which nhl player scored the most goals in a season at age 37

Alex Ovechkin has gotten the most goals by a 37-year-old player in a season, with 42 scored in 2022-23.

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	42	37	2022-23	WSH	73	33	75	-16	48	14	11	0	0	3	1	294	14.3	4	9	44.4	188	23	31	52	20:12
2	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	40	37	2005-06	DET	82	41	81	+29	105	14	14	0	0	6	0	289	13.8	13	26	50.0	74	28	33	57	16:35
3	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	40	37	1972-73	BOS	78	53	93	+17	12	10	25	0	0	10		168	23.8
4	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	36	37	2006-07	COL	82	64	100	+2	46	16	27	0	0	4	1	258	14.0	726	1,368	53.1	21	35	38	72	20:11
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	34	37	1979-80	NYR	80	44	78	-14	73	13	15	0	0	5		245	13.9
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	33	37	2024-25	PIT	80	58	91	-20	31	12	15	0	0	10	4	227	14.5	1,016	1,782	57.0	67	39	29	86	20:22
7	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	33	37	1968-69	MTL	69	49	82	+15	55	7	13	0	0	5		235	14.0
8	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	32	37	1996-97	PHX	82	31	63	-11	38	13	12	1	0	7	1	271	11.8
9	Brett Hull B. Hull	30	37	2001-02	DET	82	33	63	+18	35	7	15	1	0	4	2	247	12.1	1	5	20.0	33	25	59	61	18:49
10	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	29	37	2014-15	COL	82	30	59	0	42	8	5	0	0	2	0	189	15.3	57	128	44.5	99	47	31	30	18:08
11	Mike Knuble M. Knuble	29	37	2009-10	WSH	69	24	53	+23	59	6	7	0	0	5	1	151	19.2	0	6	0.0	72	34	33	18	16:53
12	Gordie Howe G. Howe	29	37	1965-66	DET	70	46	75	+19	83	7	17	0	3	3		274	10.6
13	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	28	37	2003-04	TOR	72	20	48	+9	84	11	9	1	1	7	0	124	22.6	4	12	33.3	152	15	19	53	17:33
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	28	37	2002-03	PIT	67	63	91	-25	43	14	31	0	0	4	1	235	11.9	474	1,029	46.1	7	8	10	22	23:05
15	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	27	37	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
16	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	27	37	2023-24	PIT	82	40	67	+5	70	6	12	0	0	2	0	199	13.6	389	801	48.6	29	42	90	56	18:35
17	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	27	37	2022-23	BOS	78	31	58	+35	22	9	10	2	0	7	0	249	10.8	1,043	1,706	61.1	66	54	38	21	17:24
18	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	27	37	2021-22	DAL	82	54	81	+11	14	12	13	0	0	2	0	216	12.5	394	751	52.5	104	69	35	44	18:28
19	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	27	37	2016-17	SJS	82	19	46	+4	28	7	9	0	0	6	0	190	14.2	115	215	53.5	82	32	46	51	17:09
20	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	26	37	1969-70	PIT	75	25	51	-19	14	12	7	0	0	2		205	12.7
21	Tomas Holmstrom T. Holmstrom	25	37	2009-10	DET	68	20	45	+5	60	13	9	0	0	5	0	131	19.1	0	1	0.0	69	7	25	32	15:49
22	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	25	37	1977-78	BOS	80	59	84	+48	10	3	6	0	0	5		156	16.0
23	Justin Williams J. Williams	23	37	2018-19	CAR	82	30	53	-4	44	9	5	0	0	5	0	237	9.7	92	242	38.0	55	32	63	88	17:27
24	Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	23	37	2017-18	VAN	81	32	55	-21	40	9	15	0	0	5	1	189	12.2	18	40	45.0	38	2	17	37	15:16
25	Shane Doan S. Doan	23	37	2013-14	PHX	69	24	47	-7	34	10	9	0	0	4	0	167	13.8	6	12	50.0	135	22	48	20	18:56

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