Between the 2016-17 and 2022-23 seasons, Alex Ovechkin had the most goals against empty nets, with 28 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player 2016-17 to 2022-23

	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	28	508	297	222	519	-11	230	104	70	1	0	36	8	2,127	14.0	13	39	33.3	1,203	192	203	357	20:04
2	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	26	520	218	250	468	+80	214	52	83	16	6	45	9	1,450	15.0	2,540	5,085	50.0	409	154	415	412	18:50
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	21	524	287	515	802	+114	201	68	207	7	9	59	14	1,843	15.6	2,875	5,998	47.9	363	213	530	477	21:59
4	Kyle Connor K. Connor	20	466	209	215	424	-20	108	53	66	5	1	42	7	1,438	14.5	22	59	37.3	139	137	294	230	19:26
5	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	19	493	219	354	573	+152	539	52	131	14	15	45	11	1,392	15.7	177	451	39.2	414	151	353	497	19:17
6	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	18	453	197	217	414	+44	210	44	55	1	1	29	5	1,255	15.7	129	276	46.7	552	246	221	175	19:00
7	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	18	484	145	171	316	+76	258	26	21	8	4	21	1	1,158	12.5	331	746	44.4	600	231	219	180	18:23
8	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	18	481	220	293	513	+66	296	78	110	0	0	32	5	1,348	16.3	568	1,159	49.0	309	241	308	223	20:05
9	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	17	347	112	152	264	+35	310	24	56	0	0	18	3	973	11.5	7	29	24.1	682	103	165	295	16:44
10	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	17	474	189	233	422	+167	178	62	78	12	11	35	3	1,658	11.4	6,166	10,333	59.7	384	330	316	170	18:32
11	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	17	507	180	219	399	+47	254	42	62	0	0	33	8	1,635	11.0	641	1,504	42.6	582	125	318	308	17:26
12	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	16	483	212	352	564	+62	231	61	127	1	2	41	12	1,453	14.6	5,788	10,955	52.8	433	235	305	413	20:21
13	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	16	464	154	194	348	-67	188	36	48	5	4	24	5	1,068	14.4	3,921	7,394	53.0	477	355	322	219	18:50
14	Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	16	382	148	177	325	+48	309	45	50	1	1	29	4	1,045	14.2	1,441	2,671	53.9	673	253	237	203	20:04
15	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	16	526	175	226	401	-75	105	70	69	0	5	27	1	1,233	14.2	749	1,652	45.3	265	262	203	238	18:38
16	Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	16	428	113	178	291	-2	134	28	32	1	0	15	3	1,020	11.1	221	475	46.5	381	192	291	165	18:20
17	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	16	503	159	166	325	+9	147	43	42	4	3	25	7	1,466	10.8	85	195	43.6	431	110	217	226	16:42
18	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	15	510	186	398	584	+130	150	48	123	0	0	32	8	1,326	14.0	11	47	23.4	138	100	327	443	19:47
19	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	15	503	139	343	482	-15	328	31	135	5	5	21	1	1,322	10.5	637	1,351	47.2	556	323	254	257	19:26
20	Viktor Arvidsson V. Arvidsson	14	466	165	166	331	+50	183	30	35	11	3	27	3	1,421	11.6	76	212	35.8	161	270	185	196	17:18
21	Zach Parise Z. Parise	14	463	130	130	260	-4	136	35	27	5	3	26	1	1,107	11.7	136	322	42.2	315	375	148	141	16:37
22	Bryan Rust B. Rust	14	450	139	164	303	+51	151	27	37	5	6	21	5	1,070	13.0	29	92	31.5	591	267	197	236	17:20
23	Mitch Marner M. Marner	14	507	168	386	554	+89	166	36	132	8	7	28	4	1,333	12.6	92	196	46.9	276	261	523	476	19:40
24	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	14	510	192	299	491	+114	548	59	94	0	1	22	2	1,451	13.2	57	136	41.9	664	133	254	417	17:46
25	Logan Couture L. Couture	13	496	169	207	376	-49	132	39	67	8	5	22	7	1,219	13.9	2,628	5,654	46.5	487	401	353	272	18:39