who has scored the most empty net goals all-time

Alex Ovechkin has the most career goals against empty nets, with 65 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
65
1,492
897
726
1,623
+59
831
326
277
5
1
136
27
6,867
13.1
64
190
33.7
3,744
563
784
1,189
20:37
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 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
4 Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
38
1,102
425
556
981
+284
1,115
84
163
36
23
83
21
2,821
15.1
268
688
39.0
1,040
381
675
948
18:02
5 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
38
1,354
626
1,063
1,689
+196
854
185
404
4
7
100
25
4,302
14.6
15,686
29,681
52.8
1,184
664
772
1,109
20:40
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 Sebastian Aho
S. Aho
31
678
283
350
633
+121
296
68
123
20
11
64
16
1,876
15.1
3,786
7,354
51.5
517
202
489
564
19:05
10 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
11 Mikko Rantanen
M. Rantanen
30
653
295
413
708
+90
410
103
152
0
0
47
5
1,843
16.0
992
1,951
50.8
410
345
392
350
20:25
12 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
995
767
612
418
17:49
13 John Tavares
J. Tavares
29
1,185
494
622
1,116
-19
521
155
215
3
3
82
18
3,751
13.2
11,317
21,015
53.9
889
509
853
1,056
19:18
14 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
15 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
16 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
17 Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
28
1,279
524
901
1,425
+449
912
161
262
19
20
69
1
2,841
18.4
18 Kyle Connor
K. Connor
27
614
287
298
585
-8
139
67
99
8
1
60
12
1,932
14.9
25
74
33.8
174
202
367
343
19:36
19 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
27
601
268
305
573
+85
256
66
84
2
1
36
5
1,712
15.7
312
683
45.7
628
328
279
281
19:15
20 Artemi Panarin
A. Panarin
26
754
302
569
871
+147
222
75
190
0
1
47
10
2,057
14.7
12
58
20.7
222
140
415
654
19:41
21 Jonathan Marchessault
J. Marchessault
26
717
251
292
543
+7
348
58
93
0
0
43
11
2,192
11.5
704
1,678
42.0
833
182
388
446
17:11
22 Patrick Kane
P. Kane
26
1,303
492
852
1,344
-1
454
138
309
0
1
81
14
4,233
11.6
328
846
38.8
335
298
719
715
20:03
23 Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
26
1,451
684
773
1,457
+95
660
255
333
7
2
110
9
4,540
15.1
935
1,994
46.9
243
158
461
783
17:56
24 Andrei Svechnikov
A. Svechnikov
25
479
151
213
364
+39
427
39
76
0
0
28
3
1,301
11.6
12
41
29.3
973
147
207
438
16:49
25 Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
25
804
359
637
996
+155
386
97
268
0
0
57
7
2,485
14.4
10
22
45.5
446
263
454
768
19:00
StatMuse has season-level data for empty-net goals going back to the 1933-34 season.

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3.00

14th

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0.0

19th

PK%

50.0

31st

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Penguins Penguins
2
0
0
4
4
Rangers Rangers
1
1
0
2
1
Hurricanes Hurricanes
1
0
0
2
3
Flyers Flyers
0
1
0
0
-1
Islanders Islanders
0
1
0
0
-1
Devils Devils
0
1
0
0
-3
Capitals Capitals
0
1
0
0
-2
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
0
1
0
0
-1
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
10/11
WSH WSH
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Sun
10/12
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
7:00 PM
Tue
10/14
TBL TBL
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM
Fri
10/17
MIN MIN
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM
Sun
10/19
VAN VAN
@
WSH WSH
12:30 PM
Last Game
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0 - 1 - 0

1

Final

3

BOS Bruins

1 - 0 - 0

Wed 8 Oct 2025

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Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Panthers Panthers
2
0
0
4
2
Bruins Bruins
2
0
0
4
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
1
0
0
2
3
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Penguins Penguins
2
0
0
4
4
Hurricanes Hurricanes
1
0
0
2
3
Rangers Rangers
1
1
0
2
1
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
2
0
0
4
4
Wild Wild
1
0
0
2
5
Stars Stars
1
0
0
2
1
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
1
0
1
3
0
Canucks Canucks
1
0
0
2
4
Kraken Kraken
1
0
0
2
2

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
10/6
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
2-3
Mon
10/6
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
3-0
Mon
10/6
COL COL
@
LAK LAK
4-1
Tue
10/7
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
2-5
Tue
10/7
BOS BOS
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WSH WSH
3-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
10/11
LAK LAK
@
WPG WPG
1:30 PM
Sat
10/11
STL STL
@
CGY CGY
4:00 PM
Sat
10/11
MTL MTL
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Sat
10/11
WSH WSH
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Sat
10/11
OTT OTT
@
FLA FLA
7:00 PM