Eddie Shore and Herb Gardiner are tied for the oldest Hart Trophy winners in a season. They were 35 years old.

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oldest player to win NHL mvp in a regular season

	NAME	Age	HART	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	Eddie Shore E. Shore	35	1	1937-38	BOS	48	3	14	17		42	0	1	1	0	0	0
2	Herb Gardiner H. Gardiner	35	1	1926-27	MTL	44	6	7	13		26					0	0
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	34	1	1962-63	DET	70	38	48	86	+23	100	13	18	0	1	6		351	10.8
4	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	33	1	1997-98	BUF	72	0	2	2		12																58:36
5	Jacques Plante J. Plante	33	1	1961-62	MTL	70	0	0	0		14																60:00
6	Babe Siebert B. Siebert	33	1	1936-37	MTL	44	8	20	28		38	2	2	0	0	1	0
7	Eddie Shore E. Shore	33	1	1935-36	BOS	45	3	16	19		61	0	6	0	0	1	0
8	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	32	1	2025-26	TBL	76	44	86	130	+43	50	8	29	1	0	8	2	231	19.0	0	2	0.0	36	29	21	124	20:20
9	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	32	1	1996-97	BUF	67	0	3	3		30																60:15
10	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	32	1	1963-64	MTL	68	28	50	78	+9	42	13	19	0	0	2		228	12.3
11	Milt Schmidt M. Schmidt	32	1	1950-51	BOS	62	22	39	61		33	3	10	0	0	5
12	Ebbie Goodfellow E. Goodfellow	32	1	1939-40	DET	43	11	18	29		31	2	7	1	1	1	0
13	Eddie Shore E. Shore	32	1	1934-35	BOS	48	7	26	33		32	0	12	0	1	1	1
14	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	32	1	1933-34	MTL	48	21	15	36		27	4	4	0	1	7	1
15	Connor Hellebuyck C. Hellebuyck	31	1	2024-25	WPG	63	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	18	59:23
16	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	31	1	2000-01	COL	82	54	64	118	+45	30	19	27	3	3	12	2	332	16.3	1,214	2,292	53.0	44	54	79	54	23:01
17	Mark Messier M. Messier	31	1	1991-92	NYR	79	35	72	107	+31	76	12	21	4	5	6	1	212	16.5
18	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	31	1	1973-74	BOS	78	68	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
19	Gordie Howe G. Howe	31	1	1959-60	DET	70	28	45	73	+16	46	5	17	2	1	5		354	7.9
20	Buddy O'Connor B. O'Connor	31	1	1947-48	NYR	60	24	36	60		8	5	13	1	0	3
21	Tom Anderson T. Anderson	31	1	1941-42	BRK	48	12	29	41		64	1	8	0	1	0	0
22	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	31	1	1923-24	SEN	20	11	6	17		16					1	0
23	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	30	1	1995-96	PIT	70	69	92	161	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
24	Sid Abel S. Abel	30	1	1948-49	DET	60	28	26	54		49	8	7	1	1	5
25	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	30	1	1942-43	BOS	48	27	45	72		10	9	6	0	0	6	0

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Fri 10/2	BOS	@	WPG	8:00 PM
Sat 10/3	BOS	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 10/5	OTT	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Thu 10/8	UTA	@	BOS	7:00 PM

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Kucherov

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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
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Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
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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

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
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