most empty net goals in nhl history

Alex Ovechkin has scored the most career goals against empty nets, with 65 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
65
1,483
890
723
1,613
+62
831
321
276
5
1
135
27
6,838
13.0
64
189
33.9
3,732
561
784
1,187
20:38
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
1,092
422
555
977
+285
1,113
84
163
36
23
82
21
2,796
15.1
268
687
39.0
1,027
377
673
935
18:02
5 Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
37
1,345
619
1,058
1,677
+194
852
181
401
4
7
97
25
4,276
14.5
15,577
29,486
52.8
1,179
661
770
1,099
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
670
282
344
626
+122
294
67
121
20
11
64
16
1,855
15.2
3,728
7,252
51.4
509
198
485
555
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
643
293
405
698
+91
404
102
150
0
0
47
5
1,827
16.0
987
1,942
50.8
405
342
386
341
20:26
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
768
612
418
17:49
13 John Tavares
J. Tavares
29
1,176
491
618
1,109
-24
513
155
214
3
3
82
18
3,726
13.2
11,235
20,879
53.8
880
504
850
1,052
19:19
14 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
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
27
605
281
294
575
-10
139
67
99
7
1
60
12
1,899
14.8
25
74
33.8
173
198
362
332
19:35
19 Jake Guentzel
J. Guentzel
27
592
264
299
563
+87
254
65
80
1
1
35
5
1,690
15.6
304
657
46.3
625
325
278
276
19:14
20 Artemi Panarin
A. Panarin
26
744
298
562
860
+153
222
75
187
0
1
47
10
2,029
14.7
12
58
20.7
222
140
409
636
19:41
21 Jonathan Marchessault
J. Marchessault
26
711
249
287
536
+9
346
58
89
0
0
43
11
2,182
11.4
702
1,675
41.9
830
181
386
439
17:11
22 Patrick Kane
P. Kane
26
1,293
490
846
1,336
+2
454
138
306
0
1
81
14
4,210
11.6
328
846
38.8
331
293
718
703
20:04
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
471
150
211
361
+41
425
38
76
0
0
28
3
1,287
11.7
12
41
29.3
957
141
207
428
16:51
25 Nikita Kucherov
N. Kucherov
25
794
353
629
982
+156
384
95
263
0
0
57
7
2,454
14.4
10
22
45.5
444
263
446
752
18:59
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Capitals Capitals
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17
9
103
70
Hurricanes Hurricanes
45
24
4
94
42
Devils Devils
39
29
7
85
25
Rangers Rangers
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32
7
77
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33
30
9
75
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Islanders Islanders
32
31
10
74
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30
34
11
71
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30
36
9
69
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WSH WSH
7:00 PM
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4/6
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51
19
4
106
83
Stars Stars
48
21
4
100
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Avalanche Avalanche
45
26
3
93
41
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20
8
98
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Kings Kings
41
23
9
91
29
Oilers Oilers
42
26
5
89
21
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Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
45
25
4
94
23
Lightning Lightning
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25
5
91
69
Panthers Panthers
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26
3
91
35
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17
9
103
70
Hurricanes Hurricanes
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24
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29
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