nhl player with most empty net goals in a career

Alex Ovechkin has the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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Data note: Empty-Net Goals: player season data complete from 1933-34

	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	72	1,589	930	762	1,692	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,134	13.0	66	195	33.8	3,897	582	795	1,260	20:23
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	56	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
3	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	41	1,154	452	583	1,035	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,954	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,077	397	691	1,003	18:01
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	40	1,439	660	1,114	1,774	+192	912	195	418	4	7	104	26	4,499	14.7	16,647	31,426	53.0	1,252	698	799	1,204	20:35
5	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	40	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
6	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	33	464	172	220	392	+68	295	19	37	6	11	23	3	1,094	15.7	118	316	37.3	358	272	305	319	18:27
7	Eric Staal E. Staal	33	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
8	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	33	915	690	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
9	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	775	320	417	737	+146	358	79	145	23	17	69	18	2,122	15.1	4,548	8,837	51.5	593	231	524	695	19:09
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	897	409	741	1,150	+209	442	107	303	1	0	66	10	2,768	14.8	11	25	44.0	483	297	484	923	19:09
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	32	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	463	610	778	19:56
12	Kyle Connor K. Connor	31	714	338	357	695	-14	157	79	114	9	2	67	14	2,281	14.8	25	75	33.3	213	231	392	431	19:52
13	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	31	699	316	365	681	+112	321	77	110	4	1	42	7	1,978	16.0	559	1,226	45.6	679	375	306	376	19:25
14	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,276	527	665	1,192	-60	553	168	227	3	3	86	20	3,963	13.3	12,188	22,539	54.1	968	539	880	1,144	19:12
15	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	31	1,172	321	622	943	+67	764	59	196	14	10	49	5	2,955	10.9	808	1,766	45.8	1,353	724	552	523	18:11
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	733	325	478	803	+98	517	111	184	0	0	49	6	2,013	16.1	1,043	2,065	50.5	472	378	422	446	20:24
17	Zach Parise Z. Parise	30	1,254	434	455	889	+76	444	125	133	11	10	83	9	3,776	11.5	412	975	42.3	996	767	612	418	17:49
18	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	29	814	420	849	1,269	+210	324	100	338	11	10	76	17	2,768	15.2	4,491	9,373	47.9	592	320	701	813	21:54
19	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	29	858	333	365	698	-66	189	135	111	13	7	51	5	2,073	16.1	1,393	3,218	43.3	562	466	307	434	18:57
20	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	29	969	430	742	1,172	+237	440	116	248	2	2	77	15	3,911	11.0	6,388	13,625	46.9	672	513	486	840	20:40
21	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,265	635	641	1,276	-11	745	248	232	5	3	102	18	3,759	16.9	7,210	14,191	50.8	1,338	574	526	745	18:59
22	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	29	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,068	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
23	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	846	338	634	972	+136	256	82	213	0	1	52	10	2,328	14.5	13	59	22.0	237	158	443	777	19:49
24	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,384	509	900	1,409	-16	484	140	327	0	1	85	14	4,427	11.5	333	861	38.7	364	328	728	785	19:55
25	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	28	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41

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+/-

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Dubois

Team Rankings

G/GP

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GA/GP

3.31

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PP%

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PK%

77.8

15th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	14	3	2	30	33
Devils	13	6	0	26	13
Rangers	11	8	1	23	3
Capitals	10	6	0	20	3
Islanders	7	6	4	18	-3
Flyers	5	10	6	16	-22
Penguins	7	10	2	16	-6
Blue Jackets	7	9	0	14	-10

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	WSH	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NJD	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Tue 11/17	WSH	@	TBL	7:30 PM
Thu 11/19	BUF	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 11/21	WSH	@	BOS	7:00 PM

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Points Leaders

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Hits Leaders

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Trenin

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Blocks Leaders

53

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Weegar

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Wins Leaders

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Kochetkov

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Goals Against Leaders

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13-7

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	13	3	4	30	21
Predators	10	4	5	25	6
Avalanche	11	6	2	24	19
Stars	10	5	2	22	8
Mammoth	10	8	1	21	-2
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Sharks	8	11	2	18	-21
Flames	8	10	1	17	-19
Kings	5	9	2	12	-10
Canucks	3	16	1	7	-34

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	13	4	1	27	27
Lightning	12	4	2	26	15
Canadiens	11	3	4	26	7
Senators	11	6	2	24	3
Panthers	10	7	2	22	4
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Maple Leafs	8	10	2	18	-3
Red Wings	7	9	3	17	-8
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Devils	13	6	0	26	13
Rangers	11	8	1	23	3
Capitals	10	6	0	20	3
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Flyers	5	10	6	16	-22
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Tue 10/13	COL	@	DAL	3-2
Tue 10/13	VGK	@	NSH	5-2
Tue 10/13	TOR	@	UTA	4-5
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	CAR	@	SEA	12:00 PM
Thu 11/12	MTL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	MIN	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	WSH	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	TBL	@	CBJ	7:00 PM

Alex Ovechkin has the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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