players with the most empty net goals in a season in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Mario Lemieux scored the most goals against empty nets in a season, with 7 goals in 1988-89.

NAMEENGSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
7
1988-89
PIT PIT
76
85
114
199
+41
100
31
48
13
5
8
1
313
27.2
2Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
6
1988-89
LAK LAK
78
54
114
168
+15
26
11
42
5
10
5
0
303
17.8
3Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
6
1983-84
EDM EDM
74
87
118
205
+78
39
20
27
12
11
11
0
326
26.7
4Bernie Nicholls
B. Nicholls
5
1988-89
LAK LAK
79
70
80
150
+30
96
21
28
8
6
6
0
385
18.2
5Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
5
1986-87
EDM EDM
79
62
121
183
+69
28
13
33
7
6
4
0
288
21.5
6Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
5
1985-86
NYI NYI
78
37
59
96
+30
72
5
24
1
0
3
1
185
20.0
7Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
5
1981-82
NYI NYI
80
64
83
147
+69
22
17
30
0
0
10
301
21.3
8Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
4
1987-88
PIT PIT
77
70
98
168
+23
92
22
58
10
4
7
2
382
18.3
9Petri Skriko
P. Skriko
4
1986-87
VAN VAN
76
33
41
74
-4
44
10
9
6
1
4
0
224
14.7
10Troy Murray
T. Murray
4
1985-86
CHI CHI
80
45
54
99
+32
94
9
14
5
1
7
1
196
23.0
11Dave Poulin
D. Poulin
4
1985-86
PHI PHI
79
27
42
69
+21
49
2
7
6
4
2
0
181
14.9
12Bill Derlago
B. Derlago
4
1983-84
TOR TOR
79
40
20
60
-8
50
8
3
2
0
3
0
210
19.0
13Brian Sutter
B. Sutter
4
1983-84
STL STL
76
32
51
83
-10
162
14
15
2
0
3
1
193
16.6
14Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
4
1981-82
EDM EDM
80
92
120
212
+80
26
18
39
6
2
12
370
24.9
15Ric Seiling
R. Seiling
4
1980-81
BUF BUF
74
30
27
57
+21
80
2
3
1
1
4
140
21.4
16Kevin Dineen
K. Dineen
3
1988-89
HFD HFD
79
45
44
89
-6
167
20
17
1
0
4
0
294
15.3
17Ron Francis
R. Francis
3
1988-89
HFD HFD
69
29
48
77
+4
36
8
21
0
0
4
0
156
18.6
18Dirk Graham
D. Graham
3
1988-89
CHI CHI
80
33
45
78
+8
91
5
7
10
1
5
0
217
15.2
19Ken Linseman
K. Linseman
3
1988-89
BOS BOS
78
27
45
72
+15
164
13
19
1
3
2
0
159
17.0
20Kelly Miller
K. Miller
3
1988-89
WSH WSH
78
19
21
40
+13
45
2
2
1
1
3
0
121
15.7
21Troy Murray
T. Murray
3
1988-89
CHI CHI
79
21
30
51
0
113
5
11
2
2
2
1
156
13.5
22Steve Yzerman
S. Yzerman
3
1988-89
DET DET
80
65
90
155
+17
61
17
29
3
5
7
2
388
16.8
23Denis Savard
D. Savard
3
1987-88
CHI CHI
80
44
87
131
+4
95
14
48
7
6
6
1
270
16.3
24Peter Stastny
P. Stastny
3
1987-88
QUE QUE
76
46
65
111
+2
69
20
37
0
2
2
0
199
23.1
25Mike Bullard
M. Bullard
3
1986-87
TOT
71
30
36
66
+7
51
11
10
0
0
3
0
180
16.7
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21
9
2
44
18
Islanders Islanders
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11
3
41
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10
4
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23
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9
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14
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13
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36
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7:00 PM
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12/20
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@
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7:00 PM
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12/21
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23
2
7
53
54
Stars Stars
21
7
5
47
22
Wild Wild
19
9
5
43
12
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
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16
6
9
41
6
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19
12
1
39
7
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14
8
9
37
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18
11
3
39
21
Red Wings Red Wings
18
12
3
39
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Canadiens Canadiens
17
11
4
38
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Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
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9
2
44
18
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11
3
41
7
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10
4
40
23

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11/17
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11/18
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WSH WSH
4-7
Tue
11/18
CGY CGY
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