62	83	27	44	12	5	22	4	901	14.2	261	634	41.2	431	199	168	220	17:27

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

9th

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

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Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

86

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

134

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

338

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

182

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.07

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.920

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.65

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.1

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.5

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

54-28

52-30

48-33

48-34

47-35

Worst Record ATS

30-52

30-51

31-51

32-50

33-49

34-48

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	54	16	11	119	97
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	32	6	92	30
Predators - e	38	33	10	86	-21
Blues - e	36	33	12	84	-29
Jets - e	35	34	12	82	-24
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	40	30	11	91	8
Ducks - x	42	33	6	90	-16
Kings - x	35	26	20	90	-20
Sharks - e	38	35	8	84	-46
Kraken - e	34	36	11	79	-35
Flames - e	33	39	9	75	-49
Canucks - e	25	48	8	58	-95

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