who has the most career empty net goals in one season playoffs

Matt Boldy and Henrik Zetterberg are tied for the most goals against empty nets in a single NHL playoff run, with 4 goals.

	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	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	4	2025-26	MIN	11	7	6	13	+5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	48	14.6	21	42	50.0	19	8	3	11	23:36
2	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	4	2008-09	DET	23	11	13	24	+13	13	4	4	0	0	0	0	82	13.4	251	444	56.5	39	18	14	14	22:10
3	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	3	2025-26	COL	9	7	6	13	+7	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	36	19.4	73	136	53.7	7	2	3	14	21:17
4	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	3	2024-25	FLA	21	11	12	23	+5	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	63	17.5	33	93	35.5	38	23	8	13	21:31
5	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	3	2024-25	CAR	15	8	4	12	+4	22	1	1	0	0	3	0	40	20.0	2	7	28.6	62	2	3	22	18:05
6	Ondrej Palat O. Palat	3	2021-22	TBL	23	11	10	21	+10	10	0	2	0	0	3	0	49	22.4	2	12	16.7	64	19	19	18	16:59
7	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	3	2020-21	COL	10	8	7	15	+6	2	2	4	0	0	2	0	38	21.1	59	120	49.2	15	5	6	7	20:45
8	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	3	2018-19	BOS	24	9	14	23	+4	14	3	9	0	1	2	0	72	12.5	9	34	26.5	17	6	17	26	20:15
9	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	3	2017-18	WPG	17	14	6	20	+6	10	4	1	0	0	1	0	45	31.1	153	322	47.5	26	16	9	8	21:21
10	Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	3	1973-74	NYR	13	6	6	12	+3	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	16.2
11	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	2	2025-26	CAR	8	3	1	4	+1	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	14	21.4	49	110	44.5	11	4	3	8	21:59
12	Brock Nelson B. Nelson	2	2025-26	COL	9	2	1	3	+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	81	165	49.1	12	10	3	2	17:53
13	Sam Bennett S. Bennett	2	2024-25	FLA	23	15	7	22	+6	48	4	0	0	0	1	0	69	21.7	96	246	39.0	107	11	4	26	17:34
14	Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	2	2024-25	WPG	8	5	2	7	+1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	31	16.1	0	0		12	4	3	6	17:17
15	Adam Lowry A. Lowry	2	2024-25	WPG	13	4	0	4	+2	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	16.7	127	241	52.7	61	9	1	7	17:27
16	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	2	2024-25	WSH	10	3	4	7	+3	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	19	15.8	3	6	50.0	51	9	4	16	20:01
17	Connor Brown C. Brown	2	2024-25	EDM	20	5	4	9	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	18.5	8	15	53.3	18	11	2	17	15:41
18	Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	2	2024-25	WSH	10	3	1	4	-4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	27.3	1	5	20.0	40	16	2	1	14:10
19	Kasperi Kapanen K. Kapanen	2	2024-25	EDM	12	3	3	6	+4	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	27	11.1	2	6	33.3	43	5	2	5	13:28
20	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	2	2024-25	CAR	15	6	10	16	+2	6	2	6	0	0	0	0	36	16.7	6	23	26.1	52	13	2	7	19:53
21	Sam Bennett S. Bennett	2	2023-24	FLA	19	7	7	14	-1	12	1	3	0	0	1	0	38	18.4	54	105	51.4	87	5	7	13	16:04
22	Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	2	2023-24	COL	8	9	1	10	+1	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	24	37.5	0	1	0.0	21	9	2	0	22:31
23	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	2	2023-24	DAL	19	3	2	5	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	13.0	0	0		28	46	9	7	24:45
24	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	2	2023-24	FLA	24	6	16	22	0	31	0	6	0	0	2	0	83	7.2	0	2	0.0	73	10	9	20	18:30
25	Martin Necas M. Necas	2	2023-24	CAR	11	4	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	16.7	2	7	28.6	13	3	6	9	17:32

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More Wild Stats

Team Leaders

7

Boldy

11

Hughes

+/-

+11

Faber

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.27

10th

GA/GP

2.87

4th

PP%

25.2

3rd

PK%

79.8

16th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

Last Game

Wild

1 - 4

Final

Avalanche

4 - 1

Wed 13 May 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

9

Dorofeyev

8

Howden

7

Boldy

Playoffs Assists Leaders

14

Eichel

11

Hughes

11

Hutson

Playoffs Points Leaders

18

Marner

15

Hughes

15

Eichel

Playoffs Hits Leaders

65

Barbashev

55

Foligno

54

Kolesar

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

36

Matheson

35

Theodore

30

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

8

Hart

7

Dobes

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.12

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.950

Andersen

.939

Silovs

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.11

3.73

3.67

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.25

2.29

2.40

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.0

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

55-40

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

38-52

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12