which nhl team has the most empty net goals

The Buffalo Sabres have scored the most empty-net goals by a team this season, with 21 goals.

Interpreted as:

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

	TEAM	ENG	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Sabres	21	2025-26	65	40	19	6	86	.662	3	0	228	196	32	20.8	82.5	28.06	12.5	29.86	.899
2	Avalanche	19	2025-26	63	43	11	9	95	.754	3	5	238	154	84	16.0	82.4	34.05	11.1	26.63	.908
3	Red Wings	18	2025-26	65	36	22	7	79	.608	2	3	190	191	-1	22.3	78.9	28.28	10.3	27.80	.894
4	Flyers	17	2025-26	64	30	23	11	71	.555	7	3	180	198	-18	15.8	78.2	25.22	11.2	25.70	.880
5	Capitals	17	2025-26	66	32	27	7	71	.538	1	5	207	194	13	16.7	78.8	28.91	10.8	27.97	.895
6	Maple Leafs	16	2025-26	65	27	27	11	65	.500	1	3	202	226	-24	19.1	83.0	27.40	11.3	31.97	.891
7	Lightning	16	2025-26	63	39	20	4	82	.651	4	2	221	175	46	21.8	81.4	28.27	12.4	27.10	.897
8	Wild	16	2025-26	65	38	16	11	87	.669	4	4	216	181	35	25.2	78.6	28.74	11.6	30.20	.908
9	Kraken	16	2025-26	63	29	25	9	67	.532	1	4	178	186	-8	21.3	72.8	25.48	11.1	29.46	.900
10	Penguins	15	2025-26	64	32	17	15	79	.617	1	10	216	183	33	25.1	84.3	29.28	11.5	27.31	.895
11	Predators	14	2025-26	64	29	27	8	66	.516	3	0	188	218	-30	22.9	80.6	28.42	10.3	29.28	.884
12	Blue Jackets	14	2025-26	64	33	21	10	76	.594	5	1	204	204	0	20.5	78.0	29.95	10.6	29.77	.893
13	Mammoth	14	2025-26	65	34	26	5	73	.562	0	0	203	181	22	16.7	78.6	27.57	11.3	25.97	.893
14	Canadiens	12	2025-26	64	36	18	10	82	.641	2	5	226	207	19	25.1	76.7	26.39	13.4	27.59	.883
15	Oilers	12	2025-26	65	32	25	8	72	.554	0	3	231	218	13	33.1	77.2	29.62	12.0	27.11	.876
16	Hurricanes	12	2025-26	64	41	17	6	88	.688	5	3	224	184	40	22.4	79.4	32.22	10.9	24.25	.881
17	Ducks	12	2025-26	64	36	25	3	75	.586	8	0	207	222	-15	17.9	77.5	30.25	10.7	28.97	.880
18	Panthers	12	2025-26	64	32	29	3	67	.523	4	1	191	212	-21	19.5	82.2	28.98	10.3	26.31	.874
19	Bruins	11	2025-26	64	36	22	6	78	.609	2	3	212	198	14	24.9	77.4	27.08	12.2	29.88	.896
20	Flames	11	2025-26	64	25	32	7	57	.445	2	3	156	197	-41	16.0	81.4	28.58	8.5	29.48	.896
21	Devils	11	2025-26	64	32	30	2	66	.516	4	0	162	192	-30	20.9	80.2	29.81	8.5	27.67	.892
22	Senators	11	2025-26	64	32	23	9	73	.570	3	0	213	201	12	23.1	73.3	28.83	11.5	24.31	.871
23	Rangers	9	2025-26	64	26	30	8	60	.469	3	0	176	200	-24	23.8	78.1	25.53	10.8	28.91	.892
24	Sharks	9	2025-26	62	30	26	6	66	.532	2	1	190	217	-27	20.0	79.1	25.92	11.8	30.26	.884
25	Jets	9	2025-26	63	26	27	10	62	.492	1	2	178	191	-13	18.2	79.0	26.54	10.6	28.10	.892

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More Sabres Stats

Team Leaders

34

Thompson

47

Dahlin

+/-

+31

Samuelsson

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.51

5th

GA/GP

3.02

14th

PP%

20.8

16th

PK%

82.5

4th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	40	19	6	86	35
Canadiens	36	18	10	82	16
Lightning	39	20	4	82	48
Red Wings	36	22	7	79	-2
Bruins	36	22	6	78	13
Senators	32	23	9	73	15
Panthers	32	29	3	67	-18
Maple Leafs	27	27	11	65	-26

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/12	WSH	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Sat 3/14	TOR	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Tue 3/17	BUF	@	VGK	10:00 PM
Thu 3/19	BUF	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Sat 3/21	BUF	@	LAK	4:00 PM

Last Game

Sharks

30 - 26 - 6

Final

Sabres

40 - 19 - 6

Tue 10 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

43

MacKinnon

37

Kaprizov

37

Caufield

Assists Leaders

74

McDavid

70

Kucherov

61

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

110

McDavid

104

MacKinnon

104

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

326

Trenin

254

Sherwood

241

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

150

Dobson

149

Weegar

147

Lindell

Wins Leaders

30

Vejmelka

29

Vasilevskiy

26

Dostal

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.28

DeSmith

2.32

Vasilevskiy

Save Percentage Leaders

.917

Cooley

.916

Wedgewood

.913

Sorokin

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.78

3.55

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.44

2.66

2.78

Power Play Rankings

33.1

29.7

25.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

84.3

83.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-22

39-23

40-24

39-25

39-26

Worst Record ATS

21-43

22-42

24-40

25-40

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	43	11	9	95	82
Stars	40	14	10	90	48
Wild	38	16	11	87	35
Mammoth	34	26	5	73	22
Predators	29	27	8	66	-27
Jets	26	27	10	62	-14
Blues	25	29	10	60	-47
Blackhawks	24	29	11	59	-35
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	36	25	3	75	-7
Oilers	32	25	8	72	10
Golden Knights	29	22	14	72	3
Kraken	29	25	9	67	-11
Kings	26	23	15	67	-23
Sharks	30	26	6	66	-26
Flames	25	32	7	57	-42
Canucks	19	37	8	46	-73

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	40	19	6	86	35
Lightning	39	20	4	82	48
Canadiens	36	18	10	82	16
Red Wings	36	22	7	79	-2
Bruins	36	22	6	78	13
Senators	32	23	9	73	15
Panthers	32	29	3	67	-18
Maple Leafs	27	27	11	65	-26
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	41	17	6	88	42
Penguins	32	17	15	79	24
Islanders	37	23	5	79	6
Blue Jackets	33	21	10	76	4
Flyers	30	23	11	71	-14
Capitals	32	27	7	71	9
Devils	32	30	2	66	-26
Rangers	26	30	8	60	-21