Since 2016-17, Alex Ovechkin has the most empty-net goals, with 42 goals.

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NHL most empty net goals by a player since 2017

	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	42	684	386	302	688	-7	268	133	99	1	0	51	10	2,720	14.2	15	45	33.3	1,520	238	243	469	19:39
2	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	31	708	292	365	657	+126	306	69	127	20	12	65	17	1,947	15.0	4,017	7,833	51.3	543	212	504	600	19:07
3	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	675	307	440	747	+93	473	107	168	0	0	48	5	1,914	16.0	999	1,967	50.8	433	352	398	381	20:34
4	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	28	406	143	185	328	+51	253	15	29	6	11	19	3	903	15.8	105	280	37.5	329	242	276	265	18:12
5	Kyle Connor K. Connor	28	644	299	323	622	0	147	68	107	9	1	61	13	2,032	14.7	25	74	33.8	183	207	374	367	19:39
6	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	28	632	283	321	604	+92	264	70	89	3	1	38	6	1,797	15.7	383	823	46.5	640	345	292	303	19:19
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	27	676	306	477	783	+44	330	91	160	1	2	56	16	2,034	15.0	8,249	15,249	54.1	627	325	417	585	20:17
8	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	27	676	289	436	725	+141	701	67	165	17	17	57	15	1,879	15.4	207	526	39.4	628	233	431	697	19:08
9	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	27	693	250	284	534	-2	337	58	90	0	0	43	11	2,165	11.5	672	1,611	41.7	802	178	379	465	17:33
10	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	25	509	158	224	382	+39	443	43	78	0	0	29	3	1,384	11.4	16	49	32.7	1,014	154	212	468	16:49
11	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	25	705	283	543	826	+138	198	67	182	0	1	42	9	1,958	14.5	12	58	20.7	182	132	394	649	19:51
12	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	24	699	363	722	1,085	+170	272	89	280	8	10	68	15	2,401	15.1	3,843	7,968	48.2	531	282	642	683	21:57
13	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	23	622	216	253	469	-102	238	62	65	6	4	31	7	1,451	14.9	5,310	9,822	54.1	675	472	397	300	18:43
14	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	23	718	286	320	606	-49	167	114	99	12	6	47	4	1,757	16.3	1,220	2,775	44.0	474	412	275	370	19:08
15	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	22	621	302	585	887	+117	319	85	246	0	0	51	7	2,072	14.6	9	19	47.4	315	199	389	691	20:12
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	21	684	334	583	917	+204	321	90	209	2	1	59	15	2,964	11.3	4,950	10,672	46.4	475	354	342	596	21:28
17	Bryan Rust B. Rust	21	612	209	242	451	+37	199	38	67	6	6	32	8	1,529	13.7	40	120	33.3	708	403	248	363	17:59
18	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	21	650	232	215	447	+125	346	49	32	8	4	35	3	1,690	13.7	340	768	44.3	772	293	269	245	18:36
19	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	20	657	159	145	304	+47	492	12	3	21	8	27	1	1,569	10.1	606	1,414	42.9	1,442	413	356	333	15:59
20	Gustav Nyquist G. Nyquist	20	624	133	246	379	-36	136	21	58	9	2	16	2	1,243	10.7	98	219	44.7	367	264	288	347	17:26
21	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	20	683	294	405	699	+52	353	80	101	2	7	54	15	1,547	19.0	5,470	11,432	47.8	456	403	480	494	20:52
22	Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	20	594	160	225	385	-17	190	43	40	2	0	23	3	1,379	11.6	359	722	49.7	494	281	387	273	18:01
23	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	20	693	231	225	456	-15	177	62	61	4	3	30	8	1,997	11.6	127	297	42.8	580	170	274	329	16:43
24	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	20	642	240	396	636	+130	690	76	132	1	1	26	2	1,887	12.7	61	150	40.7	900	173	303	526	17:54
25	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	19	686	379	437	816	+123	330	126	144	0	0	61	11	2,714	14.0	44	129	34.1	587	223	402	798	19:02