oldest active players in the nhl this year

4 players are tied for the oldest active players this season. They are 40 years old. The first three are Brent Burns, Alex Ovechkin and Corey Perry.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Brent Burns B. Burns	40	2025-26	COL	22	2	9	11	+6	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	44	4.5	0	0		4	32	5	21	20:01
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	40	2025-26	WSH	22	10	10	20	+6	4	1	3	0	0	3	0	53	18.9	1	1	100.0	40	3	2	26	17:53
3	Corey Perry C. Perry	40	2025-26	LAK	16	7	5	12	+5	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	35	20.0	3	6	50.0	4	4	1	12	14:31
4	Jonathan Quick J. Quick	40	2025-26	NYR	6	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	3	59:10
5	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	39	2025-26	PIT	21	6	18	24	+4	14	2	8	0	0	0	0	52	11.5	77	171	45.0	8	4	7	22	17:41
6	Ryan Reaves R. Reaves	39	2025-26	SJS	19	2	0	2	-5	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	0		69	4	2	8	7:33
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	38	2025-26	PIT	21	13	10	23	-3	24	6	2	0	0	1	0	46	28.3	227	424	53.5	17	11	7	23	19:10
8	Nick Foligno N. Foligno	38	2025-26	CHI	15	0	6	6	+2	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	16	0.0	85	164	51.8	41	11	1	7	13:57
9	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	38	2025-26	OTT	21	4	10	14	+4	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	41	9.8	119	169	70.4	20	4	6	20	16:48
10	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	38	2025-26	LAK	18	4	8	12	+7	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	29	13.8	182	320	56.9	12	19	6	20	18:38
11	Kris Letang K. Letang	38	2025-26	PIT	21	1	7	8	+1	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0		25	30	5	25	21:42
12	Jeff Petry J. Petry	38	2025-26	FLA	21	0	5	5	-5	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0		13	22	0	19	14:27
13	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	38	2025-26	DET	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	11	54:26
14	Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	38	2025-26	MIN	8	1	7	8	+2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	6	10	60.0	3	3	1	11	18:26
15	Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	37	2025-26	FLA	16	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	8	57:33
16	Patrick Kane P. Kane	37	2025-26	DET	13	3	8	11	-6	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	36	8.3	0	0		4	2	0	11	17:03
17	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	37	2025-26	FLA	20	13	11	24	-7	18	2	6	0	0	1	0	58	22.4	1	4	25.0	15	6	5	20	18:21
18	David Perron D. Perron	37	2025-26	OTT	21	2	8	10	-3	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	0	3	0.0	25	8	4	11	14:24
19	Jordan Staal J. Staal	37	2025-26	CAR	21	7	2	9	+2	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	25.9	245	423	57.9	37	11	5	16	15:17
20	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	37	2025-26	WPG	21	3	5	8	-11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	29	10.3	198	315	62.9	4	14	4	11	16:17
21	Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	36	2025-26	CAR	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	9	60:12
22	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	36	2025-26	CGY	24	4	9	13	+5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	54	7.4	225	433	52.0	16	5	10	20	16:51
23	Jamie Benn J. Benn	36	2025-26	DAL	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	7	15	46.7	8	0	0	2	11:47
24	John Carlson J. Carlson	36	2025-26	WSH	21	4	15	19	+5	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	45	8.9	0	0		8	32	17	37	23:20
25	Ian Cole I. Cole	36	2025-26	UTA	22	1	7	8	+4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0		25	45	4	23	18:57