nhl player most empty net goal in a month

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most goals against empty nets in a month, with 5 goals in December 2022.

NAME ENG MONTH 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
5
December 2022
15
13
9
22
+12
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
71
18.3
1
1
100.0
32
6
4
10
20:07
2 Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
4
March 2024
11
4
18
22
+8
6
0
4
0
0
0
0
32
12.5
0
0
5
4
6
14
19:44
3 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
4
November 2022
14
7
8
15
-4
10
1
1
0
0
0
0
36
19.4
1
2
50.0
24
1
3
7
19:43
4 Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
4
April 2021
17
14
10
24
+15
16
0
2
3
1
4
0
53
26.4
4
8
50.0
23
2
18
11
19:05
5 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
4
December 1988
13
9
22
31
+10
6
0
8
1
2
0
0
57
15.8
6 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
3
March 2025
15
10
6
16
+8
6
3
1
0
0
2
0
48
20.8
35
77
45.5
6
10
3
17
20:00
7 Tomas Hertl
T. Hertl
3
January 2025
15
10
6
16
-1
10
2
4
0
0
0
0
43
23.3
99
185
53.5
18
12
7
10
17:31
8 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
3
December 2024
13
6
14
20
+10
8
1
3
0
0
1
0
31
19.4
29
53
54.7
7
9
5
13
21:32
9 Aliaksei Protas
A. Protas
3
December 2024
13
8
3
11
+9
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
34
23.5
2
8
25.0
3
5
2
8
16:43
10 Gustav Nyquist
G. Nyquist
3
November 2024
15
3
2
5
-11
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
15.8
3
5
60.0
6
6
1
11
17:34
11 Adrian Kempe
A. Kempe
3
November 2024
14
8
6
14
+6
8
1
2
0
0
0
0
47
17.0
2
6
33.3
16
9
0
18
19:28
12 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
3
November 2024
14
11
8
19
+1
6
3
2
0
0
4
0
43
25.6
36
69
52.2
11
9
8
18
22:32
13 Kirill Kaprizov
K. Kaprizov
3
November 2024
14
10
10
20
+10
6
2
1
0
0
2
0
45
22.2
0
2
0.0
5
6
4
23
22:06
14 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
3
April 2024
6
6
3
9
+3
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
18
33.3
1
2
50.0
3
0
6
1
17:07
15 Andrei Svechnikov
A. Svechnikov
3
March 2024
15
4
7
11
+2
20
0
2
0
0
1
0
43
9.3
2
3
66.7
24
4
11
15
16:41
16 Gustav Nyquist
G. Nyquist
3
February 2024
10
4
9
13
+7
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
12
33.3
0
3
0.0
4
7
5
4
16:50
17 Brandon Hagel
B. Hagel
3
January 2024
12
6
7
13
+3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
20.0
2
7
28.6
6
4
11
3
19:17
18 Filip Chytil
F. Chytil
3
January 2023
12
8
4
12
+7
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
32
25.0
42
104
40.4
5
7
5
5
14:34
19 Jordan Staal
J. Staal
3
April 2022
12
9
3
12
+5
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
24
37.5
107
186
57.5
24
2
4
10
16:05
20 Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
3
March 2022
14
9
5
14
+5
8
2
1
1
0
0
0
35
25.7
158
252
62.7
13
11
9
4
18:09
21 Auston Matthews
A. Matthews
3
March 2022
12
13
6
19
-2
4
2
1
0
0
1
0
62
21.0
114
210
54.3
16
10
16
7
20:23
22 Andrei Svechnikov
A. Svechnikov
3
October 2021
8
7
4
11
+8
14
1
2
0
0
1
0
31
22.6
0
2
0.0
12
0
4
10
15:42
23 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
3
April 2021
9
6
6
12
+9
18
2
5
0
0
1
0
35
17.1
4
11
36.4
4
3
6
0
20:46
24 Barclay Goodrow
B. Goodrow
3
February 2021
13
5
2
7
+7
7
0
0
0
0
1
0
18
27.8
30
67
44.8
28
11
4
4
15:41
25 Patrik Laine
P. Laine
3
February 2020
14
8
5
13
-5
8
4
2
0
0
1
0
50
16.0
1
2
50.0
18
7
12
14
18:42
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