nhl most empty net goals career, active player

Alex Ovechkin has the most career empty-net goals by an active player, with 72 goals.

	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	1,573	929	758	1,687	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,108	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,876	579	793	1,251	20:27
2	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	41	1,152	451	583	1,034	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	22	2,949	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,075	397	690	1,002	18:01
3	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	1,420	654	1,107	1,761	+197	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,459	14.7	16,437	31,038	53.0	1,241	692	796	1,180	20:36
4	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	32	756	310	401	711	+132	342	75	142	22	15	68	18	2,068	15.0	4,370	8,519	51.3	578	225	519	671	19:08
5	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	878	401	723	1,124	+201	436	104	297	1	0	65	9	2,711	14.8	10	24	41.7	482	291	475	887	19:07
6	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	31	445	161	210	371	+66	291	18	34	6	11	21	3	1,019	15.8	114	307	37.1	347	262	296	302	18:22
7	John Tavares J. Tavares	31	1,265	525	660	1,185	-49	549	167	224	3	3	86	20	3,941	13.3	12,101	22,378	54.1	959	532	879	1,130	19:13
8	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	694	323	351	674	-9	155	72	113	9	2	65	14	2,193	14.7	25	75	33.3	210	220	387	410	19:49
9	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	30	681	306	353	659	+100	317	74	105	4	1	41	7	1,930	15.9	521	1,120	46.5	667	367	302	353	19:22
10	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	715	316	466	782	+93	501	109	179	0	0	48	5	1,978	16.0	1,028	2,031	50.6	457	375	416	421	20:24
11	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	29	950	420	722	1,142	+230	428	113	243	2	2	76	15	3,842	10.9	6,220	13,295	46.8	661	509	483	808	20:40
12	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,245	622	631	1,253	-8	737	241	226	5	3	101	17	3,709	16.8	7,119	14,046	50.7	1,327	563	524	727	19:00
13	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	28	793	409	807	1,216	+183	318	100	316	9	10	76	17	2,710	15.1	4,383	9,155	47.9	573	310	694	785	21:52
14	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	28	829	330	624	954	+141	242	79	209	0	1	51	10	2,275	14.5	13	59	22.0	233	156	440	750	19:47
15	Patrick Kane P. Kane	28	1,368	508	892	1,400	+2	470	140	325	0	1	85	14	4,400	11.5	333	861	38.7	356	322	728	779	19:56
16	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	27	778	263	311	574	-12	378	62	97	0	0	44	11	2,323	11.3	721	1,720	41.9	906	191	402	510	17:08
17	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	27	1,269	533	874	1,407	+41	1,263	187	343	4	1	89	14	3,958	13.5	6,109	13,615	44.9	737	540	1,058	1,264	19:28
18	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	26	839	323	357	680	-67	183	129	109	13	7	51	5	2,013	16.0	1,308	3,037	43.1	533	461	303	420	18:55
19	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	25	557	182	252	434	+41	493	51	93	0	0	31	3	1,500	12.1	22	63	34.9	1,119	163	230	529	16:50
20	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	25	710	261	233	494	+133	384	57	36	8	4	37	4	1,853	14.1	341	771	44.2	830	318	285	270	18:38
21	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	24	872	276	330	606	-93	315	78	81	6	4	43	10	2,015	13.7	6,062	11,163	54.3	982	611	487	452	17:49
22	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	24	960	372	535	907	+79	464	96	130	2	7	65	18	2,130	17.5	7,182	15,350	46.8	702	576	649	680	20:10
23	Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	24	861	233	320	553	+28	245	58	57	5	2	31	5	1,904	12.2	522	1,043	50.0	671	425	562	363	17:32
24	Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	23	968	309	315	624	+55	254	80	75	10	4	44	9	2,657	11.6	137	334	41.0	824	223	378	462	16:12
25	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	22	672	253	415	668	+123	736	80	141	1	1	27	2	1,975	12.8	65	162	40.1	929	180	311	563	17:56

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

9th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

13th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	33	39	9	75	-14

Last Game

Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

Tue 14 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

86

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

134

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

332

Sherwood

297

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

188

Dobson

188

McCabe

182

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

34

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.07

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.920

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.65

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.70

2.78

Power Play Rankings

30.1

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.5

83.8

82.7

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

54-28

52-30

48-32

48-33

47-34

47-35

Worst Record ATS

29-52

30-51

31-50

32-50

33-49

33-48

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	54	16	11	119	97
Stars - x	49	20	12	110	52
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	32	6	92	30
Predators - e	38	33	10	86	-21
Blues - e	36	33	12	84	-29
Jets - e	35	34	12	82	-24
Blackhawks - e	28	39	14	70	-65
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - x	38	26	17	93	12
Oilers - x	40	30	11	91	8
Ducks - x	42	33	6	90	-16
Kings - x	35	26	20	90	-20
Sharks - e	38	34	8	84	-43
Kraken - e	34	35	11	79	-32
Flames - e	33	39	9	75	-49
Canucks - e	25	48	8	58	-95

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	8	108	48
Lightning - x	50	25	6	106	61
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	43	27	11	97	30
Red Wings - e	41	30	10	92	-10
Panthers - e	39	38	4	82	-32
Maple Leafs - e	32	35	14	78	-44
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	33	39	9	75	-14