Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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Data note: Empty-Net Goals: player season data complete from 1933-34

	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	72	1,582	930	761	1,691	+57	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,121	13.1	66	195	33.8	3,890	580	793	1,254	20:25
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	56	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
3	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	41	1,154	452	583	1,035	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,954	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,077	397	691	1,003	18:01
4	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	40	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	1,431	657	1,110	1,767	+191	902	195	416	4	7	104	26	4,481	14.7	16,551	31,255	53.0	1,248	696	797	1,196	20:35
6	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	33	455	168	215	383	+68	293	19	36	6	11	22	3	1,065	15.8	116	312	37.2	353	270	301	312	18:26
7	Eric Staal E. Staal	33	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
8	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	33	915	690	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
9	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	768	317	410	727	+137	354	78	144	23	16	68	18	2,105	15.1	4,492	8,728	51.5	588	230	519	685	19:09
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	888	405	732	1,137	+204	438	105	300	1	0	65	9	2,738	14.8	11	25	44.0	481	294	479	908	19:08
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	32	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
12	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	31	690	310	358	668	+104	317	75	107	4	1	42	7	1,950	15.9	540	1,167	46.3	672	373	304	364	19:23
13	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,273	527	665	1,192	-54	553	168	227	3	3	86	20	3,958	13.3	12,172	22,495	54.1	966	538	880	1,139	19:13
14	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	31	1,172	321	622	943	+67	764	59	196	14	10	49	5	2,955	10.9	808	1,766	45.8	1,353	723	552	523	18:11
15	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	705	332	354	686	-8	155	76	114	9	2	67	14	2,244	14.8	25	75	33.3	212	227	390	418	19:50
16	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	726	321	474	795	+98	511	110	181	0	0	49	6	2,001	16.0	1,038	2,054	50.5	468	378	419	436	20:24
17	Zach Parise Z. Parise	30	1,254	434	455	889	+76	444	125	133	11	10	83	9	3,776	11.5	412	975	42.3	996	767	612	418	17:49
18	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	29	804	417	834	1,251	+203	322	100	329	10	10	76	17	2,738	15.2	4,450	9,287	47.9	587	315	699	798	21:53
19	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	29	960	426	732	1,158	+230	440	115	243	2	2	77	15	3,886	11.0	6,299	13,471	46.8	666	512	485	827	20:41
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,255	628	638	1,266	-9	739	244	230	5	3	101	17	3,728	16.8	7,158	14,108	50.7	1,335	569	526	733	19:00
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	29	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
22	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	838	336	627	963	+138	246	80	210	0	1	51	10	2,303	14.6	13	59	22.0	235	156	440	763	19:48
23	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,378	509	896	1,405	-12	480	140	326	0	1	85	14	4,418	11.5	333	861	38.7	361	328	728	783	19:56
24	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	28	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41
25	Pavel Bure P. Bure	28	702	437	342	779	+42	484	121	115	34	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37

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More Capitals Stats

Team Leaders

5

Tuch

5

Strome

+/-

+9

Desharnais

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.33

11th

GA/GP

3.22

20th

PP%

20.0

19th

PK%

80.0

16th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	8	2	2	18	14
Rangers	7	4	1	15	8
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Devils	6	4	0	12	2
Capitals	5	4	0	10	1
Flyers	3	6	3	9	-17
Penguins	4	6	1	9	-1
Blue Jackets	3	5	0	6	-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	BUF	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Thu 10/29	WSH	@	NSH	8:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	WSH	3:30 PM
Tue 11/3	DAL	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Kings

1 - 4 - 2

Final

Capitals

5 - 4 - 0

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

11

Kaprizov

10

Draisaitl

9

Connor

Assists Leaders

23

McDavid

14

Fox

13

Eichel

Points Leaders

31

McDavid

21

Draisaitl

19

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

61

Sherwood

54

Cuylle

51

Trenin

Blocks Leaders

33

Hronek

33

Seider

33

Weegar

Wins Leaders

7

Ullmark

6

Wallstedt

6

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

1.23

Oettinger

1.33

Ullmark

1.40

Tarasov

Save Percentage Leaders

.945

Ullmark

.940

Tarasov

.939

Oettinger

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.60

4.10

3.92

Goals Against Rankings

1.60

2.00

2.20

Power Play Rankings

38.5

35.3

28.6

Penalty Kill Rankings

97.4

91.7

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

9-2

8-3

7-3

8-4

6-4

Worst Record ATS

2-7

2-6

3-8

3-6

4-7

4-6

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	8	2	1	17	20
Lightning	7	2	0	14	8
Senators	7	4	0	14	1
Maple Leafs	6	4	2	14	4
Panthers	5	4	2	12	-3
Red Wings	4	3	3	11	-2
Canadiens	4	3	2	10	-4
Sabres	4	4	2	10	-9
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	8	2	2	18	14
Rangers	7	4	1	15	8
Islanders	5	3	2	12	6
Devils	6	4	0	12	2
Capitals	5	4	0	10	1
Penguins	4	6	1	9	-1
Flyers	3	6	3	9	-17
Blue Jackets	3	5	0	6	-9

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	7	4	0	14	5
Wild	6	3	2	14	5
Stars	6	3	1	13	9
Avalanche	5	4	1	11	10
Blues	5	4	1	11	4
Jets	4	3	3	11	-3
Predators	3	3	3	9	-7
Blackhawks	3	6	0	6	-15
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	8	1	1	17	15
Golden Knights	8	4	0	16	10
Kraken	7	3	1	15	7
Sharks	6	4	1	13	-4
Ducks	4	6	0	8	-6
Kings	2	4	2	6	-9
Flames	3	6	0	6	-19
Canucks	2	9	1	5	-21