oldest player to score their first nhl goal 2026

Brent Burns, Alex Ovechkin and Corey Perry were tied for the oldest with more than 0 goals in 2025-26. They were 40 years old.

	NAME	Age	G	SEASON	TM	GP	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	12	2025-26	COL	82	23	35	+33	32	0	1	0	0	5	0	172	7.0	0	0		20	91	18	102	18:53
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	40	32	2025-26	WSH	82	32	64	-5	26	5	14	0	0	5	0	244	13.1	2	4	50.0	134	16	9	62	17:27
3	Corey Perry C. Perry	40	17	2025-26	TOT	72	20	37	0	81	5	8	0	0	2	0	113	15.0	7	31	22.6	30	20	6	49	13:40
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	39	19	2025-26	PIT	56	42	61	+13	61	4	18	0	0	3	0	148	12.8	109	245	44.5	24	17	29	88	17:36
5	Ryan Reaves R. Reaves	39	3	2025-26	SJS	50	0	3	-12	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	12.0	0	2	0.0	160	15	8	19	7:48
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	38	29	2025-26	PIT	68	45	74	0	44	10	13	0	0	4	1	160	18.1	773	1,401	55.2	60	30	24	73	19:14
7	Nick Foligno N. Foligno	38	4	2025-26	TOT	54	11	15	+2	44	0	2	0	2	0	0	49	8.2	204	413	49.4	128	33	7	30	12:39
8	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	38	14	2025-26	OTT	82	35	49	+20	22	1	12	0	0	3	0	138	10.1	504	799	63.1	65	27	24	52	16:18
9	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	38	12	2025-26	LAK	67	26	38	+19	10	5	7	0	0	1	0	101	11.9	744	1,307	56.9	33	61	23	58	19:07
10	Kris Letang K. Letang	38	3	2025-26	PIT	74	31	34	-4	38	1	9	0	0	2	2	104	2.9	0	0		95	94	26	99	21:41
11	Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	38	15	2025-26	MIN	59	39	54	-5	20	6	15	0	0	5	3	122	12.3	27	60	45.0	16	26	13	62	18:39
12	Patrick Kane P. Kane	37	16	2025-26	DET	67	41	57	-1	16	2	17	0	0	4	0	169	9.5	5	15	33.3	21	24	9	67	17:42
13	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	37	27	2025-26	FLA	52	27	54	-16	38	6	14	0	0	3	1	138	19.6	1	8	12.5	36	16	15	56	17:44
14	David Perron D. Perron	37	13	2025-26	TOT	65	15	28	-7	40	3	5	0	0	1	0	93	14.0	3	10	30.0	90	23	14	35	13:34
15	Jordan Staal J. Staal	37	20	2025-26	CAR	75	16	36	+5	29	4	0	0	1	4	0	107	18.7	839	1,512	55.5	166	48	16	46	16:11
16	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	37	11	2025-26	WPG	82	18	29	-20	38	5	3	0	0	1	0	105	10.5	637	1,026	62.1	17	34	19	66	14:29
17	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	36	17	2025-26	CGY	82	26	43	+7	16	1	2	1	4	3	0	186	9.1	720	1,441	50.0	23	28	32	86	17:57
18	Jamie Benn J. Benn	36	15	2025-26	DAL	60	21	36	+8	53	2	4	0	0	3	0	72	20.8	49	101	48.5	79	23	11	35	13:17
19	John Carlson J. Carlson	36	14	2025-26	TOT	71	46	60	+9	32	2	12	0	0	1	0	153	9.2	0	1	0.0	26	106	45	118	23:10
20	Ian Cole I. Cole	36	3	2025-26	UTA	82	20	23	+16	50	0	0	0	1	0	0	62	4.8	0	0		73	151	15	95	18:16
21	Evgenii Dadonov E. Dadonov	36	1	2025-26	NJD	24	0	1	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	1	0.0	7	12	2	15	10:39
22	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	36	5	2025-26	LAK	72	18	23	+4	40	0	1	0	1	0	0	101	5.0	0	0		52	76	18	82	23:05
23	Lars Eller L. Eller	36	5	2025-26	OTT	68	10	15	+5	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	67	7.5	332	615	54.0	50	33	12	35	11:27
24	Luke Glendening L. Glendening	36	2	2025-26	TOT	70	7	9	-7	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	4.0	343	649	52.9	97	53	6	11	10:32
25	Alex Killorn A. Killorn	36	15	2025-26	ANA	82	18	33	-2	40	3	2	0	1	2	0	148	10.1	41	123	33.3	70	30	21	64	16:42

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Team Leaders

53

MacKinnon

74

MacKinnon

+/-

+57

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.63

1st

GA/GP

2.40

1st

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/30	LAK	@	COL	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STL	@	COL	9:00 PM
Wed 10/7	COL	@	WPG	7:30 PM
Thu 10/8	COL	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TOR	@	COL	7:00 PM

Last Game

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0 - 4

Final

Golden Knights

4 - 0

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

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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
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
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
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12