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 empty-net goals in a season, with 7 goals in 1988-89.

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