which active nhl player has the most career empty net goals

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals by an active player, with 68 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	68	1,532	912	745	1,657	+61	841	328	284	5	1	139	27	6,973	13.1	66	192	34.4	3,810	570	788	1,224	20:32
2	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	40	1,138	447	578	1,025	+279	1,145	89	173	36	23	84	21	2,916	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,071	397	688	988	18:03
3	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	1,390	646	1,081	1,727	+192	882	192	410	4	7	102	25	4,390	14.7	16,107	30,428	52.9	1,215	679	785	1,150	20:39
4	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	716	297	369	666	+122	310	72	128	20	12	66	17	1,961	15.1	4,075	7,956	51.2	549	215	506	610	19:07
5	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,223	509	641	1,150	-25	539	157	218	3	3	83	19	3,854	13.2	11,678	21,622	54.0	925	517	871	1,093	19:16
6	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	691	309	450	759	+91	479	107	172	0	0	48	5	1,937	16.0	1,017	2,000	50.8	437	364	406	393	20:24
7	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	29	639	286	324	610	+95	271	70	92	4	1	39	6	1,813	15.8	393	850	46.2	646	351	294	311	19:21
8	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	28	409	143	188	331	+50	255	15	30	6	11	19	3	912	15.7	105	281	37.4	331	244	276	268	18:12
9	Kyle Connor K. Connor	28	651	302	325	627	-3	147	69	107	9	1	61	13	2,060	14.7	25	74	33.8	184	208	374	371	19:41
10	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	793	316	595	911	+141	236	75	200	0	1	49	10	2,178	14.5	12	58	20.7	229	148	425	698	19:44
11	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	27	838	375	670	1,045	+170	404	100	278	0	0	61	8	2,589	14.5	10	23	43.5	460	275	464	826	19:03
12	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	27	744	258	295	553	-12	354	62	93	0	0	44	11	2,251	11.5	711	1,693	42.0	869	187	391	478	17:10
13	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	27	1,239	522	853	1,375	+33	1,222	185	336	4	1	87	14	3,876	13.5	6,094	13,578	44.9	723	530	1,037	1,204	19:31
14	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	26	1,203	600	616	1,216	+1	701	232	218	5	3	98	17	3,598	16.7	6,946	13,747	50.5	1,270	544	514	697	19:01
15	Patrick Kane P. Kane	26	1,328	498	868	1,366	-1	464	139	316	0	1	83	14	4,307	11.6	328	847	38.7	342	308	720	743	20:00
16	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	25	517	161	230	391	+38	455	43	80	0	0	29	3	1,405	11.5	17	51	33.3	1,036	155	216	481	16:49
17	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	25	753	385	767	1,152	+169	292	94	300	9	10	73	16	2,552	15.1	4,145	8,674	47.8	548	298	676	716	21:47
18	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	25	814	316	346	662	-55	177	125	103	13	6	50	4	1,951	16.2	1,289	2,992	43.1	509	447	297	395	18:50
19	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	25	909	401	684	1,085	+224	403	109	233	2	2	74	15	3,672	10.9	5,907	12,708	46.5	629	496	468	720	20:35
20	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	24	829	267	312	579	-81	299	72	74	6	4	41	8	1,917	13.9	5,695	10,532	54.1	920	582	480	428	17:52
21	Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	24	834	230	312	542	+29	245	58	57	5	2	31	5	1,870	12.3	502	1,007	49.9	663	403	550	343	17:37
22	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	23	675	242	223	465	+125	368	51	36	8	4	36	3	1,759	13.8	341	771	44.2	809	305	280	254	18:33
23	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	23	930	300	301	601	+64	246	76	69	10	4	42	8	2,573	11.7	134	323	41.5	804	212	371	434	16:17
24	Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	22	777	254	338	592	+96	626	69	84	5	5	44	7	2,113	12.0	1,600	2,979	53.7	1,522	552	480	372	19:15
25	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	22	917	354	495	849	+85	443	93	119	2	7	61	17	2,034	17.4	6,883	14,702	46.8	685	546	628	606	20:04

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	24	12	3	51	15
Islanders	22	14	4	48	4
Flyers	20	12	7	47	5
Capitals	21	15	5	47	15
Devils	21	17	2	44	-11
Rangers	19	18	5	43	-7
Penguins	17	12	9	43	-1
Blue Jackets	17	16	6	40	-13

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Wed 1/7	DAL	@	WSH	7:00 PM
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Assists Leaders

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Points Leaders

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Wins Leaders

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	30	2	7	67	71
Stars	25	8	7	57	31
Wild	24	10	7	55	21
Predators	18	17	4	40	-16
Mammoth	18	19	3	39	3
Blues	15	18	8	38	-42
Blackhawks	14	18	7	35	-19
Jets	15	19	4	34	-8
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Golden Knights	17	10	11	45	0
Ducks	21	16	3	45	-4
Sharks	20	17	3	43	-15
Kings	16	13	9	41	-3
Flames	18	18	4	40	-9
Kraken	16	14	7	39	-16
Canucks	16	20	3	35	-24

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Red Wings	24	14	3	51	-3
Lightning	23	13	3	49	26
Canadiens	21	12	6	48	-1
Sabres	21	14	4	46	3
Panthers	21	15	3	45	2
Bruins	21	18	2	44	-4
Senators	19	15	5	43	2
Maple Leafs	18	15	6	42	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	24	12	3	51	15
Islanders	22	14	4	48	4
Flyers	20	12	7	47	5
Capitals	21	15	5	47	15
Devils	21	17	2	44	-11
Penguins	17	12	9	43	-1
Rangers	19	18	5	43	-7
Blue Jackets	17	16	6	40	-13