most seasons without playing in stanley cup finals

4 players are tied for playing the most career seasons in the Stanley Cup Finals, with 12 seasons. The first three are Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau and Red Kelly.

NAMESEASSERIESGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Henri Richard
H. Richard
12
Stanley Cup Finals
65
21
26
47
+9
68
1
6
0
0
5
1
135
12.6
2Jean Beliveau
J. Beliveau
12
Stanley Cup Finals
64
30
32
62
+12
78
11
17
0
0
9
0
135
12.6
3Red Kelly
R. Kelly
12
Stanley Cup Finals
65
11
20
31
0
29
5
5
1
1
0
0
60
8.3
4Maurice Richard
M. Richard
12
Stanley Cup Finals
58
34
12
46
+1
103
6
2
0
0
8
3
12
8.3
5Jean-Guy Talbot
J. Talbot
11
Stanley Cup Finals
55
0
5
5
-1
56
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0.0
6Doug Harvey
D. Harvey
11
Stanley Cup Finals
54
4
31
35
+7
60
0
12
0
0
0
0
2
100.0
7Bert Olmstead
B. Olmstead
11
Stanley Cup Finals
56
5
19
24
-3
52
1
3
0
1
0
0
17
11.8
8Claude Provost
C. Provost
10
Stanley Cup Finals
49
5
11
16
+10
22
0
1
0
2
1
0
62
1.6
9Jacques Plante
J. Plante
10
Stanley Cup Finals
41
0
0
0
0
0
59:04
10Dickie Moore
D. Moore
10
Stanley Cup Finals
52
10
21
31
+2
79
6
6
0
0
2
0
23
13.0
11Bernie Geoffrion
B. Geoffrion
10
Stanley Cup Finals
53
24
22
46
+6
32
10
9
0
0
6
0
13
0.0
12Tom Johnson
T. Johnson
10
Stanley Cup Finals
49
6
3
9
+3
44
1
1
1
0
2
0
11
0.0
13Gordie Howe
G. Howe
10
Stanley Cup Finals
55
18
32
50
-7
94
4
15
1
0
3
0
107
8.4
14Yvan Cournoyer
Y. Cournoyer
9
Stanley Cup Finals
50
21
19
40
+10
18
9
10
0
0
6
0
142
14.8
15Jimmy Roberts
J. Roberts
9
Stanley Cup Finals
42
3
3
6
-14
44
0
2
0
0
0
0
50
6.0
16Dick Duff
D. Duff
9
Stanley Cup Finals
47
15
20
35
+5
39
6
7
1
0
3
1
92
14.1
17Dollard St. Laurent
D. St. Laurent
9
Stanley Cup Finals
43
1
6
7
+3
47
0
0
0
1
0
0
16
0.0
18Marcel Pronovost
M. Pronovost
9
Stanley Cup Finals
51
2
8
10
-10
30
0
2
2
0
0
0
28
3.6
19Butch Bouchard
B. Bouchard
9
Stanley Cup Finals
44
2
10
12
61
1
1
0
0
0
0
20Jacques Lemaire
J. Lemaire
8
Stanley Cup Finals
40
19
18
37
+7
33
7
4
1
0
6
2
124
15.3
21Ralph Backstrom
R. Backstrom
8
Stanley Cup Finals
42
11
12
23
-1
22
1
1
0
1
1
0
85
9.4
22Frank Mahovlich
F. Mahovlich
8
Stanley Cup Finals
45
16
25
41
-1
43
4
9
0
1
2
0
125
11.2
23Alex Delvecchio
A. Delvecchio
8
Stanley Cup Finals
47
16
22
38
-8
2
7
10
0
0
2
0
89
5.6
24Floyd Curry
F. Curry
8
Stanley Cup Finals
41
12
8
20
10
1
1
0
0
2
0
25Allan Stanley
A. Stanley
8
Stanley Cup Finals
46
4
13
17
-1
36
2
1
0
2
0
0
33
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