most nhl goals in a season by 39 years old

Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most goals by a 39-year-old player in a season, with 44 scored in 2024-25.

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	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	TM	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	44	39	2024-25	WSH	65	29	73	+15	14	14	8	0	0	7	1	237	18.6	0	2	0.0	110	13	12	47	17:43
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	39	39	1967-68	DET	74	43	82	+12	53	10	12	0	0	4		301	13.0
3	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	29	39	1974-75	BOS	78	52	81	+11	10	9	23	0	0	4		167	17.4
4	Shane Doan S. Doan	28	39	2015-16	ARI	72	19	47	+4	98	12	5	0	0	4	0	170	16.5	74	143	51.7	116	15	33	27	17:36
5	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	28	39	1979-80	BOS	67	45	73	+10	8	14	11	0	0	1		145	19.3
6	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	27	39	2023-24	DAL	82	40	67	+12	20	11	10	0	0	4	1	194	13.9	355	695	51.1	75	70	25	56	16:49
7	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	27	39	2011-12	OTT	75	32	59	+16	18	7	7	3	1	4	2	191	14.1	20	46	43.5	52	31	50	58	18:57
8	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	27	39	2009-10	ANA	54	21	48	+3	16	14	13	0	0	5	0	173	15.6	62	131	47.3	14	13	17	39	17:19
9	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	26	39	2005-06	FLA	65	30	56	-2	46	7	13	0	0	3	1	195	13.3	727	1,224	59.4	10	19	17	46	16:23
10	Brett Hull B. Hull	25	39	2003-04	DET	81	43	68	-4	12	10	13	0	0	6	2	200	12.5	3	7	42.9	15	20	30	70	16:54
11	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	25	39	1970-71	MTL	70	51	76	+24	42	7	17	0	0	4		172	14.5
12	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	24	39	2011-12	PHX	82	53	77	+26	28	8	12	0	0	1	0	185	13.0	4	15	26.7	28	10	34	39	18:39
13	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	24	39	2006-07	PIT	82	44	68	+1	62	14	13	0	1	3	0	190	12.6	12	26	46.2	97	28	24	45	19:42
14	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	23	39	2007-08	NYR	73	23	46	-2	35	11	8	0	1	3	2	265	8.7	6	8	75.0	47	47	32	33	18:31
15	Ron Francis R. Francis	22	39	2002-03	CAR	82	35	57	-22	30	8	15	1	0	1	0	156	14.1	462	880	52.5	4	14	16	21	19:43
16	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	21	39	2014-15	NYR	74	31	52	+12	20	5	8	0	0	1	0	144	14.6	51	110	46.4	13	37	41	43	17:34
17	Bill Guerin B. Guerin	21	39	2009-10	PIT	78	24	45	-9	75	11	7	0	0	4	0	227	9.3	14	28	50.0	77	13	9	38	17:32
18	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	20	39	2002-03	TBL	72	14	34	-12	34	15	13	0	0	3	0	170	11.8	652	1,117	58.4	13	19	15	15	16:12
19	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	20	39	1971-72	DET	75	45	65	-17	22	9	9	0	0	5		123	16.3
20	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	20	39	1971-72	MNS	71	27	47	+5	14	7	5	0	0	1		206	9.7
21	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	19	39	2025-26	PIT	56	42	61	+13	61	4	18	0	0	3	0	148	12.8	109	245	44.5	24	17	29	88	17:36
22	Corey Perry C. Perry	19	39	2024-25	EDM	81	11	30	+12	61	4	3	0	0	4	0	100	19.0	17	33	51.5	36	26	13	44	11:56
23	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	19	39	2011-12	PHI	73	35	54	+5	30	8	12	0	0	2	1	170	11.2	0	1	0.0	14	12	22	43	16:20
24	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	18	39	1999-00	TOT	79	34	52	-2	26	13	24	0	0	0	0	260	6.9	0	1	0.0	164	94	65	72	27:11
25	Mark Messier M. Messier	17	39	1999-00	VAN	66	37	54	-15	30	6	13	0	1	4	2	131	13.0	956	1,684	56.8	50	26	43	69	21:12

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2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	1	1	-1
Rangers	1	0	0	-3
Flyers	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

3

Bouchard

2

Nylander

2

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

2

Bouchard

2

Hronek

2

McDavid

Points Leaders

5

Bouchard

2

Hronek

2

McDavid

Hits Leaders

8

Svechnikov

8

Zadorov

7

Bennett

Blocks Leaders

5

Pettersson

4

Murphy

3

Bouchard

Wins Leaders

1

Markstrom

1

Swayman

1

Dobes

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Swayman

0.92

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Swayman

.950

Bussi

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

6.00

5.00

3.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

1.00

Power Play Rankings

50.0

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	1	0	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Panthers	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	0	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	0	1	1	-1
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
Flyers	0	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers	0	1	0	0	-3

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Blackhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Avalanche	0	0	0	0	0
Stars	0	0	0	0	0
Wild	0	0	0	0	0
Predators	0	0	0	0	0
Blues	0	0	0	0	0
Mammoth	0	0	0	0	0
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
Flames	0	0	0	0	0
Oilers	0	0	0	0	0
Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
Kraken	0	0	0	0	0
Canucks	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Knights	0	0	0	0	0