which active nhl player has the most career empty net goals

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career goals against empty nets by an active player, with 65 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
65
1,491
897
726
1,623
+60
831
326
277
5
1
136
27
6,864
13.1
64
190
33.7
3,742
563
784
1,189
20:37
2 Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
38
1,100
424
556
980
+285
1,115
84
163
36
23
82
21
2,811
15.1
268
688
39.0
1,039
381
675
946
18:02
3 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
38
1,352
625
1,062
1,687
+197
854
184
403
4
7
100
25
4,299
14.5
15,664
29,637
52.9
1,181
662
772
1,107
20:40
4 Sebastian Aho
S. Aho
31
677
283
348
631
+121
296
68
122
20
11
64
16
1,873
15.1
3,774
7,338
51.4
515
202
488
562
19:05
5 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
30
652
294
411
705
+91
408
103
151
0
0
47
5
1,840
16.0
991
1,949
50.8
410
345
392
349
20:25
6 John Tavares
J. Tavares
29
1,184
494
620
1,114
-21
521
155
215
3
3
82
18
3,749
13.2
11,310
21,003
53.8
888
509
853
1,056
19:18
7 Kyle Connor
K. Connor
27
613
284
298
582
-9
139
67
99
7
1
60
12
1,926
14.7
25
74
33.8
174
202
366
341
19:36
8 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
27
600
268
303
571
+87
256
66
83
2
1
36
5
1,710
15.7
312
683
45.7
628
326
279
280
19:15
9 Artemi Panarin
A. Panarin
26
752
302
568
870
+147
222
75
190
0
1
47
10
2,053
14.7
12
58
20.7
222
140
415
647
19:41
10 Jonathan Marchessault
J. Marchessault
26
716
251
292
543
+6
348
58
93
0
0
43
11
2,191
11.5
703
1,677
41.9
831
182
387
446
17:11
11 Patrick Kane
P. Kane
26
1,302
492
851
1,343
0
454
138
308
0
1
81
14
4,233
11.6
328
846
38.8
335
298
719
714
20:03
12 Andrei Svechnikov
A. Svechnikov
25
478
151
213
364
+40
427
39
76
0
0
28
3
1,297
11.6
12
41
29.3
971
147
207
437
16:49
13 Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
25
803
357
637
994
+157
386
96
268
0
0
57
7
2,481
14.4
10
22
45.5
446
263
454
766
19:00
14 Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
25
1,213
514
832
1,346
+28
1,202
183
325
4
1
86
14
3,810
13.5
6,000
13,370
44.9
713
523
1,029
1,176
19:34
15 Brandon Hagel
B. Hagel
24
375
125
172
297
+32
233
13
27
5
11
15
3
810
15.4
89
245
36.3
305
224
261
227
18:06
16 Sam Reinhart
S. Reinhart
23
775
294
325
619
-49
173
118
95
10
6
45
4
1,847
15.9
1,252
2,890
43.3
474
421
288
368
18:43
17 Tyler Toffoli
T. Toffoli
23
890
290
285
575
+66
244
74
66
10
4
42
8
2,485
11.7
131
312
42.0
776
192
362
406
16:18
18 Steven Stamkos
S. Stamkos
23
1,164
582
608
1,190
+10
679
228
215
5
3
91
14
3,506
16.6
6,801
13,494
50.4
1,238
529
500
662
19:05
19 Connor McDavid
C. McDavid
22
712
361
721
1,082
+168
276
87
277
8
9
72
16
2,407
15.0
3,936
8,243
47.7
533
280
663
652
21:44
20 Tomas Hertl
T. Hertl
22
791
252
297
549
-76
276
65
69
6
4
39
8
1,814
13.9
5,345
9,926
53.8
870
566
470
400
17:53
21 Jaden Schwartz
J. Schwartz
22
811
222
305
527
+23
237
56
56
4
2
29
5
1,822
12.2
490
989
49.5
639
383
537
316
17:37
22 Tyler Seguin
T. Seguin
22
989
360
449
809
+89
307
94
139
2
4
62
10
3,216
11.2
5,042
9,409
53.6
813
354
439
551
18:05
23 Evander Kane
E. Kane
22
930
326
291
617
-50
1,186
52
52
18
7
46
5
3,248
10.0
657
1,452
45.2
2,216
372
476
498
18:42
24 Zach Hyman
Z. Hyman
21
653
230
213
443
+121
356
47
32
8
4
35
3
1,695
13.6
341
770
44.3
777
300
277
244
18:31
25 Bryan Rust
B. Rust
21
638
203
234
437
+38
205
35
57
6
6
30
8
1,559
13.0
41
121
33.9
785
398
255
348
17:23
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