Brandon Hagel and Mikko Rantanen were tied for the most goals against empty nets in 2024-25, with 9 goals.

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most empty net goals by a player 2024-2025

	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	9	2024-25	TBL	82	35	55	90	+33	58	0	11	3	4	4	0	228	15.4	8	23	34.8	59	60	30	96	20:45
2	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	9	2024-25	TOT	82	32	56	88	+13	60	11	15	0	0	6	0	212	15.1	135	255	52.9	48	44	40	82	21:15
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	8	2024-25	WSH	65	44	29	73	+15	14	14	8	0	0	7	1	237	18.6	0	2	0.0	110	13	12	47	17:43
4	Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	6	2024-25	TBL	80	27	32	59	+30	28	3	2	4	3	2	0	160	16.9	647	1,292	50.1	25	72	21	66	18:41
5	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	6	2024-25	MIN	41	25	31	56	+19	16	4	10	0	0	5	2	145	17.2	0	2	0.0	16	17	12	59	22:28
6	Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	6	2024-25	LAK	81	35	38	73	+22	36	7	11	1	0	5	1	237	14.8	11	24	45.8	100	36	13	78	19:09
7	John Tavares J. Tavares	5	2024-25	TOR	75	38	36	74	+10	46	12	8	0	0	8	1	200	19.0	762	1,308	58.3	92	45	24	69	18:14
8	Brett Howden B. Howden	5	2024-25	VGK	80	23	17	40	+17	46	0	0	1	0	4	1	125	18.4	272	516	52.7	121	56	22	42	14:52
9	William Nylander W. Nylander	5	2024-25	TOR	82	45	39	84	+10	26	12	18	0	0	8	2	253	17.8	76	153	49.7	14	27	28	79	19:31
10	Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	5	2024-25	BUF	79	20	33	53	+13	16	0	2	3	3	2	0	97	20.6	630	1,204	52.3	17	35	26	70	16:50
11	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	5	2024-25	WSH	76	30	36	66	+40	18	0	1	3	2	6	1	142	21.1	6	25	24.0	20	33	19	56	16:27
12	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	5	2024-25	CAR	73	32	35	67	+12	16	7	12	5	2	2	0	204	15.7	52	152	34.2	93	51	32	58	19:21
13	Marcus Foligno M. Foligno	4	2024-25	MIN	77	14	15	29	+7	75	0	0	0	0	1	0	91	15.4	7	19	36.8	253	49	20	48	14:29
14	Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	4	2024-25	MTL	82	21	17	38	-6	39	5	2	0	0	1	0	148	14.2	0	6	0.0	92	38	16	62	13:55
15	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	4	2024-25	TBL	80	41	39	80	+18	24	17	11	1	0	5	0	217	18.9	177	384	46.1	28	52	25	79	20:00
16	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	4	2024-25	VGK	73	32	29	61	-3	20	14	9	0	0	3	0	177	18.1	536	958	55.9	99	56	29	45	17:07
17	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	4	2024-25	DET	82	30	40	70	-16	40	13	14	0	0	3	0	234	12.8	871	1,599	54.5	44	33	39	94	20:04
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	4	2024-25	COL	79	32	84	116	+25	41	9	29	0	0	5	1	320	10.0	756	1,514	49.9	38	58	27	121	22:47
19	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	4	2024-25	TOT	71	23	28	51	-7	64	5	8	0	1	5	2	194	11.9	5	13	38.5	81	34	21	86	18:19
20	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	4	2024-25	TOR	67	33	45	78	+11	20	10	15	2	0	2	1	261	12.6	695	1,223	56.8	45	89	29	62	20:28
21	Jared McCann J. McCann	4	2024-25	SEA	82	22	39	61	+8	18	4	12	0	1	3	1	202	10.9	109	244	44.7	47	50	29	66	17:13
22	J.T. Miller	4	2024-25	TOT	72	22	48	70	-6	55	5	17	0	4	2	1	137	16.1	628	1,078	58.3	168	50	28	71	18:12
23	Trevor Moore T. Moore	4	2024-25	LAK	71	18	22	40	+17	14	1	2	1	0	2	0	153	11.8	1	12	8.3	71	29	23	46	16:53
24	Gustav Nyquist G. Nyquist	4	2024-25	TOT	79	11	17	28	-24	16	2	1	1	1	0	0	103	10.7	11	30	36.7	44	30	19	59	16:51
25	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	4	2024-25	NYR	80	37	52	89	-9	16	8	18	0	0	3	0	237	15.6	0	1	0.0	18	11	25	97	19:41

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Team Leaders

41

Kucherov

83

Kucherov

+/-

+45

Kucherov

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.60

2nd

GA/GP

2.77

3rd

PP%

21.8

14th

PK%

82.0

4th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	46	22	8	100	39
Lightning	47	22	6	100	64
Canadiens	44	21	10	98	29
Bruins	43	25	8	94	22
Red Wings	40	28	8	88	-8
Senators	39	27	10	88	17
Maple Leafs	32	31	13	77	-32
Panthers	37	35	3	77	-24

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/6	TBL	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	TBL	@	OTT	7:00 PM
Thu 4/9	TBL	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 4/11	TBL	@	BOS	12:30 PM
Mon 4/13	DET	@	TBL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Penguins

38 - 22 - 16

Final

Lightning

47 - 22 - 6

Thu 2 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

50

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

43

McDavid

Assists Leaders

83

McDavid

83

Kucherov

71

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

126

McDavid

124

Kucherov

121

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

380

Trenin

299

Sherwood

276

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

182

Dobson

181

McCabe

168

Fehervary

Wins Leaders

36

Vasilevskiy

34

Vejmelka

31

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.34

Vasilevskiy

2.38

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.916

Wedgewood

.913

Wallstedt

.912

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.78

3.60

3.51

Goals Against Rankings

2.53

2.70

2.77

Power Play Rankings

30.1

29.1

24.8

Penalty Kill Rankings

83.7

83.5

82.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-27

46-28

44-30

45-31

44-31

Worst Record ATS

26-49

28-47

29-46

30-46

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	49	15	10	108	90
Stars - x	45	19	12	102	49
Wild - x	43	21	12	98	32
Mammoth	39	30	6	84	27
Predators	35	31	9	79	-25
Blues	32	31	12	76	-34
Jets	32	31	12	76	-18
Blackhawks - e	27	35	14	68	-55
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	39	28	9	87	12
Ducks	41	30	5	87	-12
Golden Knights	34	26	16	84	3
Sharks	36	31	7	79	-33
Kings	30	26	19	79	-27
Kraken	32	31	11	75	-25
Flames	31	36	8	70	-46
Canucks - e	22	45	8	52	-91

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning - x	47	22	6	100	64
Sabres - x	46	22	8	100	39
Canadiens	44	21	10	98	29
Bruins	43	25	8	94	22
Senators	39	27	10	88	17
Red Wings	40	28	8	88	-8
Panthers	37	35	3	77	-24
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	13	77	-32
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - x	48	21	6	102	49
Penguins	38	22	16	92	22
Islanders	42	30	5	89	-2
Blue Jackets	38	26	12	88	4
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Capitals	38	29	9	85	11
Devils	39	34	2	80	-18
Rangers - e	32	36	9	73	-16