who has the most career empty net goals by a defensemen

Ray Bourque has the most career empty-net goals by a defenseman, with 17 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	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	17	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
2	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	12	761	73	239	312	+147	441	14	67	1	4	13	3	1,294	5.6	2	8	25.0	698	976	270	646	22:22
3	Kris Letang K. Letang	12	1,161	175	597	772	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,001	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
4	Shea Weber S. Weber	12	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
5	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	11	1,087	148	489	637	+123	355	38	154	1	17	33	6	2,588	5.7	1	3	33.3	761	2,095	685	654	24:22
6	Roman Josi R. Josi	10	962	190	534	724	+59	399	65	196	1	9	35	9	2,840	6.7	0	2	0.0	679	1,814	359	656	24:52
7	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	10	1,564	264	878	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
8	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	9	1,131	171	623	794	+193	772	35	250	1	13	29	8	2,422	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,171	1,746	554	925	23:26
9	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	9	1,207	160	526	686	+69	789	80	223	3	7	34	8	2,488	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,025	1,618	296	1,153	26:10
10	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	9	1,680	209	471	680	+301	2,085	93	133	8	27	35	3	3,419	6.1	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
11	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	9	1,635	196	712	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
12	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	8	1,289	223	520	743	+66	1,245	100	293	4	4	36	4	3,092	7.2	1	8	12.5	1,003	975	319	475	22:44
13	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	7	475	58	225	283	+21	142	12	87	0	2	10	2	1,098	5.3	0	0		298	577	252	475	24:30
14	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	7	684	54	163	217	+138	158	8	22	4	8	7	2	1,033	5.2	0	2	0.0	857	1,270	235	550	22:04
15	Jonas Brodin J. Brodin	7	853	58	202	260	+103	262	8	25	1	7	11	1	1,137	5.1	0	0		446	1,491	293	338	22:15
16	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	7	1,010	80	340	420	+289	369	9	61	5	15	15	3	1,518	5.3	2	5	40.0	1,080	2,011	515	775	22:34
17	John Carlson J. Carlson	7	1,088	156	570	726	+103	364	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,520	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,097	626	1,075	23:38
18	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	7	1,416	340	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
19	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	6	1,157	227	450	677	-26	1,392	91	208	8	16	37	2	2,947	7.7	0	0		195	222	59	103	22:09
20	Bobby Orr B. Orr	6	657	270	645	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
21	Adam Fox A. Fox	5	431	63	306	369	+117	174	11	138	4	8	19	3	816	7.7	0	1	0.0	199	678	348	338	23:06
22	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	5	451	40	198	238	-55	240	10	57	0	1	1	0	800	5.0	1	1	100.0	603	453	101	356	22:43
23	Nikita Zaitsev N. Zaitsev	5	482	22	96	118	-54	197	1	13	0	4	2	0	481	4.6	0	0		942	897	129	391	20:29
24	Connor Murphy C. Murphy	5	745	43	117	160	-63	489	2	2	3	3	6	1	963	4.5	0	1	0.0	1,572	1,474	185	434	19:31
25	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	5	776	56	248	304	-179	383	15	105	1	4	8	5	1,455	3.8	1	2	50.0	1,900	1,254	192	425	22:39