Since 2016-17, Alex Ovechkin has scored the most goals against empty nets, with 39 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	39	652	372	285	657	-18	264	131	93	1	0	48	10	2,636	14.1	13	43	30.2	1,474	232	241	439	19:44
2	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	31	677	283	348	631	+121	296	68	122	20	11	64	16	1,873	15.1	3,774	7,338	51.4	515	202	488	562	19:05
3	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	643	294	411	705	+98	406	103	151	0	0	47	5	1,831	16.1	978	1,925	50.8	410	334	391	348	20:35
4	Kyle Connor K. Connor	27	613	284	298	582	-9	139	67	99	7	1	60	12	1,926	14.7	25	74	33.8	174	202	366	341	19:36
5	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	27	600	268	303	571	+87	256	66	83	2	1	36	5	1,710	15.7	312	683	45.7	628	326	279	280	19:15
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	26	645	287	462	749	+49	302	83	155	1	2	54	16	1,958	14.7	7,894	14,609	54.0	601	311	407	556	20:19
7	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	26	667	243	281	524	+16	331	54	90	0	0	42	11	2,107	11.5	664	1,595	41.6	765	173	375	434	17:33
8	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	25	478	151	213	364	+40	427	39	76	0	0	28	3	1,297	11.6	12	41	29.3	971	147	207	437	16:49
9	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	25	646	271	420	691	+147	681	64	158	17	17	56	15	1,793	15.1	206	519	39.7	610	220	422	663	19:10
10	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	24	375	125	172	297	+32	233	13	27	5	11	15	3	810	15.4	89	245	36.3	305	224	261	227	18:06
11	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	24	672	272	521	793	+139	190	67	174	0	1	40	9	1,866	14.6	12	58	20.7	176	126	386	612	19:49
12	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	22	667	345	689	1,034	+169	258	84	266	8	9	67	15	2,302	15.0	3,687	7,639	48.3	521	270	630	635	21:55
13	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	22	687	271	305	576	-40	163	110	93	10	6	42	4	1,679	16.1	1,195	2,696	44.3	445	390	267	347	19:03
14	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	21	591	203	244	447	-98	230	56	62	6	4	29	7	1,369	14.8	5,022	9,335	53.8	635	460	388	277	18:46
15	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	21	592	289	556	845	+107	305	82	238	0	0	48	6	1,979	14.6	9	18	50.0	305	188	381	644	20:10
16	Bryan Rust B. Rust	21	583	198	226	424	+40	189	35	56	6	6	29	8	1,457	13.6	40	117	34.2	702	372	243	334	17:52
17	Blake Coleman B. Coleman	20	624	150	140	290	+38	467	12	3	18	8	25	1	1,495	10.0	597	1,392	42.9	1,366	388	347	300	15:56
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	20	652	308	554	862	+164	309	84	202	2	1	56	14	2,814	10.9	4,637	10,034	46.2	451	335	334	538	21:27
19	Gustav Nyquist G. Nyquist	20	602	133	240	373	-35	132	21	55	9	2	16	2	1,213	11.0	92	204	45.1	354	254	278	337	17:37
20	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	20	660	222	212	434	-18	175	60	58	4	3	30	8	1,928	11.5	125	290	43.1	559	153	267	309	16:46
21	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	20	637	226	211	437	+121	338	47	32	8	4	35	3	1,658	13.6	340	767	44.3	746	292	268	242	18:35
22	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
23	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	19	652	278	381	659	+41	335	77	98	2	6	52	15	1,480	18.8	5,228	10,928	47.8	447	391	473	449	20:54
24	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	18	659	366	414	780	+126	314	120	136	0	0	59	11	2,618	14.0	43	128	33.6	550	213	392	752	18:59
25	Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	18	571	152	218	370	-23	182	41	39	1	0	21	3	1,331	11.4	347	704	49.3	470	261	374	246	18:03