which nhl player has the most empty net goals

Brandon Hagel has the most goals against empty nets this season, with 7 goals.

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Which NHL player has the most empty net goals this regular season?

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	7	2025-26	TBL	69	35	38	73	+33	56	5	7	1	0	6	0	205	17.1	25	62	40.3	42	38	35	72	19:46
2	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	6	2025-26	TBL	68	40	81	121	+42	48	7	29	1	0	7	1	211	19.0	0	2	0.0	35	26	18	110	20:21
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	6	2025-26	EDM	75	43	82	125	+14	36	11	36	1	1	4	1	272	15.8	391	814	48.0	37	28	27	126	22:59
4	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6	2025-26	WSH	75	31	28	59	-3	26	5	13	0	0	5	0	216	14.4	2	3	66.7	121	15	9	56	17:29
5	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	6	2025-26	NSH	74	36	22	58	-21	52	11	11	0	0	10	3	179	20.1	268	474	56.5	82	30	22	62	17:42
6	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	6	2025-26	MIN	72	39	42	81	+7	28	16	13	0	0	5	4	248	15.7	0	2	0.0	47	24	19	104	22:18
7	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	6	2025-26	WSH	70	23	24	47	+17	20	0	1	2	1	5	0	147	15.6	22	50	44.0	32	38	25	82	18:20
8	Jordan Eberle J. Eberle	5	2025-26	SEA	71	23	28	51	+5	24	4	12	0	0	3	0	155	14.8	11	29	37.9	48	41	20	49	18:33
9	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	5	2025-26	COL	73	50	71	121	+55	35	11	18	0	0	7	1	325	15.4	635	1,245	51.0	60	34	23	150	22:15
10	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	5	2025-26	WSH	65	27	27	54	+11	117	7	4	0	0	3	0	140	19.3	16	37	43.2	169	49	14	78	19:36
11	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	5	2025-26	MIN	70	38	38	76	+14	28	11	16	4	0	3	1	233	16.3	53	114	46.5	57	52	34	80	20:48
12	Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	5	2025-26	BUF	75	11	25	36	+8	76	0	1	0	0	3	0	82	13.4	191	433	44.1	178	37	20	52	13:43
13	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	5	2025-26	CAR	66	30	32	62	+3	21	5	16	4	0	6	2	210	14.3	31	76	40.8	80	26	39	55	19:00
14	Matthew Knies M. Knies	5	2025-26	TOR	72	21	39	60	-22	29	6	8	1	0	2	0	132	15.9	1	6	16.7	141	30	24	65	18:51
15	Bobby McMann B. McMann	5	2025-26	TOT	69	26	17	43	-2	32	4	2	0	0	3	0	152	17.1	6	11	54.5	153	25	17	36	15:46
16	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	4	2025-26	CGY	74	16	24	40	+11	16	1	2	1	4	3	0	172	9.3	651	1,307	49.8	22	24	27	73	17:54
17	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	4	2025-26	DET	74	37	41	78	+7	17	13	8	0	0	6	2	265	14.0	17	46	37.0	34	35	39	78	18:27
18	Travis Konecny T. Konecny	4	2025-26	PHI	70	26	39	65	+11	57	2	12	1	1	2	0	156	16.7	19	51	37.3	95	36	16	94	19:19
19	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	4	2025-26	DET	67	30	28	58	+5	48	12	9	0	0	8	4	202	14.9	709	1,355	52.3	41	33	17	61	20:13
20	Jared McCann J. McCann	4	2025-26	SEA	46	18	18	36	-5	11	6	6	0	0	2	1	106	17.0	10	20	50.0	37	23	12	50	16:31
21	Jake Evans J. Evans	4	2025-26	MTL	60	11	11	22	-5	16	0	0	2	0	2	1	68	16.2	420	757	55.5	80	45	15	46	15:25
22	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	4	2025-26	EDM	56	31	20	51	+13	28	10	4	0	0	2	1	157	19.7	0	1	0.0	52	18	8	25	20:05
23	Owen Tippett O. Tippett	4	2025-26	PHI	74	27	21	48	-7	30	3	4	3	0	2	0	207	13.0	9	26	34.6	146	47	26	84	16:51
24	Connor Dewar C. Dewar	4	2025-26	PIT	75	14	15	29	+14	17	0	0	1	1	2	0	108	13.0	41	97	42.3	143	45	8	33	13:52
25	Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	4	2025-26	OTT	54	20	31	51	+1	57	5	13	1	0	3	1	204	9.8	154	270	57.0	141	16	14	38	17:08

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Team Leaders

40

Kucherov

81

Kucherov

+/-

+43

Moser

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.57

2nd

GA/GP

2.77

3rd

PP%

22.1

14th

PK%

82.1

3rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	46	21	8	100	42
Lightning	46	22	6	98	61
Canadiens	43	21	10	96	28
Bruins	43	24	8	94	23
Red Wings	39	27	8	86	-7
Senators	38	26	10	86	17
Maple Leafs	32	30	13	77	-29
Panthers	36	35	3	75	-25

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/2	PIT	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Sat 4/4	BOS	@	TBL	5:00 PM
Mon 4/6	TBL	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	TBL	@	OTT	7:00 PM
Thu 4/9	TBL	@	MTL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Canadiens

43 - 21 - 10

Final

Lightning

46 - 22 - 6

Tue 31 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

50

MacKinnon

47

Caufield

43

McDavid

Assists Leaders

82

McDavid

81

Kucherov

71

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

125

McDavid

121

MacKinnon

121

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

371

Trenin

297

Sherwood

270

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

179

Dobson

177

McCabe

167

Fehervary

Wins Leaders

35

Vasilevskiy

33

Vejmelka

30

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.32

Vasilevskiy

2.38

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.916

Wedgewood

.912

Shesterkin

.912

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.78

3.57

3.51

Goals Against Rankings

2.53

2.73

2.77

Power Play Rankings

30.0

28.8

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

83.9

83.5

82.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-26

48-26

46-27

45-30

43-30

44-31

Worst Record ATS

25-49

28-46

29-46

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	49	15	10	108	90
Stars - x	44	19	12	100	46
Wild	41	21	12	94	26
Mammoth	38	30	6	82	23
Predators	34	31	9	77	-26
Jets	32	30	12	76	-15
Blues	31	31	12	74	-38
Blackhawks	27	34	14	68	-53
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	41	29	5	87	-8
Oilers	38	28	9	85	10
Golden Knights	33	26	16	82	0
Kings	30	26	18	78	-26
Sharks	35	31	7	77	-36
Kraken	32	30	11	75	-21
Flames	31	35	8	70	-43
Canucks - e	22	44	8	52	-88

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	46	21	8	100	42
Lightning	46	22	6	98	61
Canadiens	43	21	10	96	28
Bruins	43	24	8	94	23
Senators	38	26	10	86	17
Red Wings	39	27	8	86	-7
Maple Leafs	32	30	13	77	-29
Panthers	36	35	3	75	-25
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	47	21	6	100	45
Penguins	38	21	16	92	25
Islanders	42	29	5	89	1
Blue Jackets	38	25	12	88	8
Flyers	37	25	12	86	-5
Capitals	38	28	9	85	15
Devils	38	34	2	78	-22
Rangers - e	31	35	9	71	-18