Gordie Howe is the oldest in a game. He was 52 years and 6 days old against the Red Wings on April 6, 1980.
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oldest average NHL teams by player age in a regular-season game| NAME | Age | DATE | TM | OPP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI/GP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Howe | 52-006 | 4/6/1980 | vs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | | G. Howe | 52-004 | 4/4/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | | G. Howe | 52-002 | 4/2/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | | G. Howe | 52-001 | 4/1/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | | G. Howe | 51-364 | 3/29/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 6 | | G. Howe | 51-363 | 3/28/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | | G. Howe | 51-361 | 3/26/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | | G. Howe | 51-359 | 3/24/1980 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 9 | | G. Howe | 51-357 | 3/22/1980 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | | G. Howe | 51-356 | 3/21/1980 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 11 | | G. Howe | 51-354 | 3/19/1980 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 12 | | G. Howe | 51-351 | 3/16/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 13 | | G. Howe | 51-350 | 3/15/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 14 | | G. Howe | 51-348 | 3/13/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 15 | | G. Howe | 51-347 | 3/12/1980 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 16 | | G. Howe | 51-344 | 3/9/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | | G. Howe | 51-343 | 3/8/1980 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 18 | | G. Howe | 51-341 | 3/6/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 19 | | G. Howe | 51-336 | 3/1/1980 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 20 | | G. Howe | 51-335 | 2/29/1980 | vs | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | | G. Howe | 51-333 | 2/27/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | | G. Howe | 51-332 | 2/26/1980 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 23 | | G. Howe | 51-329 | 2/23/1980 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 24 | | G. Howe | 51-325 | 2/19/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | | G. Howe | 51-324 | 2/18/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
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