nhl player most empty net goal by retirement player in a game

13 players are tied for the most goals against empty nets by an inactive or retired player in a game, with 2 goals. The first three are Eric Staal on February 9, 2023, Michael Grabner on December 1, 2017 and Henrik Sedin on January 3, 2015.

Interpreted as:
NHL player most empty net goal by retirement player in a regular-season game
NAME ENG DATE TM OPP G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI
1 Eric Staal
E. Staal
2
2/9/2023
FLA FLA
vs
SJS SJS
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
50.0
6
18
33.3
1
0
2
0
15:42
2 Michael Grabner
M. Grabner
2
12/1/2017
NYR NYR
vs
CAR CAR
3
0
3
+2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
75.0
0
0
0
1
1
0
12:38
3 Henrik Sedin
H. Sedin
2
1/3/2015
VAN VAN
vs
DET DET
2
1
3
+1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
66.7
8
19
42.1
0
0
1
0
18:58
4 Milan Michalek
M. Michalek
2
3/6/2012
OTT OTT
@
TBL TBL
3
1
4
+4
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
4
75.0
0
0
1
0
1
0
21:14
5 Kristian Huselius
K. Huselius
2
12/29/2006
CGY CGY
vs
LAK LAK
2
1
3
+1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
50.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19:53
6 Marty McInnis
M. McInnis
2
10/28/1997
CGY CGY
vs
PIT PIT
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
50.0
7 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2
10/17/1989
PIT PIT
vs
TOR TOR
3
2
5
+2
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
6
50.0
8 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
2
12/23/1988
LAK LAK
@
VAN VAN
2
2
4
+3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
40.0
9 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
2
3/12/1987
PIT PIT
vs
QUE QUE
3
2
5
+4
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
60.0
10 Danny Gare
D. Gare
2
10/26/1984
DET DET
vs
BUF BUF
2
2
4
+4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
50.0
11 Bill Derlago
B. Derlago
2
2/4/1984
TOR TOR
@
DET DET
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
100.0
12 Marcel Dionne
M. Dionne
2
3/3/1979
LAK LAK
vs
CHI CHI
3
0
3
+3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
27.3
13 Marcel Dionne
M. Dionne
2
2/11/1976
LAK LAK
@
CHI CHI
3
1
4
+4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
60.0
14 Gregg Sheppard
G. Sheppard
2
3/9/1975
BOS BOS
vs
AFM AFM
2
0
2
+1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
40.0
15 Ron Schock
R. Schock
2
3/2/1972
PIT PIT
vs
DET DET
2
0
2
+4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
40.0
16 Sam Colangelo
S. Colangelo
1
3/9/2025
ANA ANA
vs
NYI NYI
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
66.7
0
1
0.0
2
0
0
1
12:33
17 Ivan Miroshnichenko
I. Miroshnichenko
1
11/25/2024
WSH WSH
@
FLA FLA
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
2
0
0
1
9:53
18 T.J. Oshie
T.J. Oshie
1
4/16/2024
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
1
1
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
50.0
0
0
1
1
0
0
18:10
19 Chris Tierney
C. Tierney
1
3/24/2024
NJD NJD
@
NYI NYI
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
50.0
0
1
0.0
1
0
0
0
9:13
20 Joe Pavelski
J. Pavelski
1
3/9/2024
DAL DAL
@
LAK LAK
1
1
2
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
33.3
3
10
30.0
0
2
0
0
15:46
21 Johnny Gaudreau
J. Gaudreau
1
3/2/2024
CBJ CBJ
@
CHI CHI
1
0
1
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
50.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14:48
22 Erik Brännström
E. Brännström
1
2/13/2024
OTT OTT
vs
CBJ CBJ
1
0
1
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
33.3
0
0
3
0
0
1
22:33
23 T.J. Oshie
T.J. Oshie
1
1/18/2024
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
3
0
3
+1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
5
60.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
18:35
24 Blake Wheeler
B. Wheeler
1
1/16/2024
NYR NYR
vs
SEA SEA
2
0
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
100.0
1
1
100.0
1
0
1
1
9:51
25 Joe Pavelski
J. Pavelski
1
1/13/2024
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
1
0
1
+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
50.0
4
6
66.7
0
2
0
0
18:26
StatMuse has game-level data for empty-net goals going back to the 1933-34 season.

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