oldest nhl player in 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
31
4
12
16
+15
12
0
1
0
0
3
0
67
6.0
0
0
6
41
6
37
19:40
2Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
40
2025-26
WSH WSH
31
14
16
30
+12
4
2
5
0
0
3
0
83
16.9
2
2
100.0
45
6
2
30
17:52
3Corey Perry
C. Perry
40
2025-26
LAK LAK
24
7
7
14
+7
13
1
4
0
0
0
0
50
14.0
4
8
50.0
11
5
1
16
13:33
4Jonathan Quick
J. Quick
40
2025-26
NYR NYR
7
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
59:59
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
26
2
0
2
-8
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
12.5
0
2
0.0
92
7
4
11
7:41
7Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
38
2025-26
PIT PIT
29
18
14
32
-2
28
7
4
0
0
2
0
71
25.4
332
594
55.9
24
11
10
27
19:30
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
30
5
14
19
+7
8
1
5
0
0
1
0
48
10.4
178
262
67.9
26
11
8
24
17:20
10Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
38
2025-26
LAK LAK
26
6
10
16
+10
6
3
4
0
0
1
0
44
13.6
272
484
56.2
16
22
8
26
18:46
11Kris Letang
K. Letang
38
2025-26
PIT PIT
29
2
12
14
+1
14
1
6
0
0
1
1
49
4.1
0
0
33
39
9
34
21:47
12Jeff Petry
J. Petry
38
2025-26
FLA FLA
28
0
6
6
-4
12
0
2
0
0
0
0
22
0.0
0
0
24
32
1
24
14:31
13Cam Talbot
C. Talbot
38
2025-26
DET DET
17
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
56:11
14Mats Zuccarello
M. Zuccarello
38
2025-26
MIN MIN
15
2
10
12
-3
4
1
2
0
0
0
0
29
6.9
7
12
58.3
6
5
2
16
17:55
15Sergei Bobrovsky
S. Bobrovsky
37
2025-26
FLA FLA
21
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
58:31
16Patrick Kane
P. Kane
37
2025-26
DET DET
23
5
16
21
-5
8
1
8
0
0
2
0
65
7.7
0
1
0.0
6
10
1
27
17:12
17Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
37
2025-26
FLA FLA
29
16
15
31
-8
22
2
7
0
0
1
0
84
19.0
1
7
14.3
18
13
8
33
18:30
18David Perron
D. Perron
37
2025-26
OTT OTT
30
4
11
15
0
8
2
3
0
0
0
0
40
10.0
1
6
16.7
39
12
9
17
13:51
19Jordan Staal
J. Staal
37
2025-26
CAR CAR
27
9
3
12
+3
23
2
0
0
0
0
0
38
23.7
312
541
57.7
47
13
5
19
15:17
20Jonathan Toews
J. Toews
37
2025-26
WPG WPG
30
3
6
9
-13
14
1
2
0
0
0
0
43
7.0
252
408
61.8
6
15
5
21
15:51
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
32
5
11
16
+9
8
0
0
0
2
0
0
65
7.7
307
594
51.7
16
12
11
29
17:15
23Jamie Benn
J. Benn
36
2025-26
DAL DAL
13
4
5
9
+3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
25.0
22
43
51.2
22
4
1
6
13:14
24John Carlson
J. Carlson
36
2025-26
WSH WSH
27
6
17
23
+9
6
0
5
0
0
0
0
60
10.0
0
0
9
39
21
43
22:47
25Ian Cole
I. Cole
36
2025-26
UTA UTA
32
2
10
12
+15
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
8.3
0
0
37
70
5
28
18:41

More Avalanche Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.00

1st

GA/GP

2.19

1st

PP%

15.9

26th

PK%

86.4

1st

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
22
2
7
51
52
Stars Stars
21
6
5
47
26
Wild Wild
17
9
5
39
7
Blackhawks Blackhawks
13
11
6
32
-2
Mammoth Mammoth
14
15
3
31
2
Blues Blues
11
14
7
29
-35
Jets Jets
14
15
1
29
-4
Predators Predators
12
14
4
28
-20
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
NSH NSH
@
COL COL
9:00 PM
Tue
12/16
COL COL
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Fri
12/19
WPG WPG
@
COL COL
9:00 PM
Sun
12/21
COL COL
@
MIN MIN
6:00 PM
Tue
12/23
UTA UTA
@
COL COL
9:00 PM
Last Game
FLA Panthers

15 - 13 - 2

2

Final

6

COL Avalanche

22 - 2 - 7

Thu 11 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
22
2
7
51
52
Stars Stars
21
6
5
47
26
Wild Wild
17
9
5
39
7
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
15
6
9
39
5
Ducks Ducks
19
11
1
39
10
Kings Kings
14
8
8
36
2
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Lightning Lightning
18
11
2
38
22
Bruins Bruins
19
13
0
38
8
Red Wings Red Wings
17
12
3
37
-9
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Hurricanes Hurricanes
19
9
2
40
16
Capitals Capitals
18
9
4
40
27
Islanders Islanders
18
11
3
39
6

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/14
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
1-5
Fri
11/14
SJS SJS
@
SEA SEA
1-4
Fri
11/14
WPG WPG
@
CGY CGY
4-3
Sat
11/15
NSH NSH
@
PIT PIT
0-4
Sat
11/15
VAN VAN
@
TBL TBL
6-2

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
CHI CHI
@
STL STL
8:00 PM
Fri
12/12
SEA SEA
@
UTA UTA
9:00 PM
Sat
12/13
ANA ANA
@
NJD NJD
12:30 PM
Sat
12/13
OTT OTT
@
MIN MIN
2:00 PM
Sat
12/13
SJS SJS
@
PIT PIT
3:00 PM