Between the 1929-30 and 2022-23 seasons, Wayne Gretzky scored the most empty-net goals, with 56 goals.

nhl empty net goal leaders 1929-30 to 2022-23
Gretzky Ovechkin Hossa Staal Lemieux Marchand Iginla Parise Wheeler Thornton Crosby Bergeron Bure Trottier Aho Kane Selanne Messier Tkachuk Tavares Backes Malkin Kovalchuk Alfredsson Dionne Nash Jagr 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 56 54 40 33 33 32 32 30 29 29 28 28 28 28 26 26 26 25 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 22
NAME ENG GP G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% TOI/GP
Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 56 1,487 894 1,963 2,857 +520 577 204 686 73 76 91 2 5,088 17.6
Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin 54 1,347 822 663 1,485 +67 797 299 254 5 1 124 25 6,355 12.9 20:50
Marian Hossa Marian Hossa 40 1,309 525 609 1,134 +245 628 143 231 34 12 85 15 4,229 12.4 18:55
Eric Staal Eric Staal 33 1,365 455 608 1,063 -82 854 133 184 21 8 72 5 4,041 11.3 19:07
Mario Lemieux Mario Lemieux 33 915 690 1,033 1,723 +114 834 236 465 49 22 74 11 3,633 19.0 22:40
Brad Marchand Brad Marchand 32 947 372 490 862 +290 973 72 136 33 21 71 17 2,410 15.4 17:55
Jarome Iginla Jarome Iginla 32 1,554 625 675 1,300 +30 1,040 197 231 13 9 101 7 4,759 13.1 19:56
Zach Parise Zach Parise 30 1,224 429 450 879 +83 436 125 131 11 10 82 9 3,726 11.5 17:56
Blake Wheeler Blake Wheeler 29 1,118 312 610 922 +65 741 58 196 14 10 48 5 2,872 10.9 18:27
Joe Thornton Joe Thornton 29 1,714 430 1,109 1,539 +182 1,272 146 402 6 6 68 9 3,068 14.0 19:18
Sidney Crosby Sidney Crosby 28 1,190 550 952 1,502 +210 783 162 375 4 7 87 21 3,794 14.5 20:44
Patrice Bergeron Patrice Bergeron 28 1,294 427 613 1,040 +289 494 131 195 22 26 81 9 3,974 10.7 18:41
Pavel Bure Pavel Bure 28 702 437 342 779 +42 484 121 115 34 15 59 6 3,130 14.0 24:37
Bryan Trottier Bryan Trottier 28 1,279 524 901 1,425 +449 912 161 262 19 20 69 1 2,841 18.4
Sebastian Aho Sebastian Aho 26 520 218 250 468 +80 214 52 83 16 6 45 9 1,450 15.0 18:50
Patrick Kane Patrick Kane 26 1,180 451 786 1,237 +21 426 124 278 0 1 68 9 3,911 11.5 20:15
Teemu Selanne Teemu Selanne 26 1,451 684 773 1,457 +95 660 255 333 7 2 110 9 4,540 15.1 17:56
Mark Messier Mark Messier 25 1,756 694 1,193 1,887 +211 1,912 179 402 63 81 92 8 4,221 16.4 18:47
Keith Tkachuk Keith Tkachuk 24 1,201 538 527 1,065 +33 2,219 212 161 13 14 72 8 3,530 15.2 18:08
John Tavares John Tavares 23 1,029 427 548 975 -33 445 134 196 3 3 68 16 3,270 13.1 19:29
David Backes David Backes 23 965 248 313 561 +64 1,148 65 67 4 6 32 2 2,178 11.4 17:20
Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Malkin 23 1,063 471 758 1,229 +47 1,090 173 301 4 1 81 13 3,486 13.5 19:45
Ilya Kovalchuk Ilya Kovalchuk 23 926 443 433 876 -146 544 144 185 10 5 64 17 3,223 13.7 21:20
Daniel Alfredsson Daniel Alfredsson 23 1,246 444 713 1,157 +155 510 135 293 25 18 73 6 3,471 12.8 19:53
Marcel Dionne Marcel Dionne 23 1,348 731 1,040 1,771 +27 600 234 409 19 11 73 2 5,363 13.6
StatMuse has season-level data for empty-net goals going back to the 1933-34 season.

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NHL 2023-24 Leaders

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

3.91

Hurricanes

3.45

Oilers

3.41

Playoff Goals Against Rankings

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Predators

2.17

Golden Knights

2.29

Bruins

2.38

Playoff Power Play Rankings

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Avalanche

36.7

Oilers

29.9

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Oilers

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NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
3
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
2
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
52 21 9 113 64
2
Jets Jets
52 24 6 110 60
3
Avalanche Avalanche
50 25 7 107 50
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 23 9 109 56
2
Oilers Oilers
49 27 6 104 57
3
Kings Kings
44 27 11 99 41

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
6/14
FLA FLA
@
EDM EDM
1-8
Wed
6/12
FLA FLA
@
EDM EDM
4-3
Sun
6/9
EDM EDM
@
FLA FLA
1-4
Fri
6/7
EDM EDM
@
FLA FLA
0-3
Sat
6/1
DAL DAL
@
EDM EDM
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/18
EDM EDM
@
FLA FLA
8:00 PM
Fri
6/21
FLA FLA
@
EDM EDM
8:00 PM
Mon
6/24
EDM EDM
@
FLA FLA
8:00 PM