nhl player most playoff games played after age 39

Chris Chelios has the most career games by a player older than 39 in the playoffs, with 79 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	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	79	2	20	22	+24	80	1	3	1	4	0	0	91	2.2	0	0		91	114	49	66	20:02
2	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	59	3	9	12	+12	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	73	4.1	0	0		168	103	17	53	21:50
3	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	49	14	16	30	+7	16	6	5	0	0	2	0	85	16.5	23	46	50.0	92	14	13	22	17:13
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	39	1	19	20	-8	14	0	10	0	0	1	0	104	1.0	0	1	0.0	13	9	17	28	17:42
5	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	34	3	8	11	-5	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	10.3	215	389	55.3	29	17	5	12	13:31
6	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	29	6	10	16	+3	6	1	4	0	0	1	1	37	16.2	110	243	45.3	12	9	10	17	14:42
7	Tim Horton T. Horton	29	2	7	9	-5	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	5.0
8	Brent Burns B. Burns	28	1	8	9	+10	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	49	2.0	0	0		29	32	10	24	20:43
9	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	25	9	7	16	-4	22	6	4	0	0	1	0	65	13.8	26	55	47.3	18	6	6	12	14:22
10	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	23	1	13	14	-2	14	0	8	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	228	466	48.9	14	32	23	9	18:51
11	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	23	2	4	6	+2	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	12	16.7	247	444	55.6	57	23	18	17	16:21
12	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	22	0	0	0		4					0											61:10
13	Jacques Plante J. Plante	22	0	1	1		2					0											55:40
14	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	21	5	7	12	+14	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	53	9.4	0	0		15	25	6	14	23:38
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	21	4	9	13	+2	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	18	22.2	237	390	60.8	4	5	23	21	19:15
16	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	21	4	6	10	+9	12	3	5	0	0	1	0	49	8.2	1	1	100.0	35	27	28	24	28:32
17	Viacheslav Fetisov V. Fetisov	21	0	3	3	+4	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0.0
18	Corey Perry C. Perry	18	5	2	7	-10	16	3	2	0	0	1	0	32	15.6	0	2	0.0	24	6	1	8	13:41
19	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	18	0	0	0	+1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0		18	13	0	8	8:40
20	Dwayne Roloson D. Roloson	17	0	0	0		0					0											57:45
21	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	17	2	7	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	15	13.3
22	Mike Smith M. Smith	16	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	9	21	54:31
23	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	16	4	4	8	-4	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	30.8	2	4	50.0	56	1	1	6	12:24
24	Allan Stanley A. Stanley	16	0	3	3	+1	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
25	Rob Blake R. Blake	15	1	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0		15	44	10	5	23:20

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+/-

+15

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G/GP

2.91

22nd

GA/GP

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19th

PP%

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12th

PK%

77.1

23rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	NYR	@	DET	6:30 PM
Sun 10/4	WPG	@	DET	1:00 PM
Tue 10/6	OTT	@	DET	7:00 PM
Fri 10/9	SEA	@	DET	7:00 PM
Sat 10/10	DET	@	MTL	7:00 PM

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Kucherov

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Sherwood

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Wins Leaders

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Wedgewood

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Wallstedt

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Goals Against Rankings

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58-34

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Worst Record ATS

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
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Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
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Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
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Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
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Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
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Chris Chelios has the most career games by a player older than 39 in the playoffs, with 79 games.

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