which active player has the most hits in playoff history

Alex Ovechkin has made the most career hits by an active player in the playoffs, with 672 hits.

	NAME	HIT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	672	161	77	70	147	+3	83	31	33	0	0	11	1	675	11.4	11	15	73.3	87	72	136	20:56
2	Jordan Staal J. Staal	544	171	39	38	77	+4	83	7	3	2	3	6	3	321	12.1	1,643	3,149	52.2	108	79	82	18:12
3	Ryan Reaves R. Reaves	462	113	3	6	9	+1	116	0	0	0	0	1	0	64	4.7	8	37	21.6	44	20	25	8:38
4	William Carrier W. Carrier	451	105	6	8	14	+4	72	0	1	0	0	3	0	132	4.5	9	16	56.3	35	25	23	9:49
5	Sam Bennett S. Bennett	445	107	40	38	78	+11	178	10	11	0	0	3	0	298	13.4	370	878	42.1	51	40	74	17:04
6	Ondrej Palat O. Palat	444	155	51	52	103	+34	68	11	9	1	1	13	1	310	16.5	36	127	28.3	150	86	99	18:04
7	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	442	203	12	57	69	+20	107	5	8	0	3	3	1	301	4.0	0	0		464	120	187	24:06
8	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	398	97	18	23	41	0	164	4	6	0	0	2	1	137	13.1	16	42	38.1	59	53	48	15:20
9	Evander Kane E. Kane	388	97	32	23	55	-13	248	5	4	0	0	3	0	278	11.5	53	141	37.6	39	29	68	17:55
10	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	380	135	50	33	83	-11	84	19	8	3	1	12	1	268	18.7	13	52	25.0	38	40	79	16:38
11	Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	370	103	14	28	42	+1	48	1	2	0	0	3	1	125	11.2	149	321	46.4	41	48	58	14:43
12	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	362	106	42	33	75	+17	54	11	7	1	0	7	1	321	13.1	42	105	40.0	55	42	40	19:44
13	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	345	116	6	23	29	+17	79	0	0	1	1	2	0	119	5.0	0	0		266	47	112	20:07
14	Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	337	126	26	27	53	-33	58	5	8	1	1	3	1	223	11.7	611	1,263	48.4	94	66	45	16:41
15	Jamie Benn J. Benn	333	126	28	52	80	-6	153	9	13	2	0	3	0	280	10.0	537	970	55.4	88	63	87	17:13
16	Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	331	115	18	27	45	0	58	0	5	1	1	2	1	181	9.9	620	1,319	47.0	118	84	43	17:51
17	Corey Perry C. Perry	324	244	64	77	141	-16	299	24	24	1	0	12	5	541	11.8	7	29	24.1	86	85	141	15:33
18	Noel Acciari N. Acciari	301	71	6	4	10	-9	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	56	10.7	220	411	53.5	68	24	18	13:12
19	Kris Letang K. Letang	301	155	25	67	92	-2	162	9	26	0	2	7	1	378	6.6	0	0		247	65	182	24:23
20	Barclay Goodrow B. Goodrow	297	97	12	12	24	+6	111	0	0	2	0	5	2	102	11.8	375	836	44.9	113	41	36	15:03
21	Brent Burns B. Burns	294	145	24	59	83	+23	119	8	24	0	0	0	0	422	5.7	2	9	22.2	215	78	147	23:48
22	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	282	102	36	40	76	+37	66	8	9	0	0	6	0	335	10.7	77	205	37.6	31	53	61	17:13
23	Alex Killorn A. Killorn	280	152	41	45	86	-9	129	14	16	1	3	5	0	303	13.5	18	56	32.1	65	68	69	18:34
24	Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	274	69	3	7	10	-8	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	6.5	30	67	44.8	35	18	23	10:48
25	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	272	91	3	19	22	+16	50	0	0	0	0	1	0	120	2.5	0	0		152	19	41	19:51

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Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

7th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

14th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

Last Game

Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

Tue 14 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

10

Dorofeyev

9

Howden

7

Marner

Playoffs Assists Leaders

15

Eichel

12

Hutson

12

Suzuki

Playoffs Points Leaders

19

Marner

16

Suzuki

16

Eichel

Playoffs Hits Leaders

67

Barbashev

58

Kolesar

57

Smith

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

42

Theodore

41

Matheson

38

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

9

Dobes

9

Hart

8

Andersen

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.51

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.939

Silovs

.932

Andersen

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

3.90

3.73

3.69

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.78

2.29

2.40

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.2

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

57-40

48-34

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

38-53

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