oldest active players nhl 2026

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

NAMEAgeSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Brent Burns
B. Burns
40
2025-26
COL COL
27
3
10
13
+11
12
0
1
0
0
3
0
57
5.3
0
0
5
38
6
29
19:54
2Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
40
2025-26
WSH WSH
29
14
15
29
+11
4
2
5
0
0
3
0
75
18.7
2
2
100.0
45
5
2
29
17:51
3Corey Perry
C. Perry
40
2025-26
LAK LAK
21
7
6
13
+5
13
1
4
0
0
0
0
48
14.6
4
8
50.0
6
5
1
14
14:00
4Jonathan Quick
J. Quick
40
2025-26
NYR NYR
6
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
59:10
5Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
39
2025-26
PIT PIT
26
8
21
29
+5
20
2
11
0
0
1
0
66
12.1
94
208
45.2
10
7
8
28
17:30
6Ryan Reaves
R. Reaves
39
2025-26
SJS SJS
24
2
0
2
-8
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
12.5
0
2
0.0
78
5
3
11
7:34
7Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
38
2025-26
PIT PIT
26
18
11
29
-1
28
7
3
0
0
2
0
63
28.6
283
520
54.4
21
11
9
27
19:04
8Nick Foligno
N. Foligno
38
2025-26
CHI 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
9Claude Giroux
C. Giroux
38
2025-26
OTT OTT
27
4
12
16
+5
6
1
4
0
0
1
0
43
9.3
149
218
68.3
23
9
7
22
17:09
10Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
38
2025-26
LAK LAK
23
5
9
14
+7
4
3
3
0
0
0
0
37
13.5
227
409
55.5
12
20
7
23
18:48
11Kris Letang
K. Letang
38
2025-26
PIT PIT
26
2
10
12
+2
12
1
5
0
0
1
1
43
4.7
0
0
32
34
7
29
21:37
12Jeff Petry
J. Petry
38
2025-26
FLA FLA
25
0
5
5
-6
12
0
2
0
0
0
0
18
0.0
0
0
22
29
1
21
14:19
13Cam Talbot
C. Talbot
38
2025-26
DET DET
16
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
56:04
14Mats Zuccarello
M. Zuccarello
38
2025-26
MIN MIN
13
1
9
10
-1
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
26
3.8
7
12
58.3
5
4
2
15
18:53
15Sergei Bobrovsky
S. Bobrovsky
37
2025-26
FLA FLA
19
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
58:06
16Patrick Kane
P. Kane
37
2025-26
DET DET
19
4
14
18
-10
4
1
8
0
0
1
0
57
7.0
0
1
0.0
6
7
1
21
17:34
17Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
37
2025-26
FLA FLA
25
15
12
27
-9
22
2
6
0
0
1
0
69
21.7
1
7
14.3
16
10
6
29
18:26
18David Perron
D. Perron
37
2025-26
OTT OTT
27
3
10
13
-1
8
2
3
0
0
0
0
31
9.7
1
6
16.7
36
11
7
13
14:00
19Jordan Staal
J. Staal
37
2025-26
CAR CAR
23
7
2
9
+2
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
23.3
261
459
56.9
42
12
5
16
15:13
20Jonathan Toews
J. Toews
37
2025-26
WPG WPG
27
3
6
9
-12
14
1
2
0
0
0
0
39
7.7
244
387
63.0
6
14
5
19
16:09
21Frederik Andersen
F. Andersen
36
2025-26
CAR CAR
14
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
59:51
22Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
36
2025-26
CGY CGY
29
4
11
15
+7
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
59
6.8
278
538
51.7
16
10
11
26
17:15
23Jamie Benn
J. Benn
36
2025-26
DAL DAL
10
3
5
8
+4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
25.0
21
40
52.5
19
3
1
4
12:53
24John Carlson
J. Carlson
36
2025-26
WSH WSH
26
6
17
23
+10
6
0
5
0
0
0
0
59
10.2
0
0
9
38
21
43
22:52
25Ian Cole
I. Cole
36
2025-26
UTA UTA
29
2
9
11
+13
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
8.7
0
0
31
66
5
27
18:54

More Avalanche Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.04

1st

GA/GP

2.19

1st

PP%

15.6

25th

PK%

86.4

3rd

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
19
2
6
44
47
Stars Stars
19
5
5
43
27
Wild Wild
15
8
5
35
3
Mammoth Mammoth
14
12
3
31
7
Blackhawks Blackhawks
12
9
6
30
7
Jets Jets
14
12
1
29
4
Blues Blues
9
12
7
25
-29
Predators Predators
10
13
4
24
-23
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
COL COL
@
NYR NYR
12:30 PM
Sun
12/7
COL COL
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Tue
12/9
COL COL
@
NSH NSH
9:30 PM
Thu
12/11
FLA FLA
@
COL COL
9:30 PM
Sat
12/13
NSH NSH
@
COL COL
9:00 PM
Last Game
COL Avalanche

19 - 2 - 6

3

Final

6

NYI Islanders

15 - 10 - 3

Thu 4 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
19
2
6
44
47
Stars Stars
19
5
5
43
27
Wild Wild
15
8
5
35
3
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Ducks Ducks
17
10
1
35
6
Golden Knights Golden Knights
13
6
8
34
4
Kings Kings
12
8
7
31
-5
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Lightning Lightning
16
9
2
34
17
Bruins Bruins
16
13
0
32
-1
Canadiens Canadiens
14
9
3
31
-7
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Capitals Capitals
17
9
3
37
26
Hurricanes Hurricanes
16
8
2
34
12
Penguins Penguins
14
7
5
33
9

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
UTA UTA
@
MTL MTL
2-6
Fri
11/7
ANA ANA
@
VGK VGK
4-3
Fri
11/7
COL COL
@
EDM EDM
9-1
Sat
11/8
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
5-1
Sat
11/8
LAK LAK
@
PIT PIT
3-2

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
COL COL
@
NYR NYR
12:30 PM
Sat
12/6
CBJ CBJ
@
FLA FLA
3:30 PM
Sat
12/6
NSH NSH
@
CAR CAR
7:00 PM
Sat
12/6
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM
Sat
12/6
STL STL
@
OTT OTT
7:00 PM