Alex Ovechkin has the most career empty-net goals, with 61 goals.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player in NHL history

	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	61	1,457	874	709	1,583	+60	827	317	273	5	1	134	27	6,737	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,690	556	781	1,163	20:41
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	1,077	418	548	966	+290	1,089	81	161	36	23	82	21	2,757	15.2	267	686	38.9	1,008	366	665	908	18:03
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	36	1,321	605	1,042	1,647	+200	842	178	399	4	7	94	23	4,214	14.4	15,272	28,977	52.7	1,156	648	760	1,067	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	646	268	335	603	+110	280	65	118	18	9	60	15	1,793	14.9	3,513	6,856	51.2	498	194	476	523	19:02
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	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	768	612	418	17:49
12	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	29	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,068	14.0	12,730	24,108	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
13	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	28	618	287	393	680	+89	376	100	147	0	0	46	5	1,759	16.3	976	1,920	50.8	389	332	373	314	20:28
14	John Tavares J. Tavares	28	1,153	476	606	1,082	-28	501	150	209	3	3	80	18	3,674	13.0	10,978	20,451	53.7	851	489	842	1,023	19:20
15	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	28	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	494	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	26	579	269	276	545	-24	135	67	92	6	1	58	11	1,814	14.8	24	73	32.9	158	185	350	313	19:32
19	Patrick Kane P. Kane	26	1,272	482	832	1,314	+5	450	132	300	0	1	80	13	4,149	11.6	324	837	38.7	325	284	715	685	20:05
20	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
21	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	25	717	285	545	830	+150	218	74	182	0	1	45	10	1,955	14.6	12	58	20.7	215	136	401	604	19:41
22	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	25	769	342	601	943	+147	366	90	255	0	0	53	6	2,370	14.4	9	20	45.0	441	247	437	720	18:55
23	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	25	684	245	280	525	+28	342	57	86	0	0	41	11	2,125	11.5	696	1,656	42.0	813	170	382	415	17:10
24	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	25	1,190	507	823	1,330	+35	1,184	181	321	4	1	85	13	3,763	13.5	5,874	13,126	44.8	704	509	1,015	1,145	19:37
25	Mark Messier M. Messier	25	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47