who has the most empty-net goals carreer

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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	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	1,580	930	760	1,690	+57	857	331	291	5	1	141	25	7,118	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,888	580	793	1,254	20:25
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	38	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	12	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
4	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	37	1,154	452	583	1,035	+269	1,151	90	177	36	23	85	21	2,954	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,077	397	691	1,003	18:01
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	37	1,427	656	1,109	1,765	+193	898	194	416	4	7	104	25	4,477	14.7	16,518	31,187	53.0	1,247	695	797	1,190	20:36
6	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	33	453	167	214	381	+67	293	18	35	6	11	22	3	1,057	15.8	116	312	37.2	353	269	301	308	18:26
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	6	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
9	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	31	688	309	357	666	+101	317	75	106	4	1	41	7	1,948	15.9	536	1,156	46.4	672	369	304	362	19:23
10	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	30	764	316	408	724	+138	352	78	143	23	16	68	17	2,095	15.1	4,440	8,645	51.4	583	230	519	680	19:08
11	Kyle Connor K. Connor	30	702	331	354	685	-10	155	76	114	9	2	67	14	2,235	14.8	25	75	33.3	212	225	389	417	19:50
12	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	30	723	318	471	789	+95	509	109	180	0	0	48	5	1,993	16.0	1,035	2,045	50.6	465	378	418	434	20:24
13	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	29	886	402	730	1,132	+201	436	104	299	1	0	65	8	2,729	14.7	11	25	44.0	481	294	478	906	19:08
14	John Tavares J. Tavares	29	1,273	527	665	1,192	-54	553	168	227	3	3	86	19	3,958	13.3	12,172	22,495	54.1	966	538	880	1,139	19:13
15	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	29	1,253	628	636	1,264	-9	737	244	230	5	3	101	17	3,725	16.9	7,149	14,097	50.7	1,335	568	526	732	19:00
16	Zach Parise Z. Parise	29	1,254	434	455	889	+76	444	125	133	11	10	83	9	3,776	11.5	412	975	42.3	996	767	612	418	17:49
17	Eric Staal E. Staal	29	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
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	28	957	425	729	1,154	+232	440	114	243	2	2	77	14	3,871	11.0	6,280	13,425	46.8	663	510	484	818	20:40
19	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	28	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
20	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
21	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	28	1,279	524	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
22	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	27	1,276	536	876	1,412	+42	1,265	189	343	4	1	89	14	3,974	13.5	6,112	13,619	44.9	736	542	1,059	1,270	19:28
23	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	27	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
24	Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	26	565	188	257	445	+46	499	54	95	0	0	33	3	1,527	12.3	22	65	33.8	1,140	165	233	538	16:51
25	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	26	801	413	825	1,238	+200	322	100	322	10	10	76	16	2,729	15.1	4,434	9,252	47.9	583	313	697	795	21:53

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Team Leaders

5

Tuch

5

Strome

+/-

+8

Desharnais

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.43

10th

GA/GP

3.14

19th

PP%

15.8

24th

PK%

83.3

12th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	3	0	12	7
Devils	4	3	0	8	0
Capitals	4	3	0	8	2
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Islanders	3	3	1	7	3
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	6	3	3	-22

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 PM
Tue 10/20	LAK	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BUF	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Thu 10/29	WSH	@	NSH	8:00 PM

Last Game

Canadiens

3 - 3 - 1

Final

Capitals

4 - 3 - 0

Wed 14 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

9

Kaprizov

8

Connor

7

Lafreniere

Assists Leaders

14

McDavid

11

Eichel

10

Hughes

Points Leaders

18

McDavid

16

Eichel

15

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

44

Sherwood

40

Cuylle

37

Hathaway

Blocks Leaders

28

Weegar

26

Seeler

25

Hronek

Wins Leaders

6

Ullmark

5

Wallstedt

5

Vejmelka

Goals Against Leaders

0.80

Tarasov

1.20

Oettinger

1.20

Ullmark

Save Percentage Leaders

.965

Tarasov

.949

Ullmark

.944

Oettinger

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.43

3.89

Goals Against Rankings

1.71

2.29

Power Play Rankings

37.5

33.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

96.2

93.3

92.9

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

6-2

5-2

4-2

6-3

5-3

Worst Record ATS

1-6

1-4

2-6

2-5

3-5

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	6	2	0	12	10
Wild	5	2	1	11	6
Jets	4	1	2	10	0
Avalanche	4	2	1	9	9
Blues	3	3	1	7	2
Stars	3	3	1	7	3
Predators	2	2	3	7	-4
Blackhawks	3	5	0	6	-11
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	7	2	0	14	14
Oilers	5	1	1	11	9
Kraken	5	2	1	11	9
Ducks	4	2	0	8	3
Sharks	4	3	0	8	-6
Canucks	2	6	1	5	-13
Kings	0	3	2	2	-10
Flames	1	6	0	2	-21

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	6	2	0	12	3
Bruins	5	2	0	10	10
Lightning	5	2	0	10	2
Panthers	4	2	2	10	0
Sabres	4	3	1	9	-6
Maple Leafs	3	3	2	8	0
Canadiens	3	3	1	7	-4
Red Wings	2	3	2	6	-5
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	3	0	12	7
Capitals	4	3	0	8	2
Devils	4	3	0	8	0
Islanders	3	3	1	7	3
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	6	3	3	-22

NHL 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	1-0
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	3-2
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	0-3
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	6-5
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/16	PIT	@	COL	9:00 PM
Fri 10/16	BOS	@	ANA	10:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	CAR	@	WPG	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	VAN	@	TBL	4:00 PM

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career empty-net goals, with 72 goals.

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