most goals by a nhl player before 42 years old

Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most career goals by a player younger than 42, with 911 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	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	911	1,524	743	1,654	+69	835	328	283	5	1	139	27	6,948	13.1	66	192	34.4	3,791	569	786	1,221	20:33
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	894	1,487	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	759	1,620	992	1,751	+149	1,601	201	340	22	12	116	0	3,498	9.7
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	741	1,269	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
5	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	731	1,348	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
6	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118	0	5,166	13.9
7	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	708	1,432	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
8	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	698	1,450	1,039	1,737	+299	991	197	372	11	4	122	18	5,032	13.9	7	38	18.4	196	150	363	925	20:55
9	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	692	1,514	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	690	915	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
11	Mark Messier M. Messier	671	1,648	1,157	1,828	+204	1,860	176	395	60	80	86	8	4,072	16.5	2,845	5,154	55.2	166	100	124	232	19:33
12	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	668	1,431	726	1,394	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	3,961	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
13	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	663	1,341	743	1,406	+97	620	248	325	7	2	106	9	4,333	15.3	804	1,720	46.7	220	140	422	721	18:21
14	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	656	1,524	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
15	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	644	1,384	1,078	1,722	+191	882	192	409	4	7	102	25	4,377	14.7	16,030	30,298	52.9	1,207	676	782	1,138	20:39
16	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	634	1,597	686	1,320	+45	1,105	270	285	9	2	76	7	4,475	14.2	2,576	4,633	55.6	182	246	270	159	16:16
17	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	625	1,554	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
18	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	625	1,378	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
19	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98	0	4,577	12.7
20	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	608	1,232	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
21	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
22	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	594	1,196	612	1,206	+2	699	230	216	5	3	94	16	3,581	16.6	6,916	13,694	50.5	1,263	542	510	691	19:02
23	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
24	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	566	1,779	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
25	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	564	1,346	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44

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PK%

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	21	9	2	44	18
Islanders	19	12	3	41	6
Flyers	17	9	6	40	7
Capitals	18	11	4	40	18
Penguins	14	9	9	37	1
Devils	18	14	1	37	-6
Rangers	16	15	4	36	-6
Blue Jackets	14	13	6	34	-15

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/18	TOR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	DET	@	WSH	12:30 PM
Sun 12/21	WSH	@	DET	1:00 PM
Tue 12/23	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 12/27	WSH	@	NJD	7:00 PM

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Assists Leaders

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Points Leaders

58

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Hits Leaders

164

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Blocks Leaders

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Wins Leaders

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Goals Against Leaders

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	24	2	7	55	56
Stars	22	7	5	49	25
Wild	20	9	5	45	17
Mammoth	16	16	3	35	2
Jets	15	15	2	32	-1
Blackhawks	13	14	6	32	-8
Blues	12	15	7	31	-37
Predators	13	15	4	30	-19
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Ducks	20	12	2	42	9
Golden Knights	16	6	9	41	6
Oilers	16	12	6	38	-2
Kings	14	9	9	37	-2
Sharks	17	14	3	37	-11
Kraken	12	13	6	30	-21
Flames	13	17	4	30	-16
Canucks	13	17	3	29	-20

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	19	12	3	41	-4
Bruins	20	14	0	40	7
Lightning	18	12	3	39	18
Canadiens	17	12	4	38	-11
Panthers	17	13	2	36	2
Maple Leafs	15	12	5	35	1
Senators	15	13	4	34	-3
Sabres	14	14	4	32	-11
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	21	9	2	44	18
Islanders	19	12	3	41	6
Flyers	17	9	6	40	7
Capitals	18	11	4	40	18
Penguins	14	9	9	37	1
Devils	18	14	1	37	-6
Rangers	16	15	4	36	-6
Blue Jackets	14	13	6	34	-15

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 11/19	VGK	@	UTA	4-1
Wed 11/19	OTT	@	ANA	3-2
Thu 11/20	MIN	@	PIT	5-0
Thu 11/20	CHI	@	BUF	3-9
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Wed 12/17	LAK	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Wed 12/17	UTA	@	DET	7:30 PM
Wed 12/17	WPG	@	STL	8:00 PM
Wed 12/17	CAR	@	NSH	8:00 PM
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