who has the most empty net goals 1989-90 to 2021-22

Between the 1989-90 and 2021-22 seasons, Alex Ovechkin had the most goals against empty nets, with 48 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
48
1,274
780
630
1,410
+83
749
285
243
5
1
121
24
6,061
12.9
60
177
33.9
3,283
500
715
1,055
20:52
2 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
3 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
4 Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
31
874
351
444
795
+263
897
63
116
33
20
67
17
2,227
15.8
217
563
38.5
762
290
564
696
17:52
5 Eric Staal
E. Staal
31
1,293
441
593
1,034
-77
828
133
184
19
8
71
5
3,935
11.2
9,720
20,151
48.2
913
513
852
672
19:23
6 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
7 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
8 Blake Wheeler
B. Wheeler
27
1,046
296
571
867
+68
695
51
188
14
10
42
4
2,746
10.8
705
1,578
44.7
1,268
657
491
475
18:33
9 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
27
1,108
517
892
1,409
+202
731
153
357
4
7
78
20
3,539
14.6
12,580
24,137
52.1
942
539
611
897
20:46
10 Patrick Kane
P. Kane
26
1,107
430
750
1,180
+43
410
120
260
0
1
67
9
3,684
11.7
322
831
38.7
289
243
661
546
20:19
11 Zach Parise
Z. Parise
26
1,142
408
437
845
+76
412
122
130
9
9
80
8
3,544
11.5
388
903
43.0
887
659
583
389
18:04
12 Patrice Bergeron
P. Bergeron
26
1,216
400
582
982
+254
474
122
185
20
26
74
9
3,725
10.7
14,139
24,500
57.7
966
825
807
448
18:46
13 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
14 Keith Tkachuk
K. Tkachuk
24
1,201
538
527
1,065
+33
2,219
212
161
13
14
72
8
3,530
15.2
3,126
6,084
51.4
933
160
260
472
18:08
15 Sebastian Aho
S. Aho
23
445
182
219
401
+72
172
45
75
13
5
36
7
1,232
14.8
2,009
4,051
49.6
350
133
352
349
18:44
16 David Backes
D. Backes
23
965
248
313
561
+64
1,148
65
67
4
6
32
2
2,178
11.4
4,726
9,466
49.9
2,710
618
455
300
17:20
17 Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
23
981
444
702
1,146
+59
1,008
162
276
4
1
78
13
3,246
13.7
4,899
11,080
44.2
597
400
827
936
19:51
18 Ilya Kovalchuk
I. Kovalchuk
23
926
443
433
876
-146
544
144
185
10
5
64
17
3,223
13.7
140
388
36.1
501
233
451
1,012
21:20
19 Daniel Alfredsson
D. Alfredsson
23
1,246
444
713
1,157
+155
510
135
293
25
18
73
6
3,471
12.8
145
407
35.6
785
398
756
760
19:53
20 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
23
713
257
763
1,020
-48
228
68
330
13
13
25
1
1,993
12.9
21 John Tavares
J. Tavares
22
949
391
504
895
-26
411
116
175
3
3
59
15
2,993
13.1
9,020
17,097
52.8
550
391
746
882
19:38
22 Rick Nash
R. Nash
22
1,060
437
368
805
-11
750
111
121
22
9
73
7
3,624
12.1
147
382
38.5
959
358
691
483
18:20
23 Jaromir Jagr
J. Jagr
22
1,733
766
1,155
1,921
+322
1,167
217
393
11
4
135
19
5,637
13.6
9
42
21.4
281
194
495
1,087
19:53
24 Gabriel Landeskog
G. Landeskog
21
738
248
323
571
+78
601
68
82
5
5
43
7
2,029
12.2
1,515
2,844
53.3
1,464
534
469
352
19:25
25 Patrick Marleau
P. Marleau
21
1,779
566
631
1,197
-27
527
172
243
17
4
109
11
4,333
13.1
5,971
12,423
48.1
1,513
465
757
1,113
18:09
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