nhl players with most empty net goals career

Alex Ovechkin has the most career empty-net goals, with 70 goals.

	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	70	1,547	919	750	1,669	+62	847	330	287	5	1	140	27	7,020	13.1	66	193	34.2	3,835	573	790	1,239	20:31
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	40	1,145	449	581	1,030	+273	1,147	90	175	36	23	85	22	2,938	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,073	397	688	996	18:03
4	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
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	1,405	652	1,093	1,745	+198	888	194	413	4	7	104	26	4,422	14.7	16,274	30,738	52.9	1,227	685	793	1,165	20:38
6	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
7	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
8	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	731	301	383	684	+130	326	72	134	21	13	66	17	1,994	15.1	4,188	8,158	51.3	564	218	510	637	19:08
9	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	464	610	778	19:56
10	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,239	513	646	1,159	-38	541	159	218	3	3	83	19	3,886	13.2	11,823	21,877	54.0	939	522	874	1,107	19:14
11	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	723	552	523	18:11
12	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	704	313	458	771	+93	489	108	175	0	0	48	5	1,964	15.9	1,023	2,013	50.8	448	372	409	414	20:25
13	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	30	851	384	692	1,076	+184	408	102	287	0	0	61	8	2,619	14.7	10	24	41.7	462	283	466	847	19:04
14	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	995	767	612	418	17:49
15	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	29	422	150	196	346	+59	263	16	31	6	11	21	3	947	15.8	109	290	37.6	340	250	281	273	18:15
16	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	29	652	292	334	626	+99	277	71	97	4	1	40	6	1,847	15.8	412	894	46.1	648	356	297	326	19:20
17	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	29	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
18	Kyle Connor K. Connor	28	667	308	336	644	-8	151	69	110	9	2	61	13	2,104	14.6	25	74	33.8	186	211	377	385	19:43
19	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	804	321	606	927	+131	236	77	205	0	1	50	10	2,211	14.5	13	59	22.0	230	151	430	716	19:45
20	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
21	Pavel Bure P. Bure	28	702	437	342	779	+42	484	121	115	34	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37
22	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	28	1,279	524	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
23	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	27	751	260	297	557	-13	366	62	93	0	0	44	11	2,272	11.4	712	1,696	42.0	881	187	393	486	17:09
24	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	27	1,218	607	622	1,229	-6	707	236	221	5	3	99	17	3,636	16.7	6,987	13,826	50.5	1,298	550	521	708	19:01
25	Patrick Kane P. Kane	27	1,343	500	875	1,375	+2	464	140	317	0	1	83	14	4,334	11.5	329	848	38.8	344	316	722	756	19:58

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Team Leaders

22

Ovechkin

35

Carlson

+/-

+24

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

14th

GA/GP

2.95

11th

PP%

16.3

26th

PK%

78.5

21st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	33	15	6	72	30
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 2/2	NYI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Tue 2/3	WSH	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/5	NSH	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	PHI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Fri 2/27	VGK	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hurricanes

33 - 15 - 6

Final

Capitals

27 - 22 - 7

Sat 31 Jan 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Caufield

Assists Leaders

61

McDavid

55

Kucherov

52

Celebrini

Points Leaders

95

McDavid

91

MacKinnon

82

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

276

Trenin

210

Sherwood

198

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

137

Parayko

135

Dobson

125

Weegar

Wins Leaders

25

Vejmelka

24

Vasilevskiy

22

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.04

Vasilevskiy

2.22

Cooley

2.22

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.920

Vasilevskiy

.919

Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.91

3.46

3.45

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.48

2.69

Power Play Rankings

31.2

30.0

27.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

84.6

84.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

38-16

35-18

35-20

32-21

32-22

Worst Record ATS

17-37

19-36

19-35

19-34

20-34

22-34

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	36	8	9	81	74
Wild	32	14	10	74	25
Stars	32	14	9	73	31
Mammoth	28	23	4	60	19
Predators	25	23	6	56	-27
Jets	22	25	7	51	-10
Blackhawks	21	25	9	51	-30
Blues	20	26	9	49	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	25	15	14	64	7
Oilers	28	20	8	64	8
Kraken	26	19	9	61	-3
Kings	23	17	13	59	-9
Ducks	28	23	3	59	-13
Sharks	27	22	4	58	-17
Flames	22	26	6	50	-26
Canucks	18	31	6	42	-54

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	34	14	4	72	52
Red Wings	32	18	6	70	0
Canadiens	31	17	7	69	9
Sabres	31	18	5	67	21
Bruins	32	20	3	67	15
Panthers	28	23	3	59	-11
Senators	26	21	7	59	6
Maple Leafs	25	21	9	59	-11
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	33	15	6	72	30
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27