nhl player most empty net goal in a month

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

NAMEENGMONTHGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Alex 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
2Brandon Hagel
B. Hagel
4
November 2025
13
12
7
19
+15
4
0
2
1
0
4
0
45
26.7
12
25
48.0
9
8
4
12
18:21
3Nikita 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
4Jake 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
5Brad 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
6Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
4
December 1988
13
9
22
31
+10
6
0
8
1
2
0
0
57
15.8
7Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
3
November 2025
15
10
8
18
+8
2
1
2
0
0
2
0
41
24.4
1
1
100.0
23
5
1
16
17:46
8Tom Wilson
T. Wilson
3
November 2025
15
9
8
17
+12
46
2
1
0
0
2
0
34
26.5
6
10
60.0
37
11
4
18
19:07
9Seth Jarvis
S. Jarvis
3
November 2025
15
8
3
11
+1
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
44
18.2
8
19
42.1
21
6
9
17
18:30
10Connor Bedard
C. Bedard
3
November 2025
14
10
13
23
+5
14
2
6
0
0
2
0
52
19.2
87
160
54.4
2
10
6
18
21:10
11Jake 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
12Tomas 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
13Mikko 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
14Aliaksei 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
15Gustav 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
16Adrian 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
17Mikko 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
18Kirill 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
19Jake 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
20Andrei 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
21Gustav 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
22Brandon 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
23Filip 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
24Jordan 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
25Bo 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
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