nhl player most games by active player in career including playoffs

Alex Ovechkin has the most games by an active player in the regular season and playoffs in his career, with 1,736 games.

	NAME	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	1,736	1,006	829	1,835	+58	940	362	324	5	1	152	28	7,784	12.9	77	209	36.8	4,552	667	865	1,389	20:29
2	Brent Burns B. Burns	1,729	297	733	1,030	+67	1,012	96	259	3	14	47	16	4,655	6.4	83	187	44.4	1,876	2,153	1,003	1,735	22:18
3	Corey Perry C. Perry	1,709	529	584	1,113	+41	1,867	153	196	7	4	92	11	4,117	12.8	124	405	30.6	1,642	607	602	903	16:19
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,609	726	1,243	1,969	+215	987	215	472	4	7	113	27	5,030	14.4	18,665	35,356	52.8	1,439	784	933	1,348	20:38
5	Jordan Staal J. Staal	1,587	364	468	832	+74	729	59	72	23	26	56	9	3,064	11.9	14,454	27,031	53.5	3,256	788	794	767	17:58
6	Patrick Kane P. Kane	1,515	562	977	1,539	-1	544	148	361	1	1	96	19	4,851	11.6	349	923	37.8	408	357	809	868	19:59
7	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1,455	604	990	1,594	+48	1,513	218	396	5	2	102	16	4,581	13.2	6,928	15,373	45.1	941	635	1,194	1,450	19:30
8	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	1,452	408	845	1,253	+46	559	108	343	11	16	62	14	3,559	11.5	13,058	23,201	56.3	1,294	584	723	764	19:17
9	Kris Letang K. Letang	1,393	203	698	901	+81	1,005	66	265	6	12	43	14	3,437	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,400	2,097	726	1,391	24:05
10	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	1,386	184	587	771	+50	923	87	245	3	9	35	8	2,789	6.6	1	4	25.0	2,286	1,896	336	1,373	26:07
11	Jamie Benn J. Benn	1,381	443	631	1,074	+84	1,085	120	173	18	14	68	12	3,399	13.0	5,445	10,267	53.0	2,401	898	904	952	17:28
12	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	1,376	675	684	1,359	-19	815	263	257	5	3	106	17	4,038	16.7	7,799	15,365	50.8	1,599	635	569	785	18:55
13	Nick Foligno N. Foligno	1,368	264	379	643	-37	1,097	60	89	3	6	34	4	2,354	11.2	2,181	4,497	48.5	3,155	762	599	506	15:52
14	John Tavares J. Tavares	1,344	553	687	1,240	-71	583	175	235	3	3	92	23	4,193	13.2	12,826	23,715	54.1	1,102	586	926	1,196	19:15
15	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	1,337	195	736	931	+211	876	45	299	1	14	34	9	2,901	6.7	1	3	33.3	1,420	2,121	642	1,143	23:30
16	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	1,333	518	675	1,193	+317	1,358	108	209	39	25	101	27	3,408	15.2	310	823	37.7	1,315	486	785	1,152	18:10
17	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	1,316	354	612	966	-14	231	111	176	13	14	53	14	2,872	12.3	13,550	24,448	55.4	522	796	1,143	545	19:42
18	John Carlson J. Carlson	1,311	191	681	872	+103	456	62	262	2	7	35	2	3,077	6.2	1	6	16.7	1,178	2,502	761	1,374	23:42
19	Lars Eller L. Eller	1,303	208	283	491	-25	709	18	31	12	9	34	5	2,175	9.6	7,250	14,381	50.4	1,454	708	604	626	14:54
20	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	1,270	402	580	982	-88	328	108	159	2	1	64	16	2,930	13.7	7,671	14,392	53.3	765	687	711	840	18:00
21	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	1,264	98	412	510	+324	484	14	69	5	18	18	4	1,859	5.3	2	5	40.0	1,542	2,555	651	1,012	22:41
22	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	1,235	224	772	996	-112	552	52	303	2	5	41	13	3,359	6.7	0	4	0.0	885	1,604	944	1,475	25:12
23	Jordan Eberle J. Eberle	1,219	355	478	833	-52	317	81	138	3	0	54	8	2,769	12.8	199	474	42.0	698	505	661	709	17:34
24	Tyler Myers T. Myers	1,208	107	315	422	-20	971	20	79	7	9	19	4	1,886	5.7	0	1	0.0	1,553	1,857	495	949	21:36
25	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	1,202	162	395	557	-110	804	62	146	4	3	37	8	2,416	6.7	0	3	0.0	1,936	1,102	371	786	22:21

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Team Leaders

2

Tuch

2

Chychrun

+/-

+2

Tuch

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.00

16th

GA/GP

2.50

12th

PP%

25.0

13th

PK%

88.9

10th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	3	1	0	6	5
Penguins	2	1	0	4	7
Hurricanes	1	1	1	3	-3
Flyers	0	2	2	2	-12
Islanders	1	1	0	2	5
Devils	1	1	0	2	-5
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM
Tue 10/13	WSH	@	CAR	6:45 PM
Wed 10/14	MTL	@	WSH	7:30 PM

Last Game

Capitals

1 - 1 - 0

Final

Lightning

1 - 1 - 0

Sat 3 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

4

Bouchard

4

Schmaltz

4

Cotter

Assists Leaders

7

McDavid

5

Hronek

5

Eichel

Points Leaders

9

McDavid

8

Bouchard

6

Pettersson

Hits Leaders

20

Sherwood

19

Pettersson

17

Zadorov

Blocks Leaders

17

Hronek

13

Gavrikov

12

Seeler

Wins Leaders

2

Askarov

2

Swayman

2

Shesterkin

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Hofer

1.00

Cossa

1.00

Daccord

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Hofer

.968

Sorokin

.966

Daccord

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

7.00

5.67

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

1.00

1.50

Power Play Rankings

66.7

50.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

0-2

0-3

0-2

0-3

1-2

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	2	0	0	4	4
Lightning	2	1	0	4	1
Panthers	1	0	2	4	-1
Bruins	2	2	0	4	-2
Canadiens	1	0	1	3	0
Sabres	1	1	0	2	-2
Maple Leafs	1	2	0	2	-1
Red Wings	0	2	0	0	-3
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	3	1	0	6	5
Penguins	2	1	0	4	7
Hurricanes	1	1	1	3	-3
Islanders	1	1	0	2	5
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0
Devils	1	1	0	2	-5
Flyers	0	2	2	2	-12

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Jets	2	0	1	5	1
Avalanche	2	0	0	4	9
Wild	2	0	0	4	5
Mammoth	2	1	0	4	7
Blues	1	1	0	2	-1
Predators	1	1	0	2	-1
Stars	1	2	0	2	0
Blackhawks	0	3	0	0	-10
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	2	0	1	5	3
Ducks	2	0	0	4	2
Kraken	2	1	0	4	8
Golden Knights	2	1	0	4	3
Sharks	2	1	0	4	-3
Canucks	2	2	0	4	1
Kings	0	1	1	1	-5
Flames	0	3	0	0	-13