Chris Chelios is the oldest with fewer than 30 games played in a season. He was 48 years old in 2009-10.

oldest players in the NHL with less than 30 games in a regular season played2024

	NAME	AGE	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	48	7	2009-10	ATL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		8	7	2	5	11:10
2	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	47	28	2008-09	DET	0	0	0	+1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0		22	12	7	13	11:40
3	Moe Roberts M. Roberts	46	1	1951-52	CHI	0	0	0		0																20:00
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	45	22	2017-18	CGY	1	6	7	+6	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0		1	8	11	12	13:03
5	Johnny Bower J. Bower	45	1	1969-70	TOR	0	0	0		0																60:00
6	Gump Worsley G. Worsley	44	29	1973-74	MNS	0	0	0		0																55:04
7	Johnny Bower J. Bower	44	20	1968-69	TOR	0	0	0		0																38:51
8	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	43	18	2008-09	SJS	0	1	1	-5	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	3	14	21.4	34	3	2	4	7:40
9	Gump Worsley G. Worsley	43	12	1972-73	MNS	0	1	1		22																52:01
10	Lester Patrick L. Patrick	43	1	1926-27	NYR	0	0	0		2					0	0
11	David Ayres D. Ayres	42	1	2019-20	CAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	28:41
12	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	42	7	2014-15	STL	0	0	0		0																50:49
13	Eddie Johnston E. Johnston	42	16	1977-78	TOT	0	0	0		0																55:34
14	Johnny Bower J. Bower	42	27	1966-67	TOR	0	0	0		0																52:52
15	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	42	2	1966-67	DET	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
16	Frank Boucher F. Boucher	42	15	1943-44	NYR	4	10	14		2	1	2	0	0	0
17	Hugh Lehman H. Lehman	42	4	1927-28	CHI	0	0	0		0																62:30
18	Craig Anderson C. Anderson	41	26	2022-23	BUF	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	12	57:19
19	Nikolai Khabibulin N. Khabibulin	41	4	2013-14	CHI	0	0	0		0																41:55
20	Curtis Joseph C. Joseph	41	21	2008-09	TOR	0	0	0		0																40:02
21	Brett Hull B. Hull	41	5	2005-06	PHX	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0		1	3	0	0	13:45
22	Terry Harper T. Harper	41	15	1980-81	CLR	0	2	2	-3	8	0	0	0	0	0		6	0.0
23	Carl Brewer C. Brewer	41	20	1979-80	TOR	0	5	5	-5	2	0	1	0	0	0		11	0.0
24	Bobby Hull B. Hull	41	27	1979-80	TOT	6	11	17	-10	0	2	4	0	0	0		38	15.8
25	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	41	11	1973-74	DET	1	4	5	-13	2	1	4	0	0	0		9	11.1