nhl empty net goals leaders all-time before 1989

Before 1988-89, Wayne Gretzky had the most empty-net goals, with 27 goals.

	NAME	ENG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	27	696	583	1,086	1,669	+553	323	125	314	55	53	61	1	2,792	20.9
2	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	24	991	470	814	1,284	+485	725	149	246	17	18	66	1	2,379	19.8
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	23	1,311	724	1,024	1,748	+33	580	230	402	19	11	73	2	5,289	13.7
4	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	18	946	356	458	814	-142	1,759	83	129	19	5	29	0	2,719	13.1
5	Danny Gare D. Gare	17	827	354	331	685	+160	1,285	79	74	2	3	43	0	2,551	13.9
6	Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	17	998	391	383	774	+49	413	85	112	17	13	57		2,784	14.0
7	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	15	752	573	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
8	Bill Barber B. Barber	14	903	420	463	883	+312	623	104	176	31	20	54	0	3,246	12.9
9	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	14	1,181	533	570	1,103	+266	1,054	122	182	11	5	82		3,366	14.6
10	Bob Gainey B. Gainey	13	1,111	229	255	484	+188	551	13	13	20	14	32	1	2,029	11.3
11	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	13	1,191	512	814	1,326	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	3,077	16.6
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	13	1,063	610	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
13	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	12	1,060	489	499	988	+40	873	139	177	11	4	51	0	3,373	14.5
14	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	12	1,144	358	852	1,210	+507	1,453	99	234	32	35	38	1	2,582	13.9
15	Dave Keon D. Keon	12	1,296	396	590	986	+61	117	67	156	32	16	65		3,946	10.0
16	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	12	1,125	507	712	1,219	+117	1,033	173	269	0	2	83		2,627	11.4
17	Gordie Howe G. Howe	12	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
18	Brian Sutter B. Sutter	11	779	303	333	636	-66	1,786	107	87	3	4	29	2	1,685	18.0
19	Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	11	964	139	264	403	+125	263	4	19	16	17	16	1	1,291	10.8
20	Larry Patey L. Patey	11	717	153	163	316	-123	631	16	14	25	7	19	0	1,119	13.7
21	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	11	1,410	490	739	1,229	+7	710	116	172	8	13	59		3,426	12.3
22	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	10	475	120	178	298	+92	372	4	9	22	8	12	0	816	14.7
23	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	10	603	321	580	901	+54	546	97	222	6	5	38	1	1,619	19.8
24	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	10	1,005	448	540	988	+175	157	115	164	25	18	59	1	2,272	19.7
25	Bob Pulford B. Pulford	10	1,079	281	362	643	-21	793	48	57	30	10	29		2,607	8.9

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