who played the most nhl playoff games in the 2000s

From 1999-00 through 2008-09, Brian Rafalski had the most games in the playoffs, with 142 games.

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	142	24	62	86	+39	60	14	27	0	2	5	1	244	9.8	0	1	0.0	144	144	98	129	23:28
2	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	134	16	52	68	+18	107	6	23	3	0	6	2	256	6.3	1	2	50.0	180	187	152	168	26:35
3	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	121	22	66	88	+19	38	14	42	2	3	7	0	279	7.9	0	0		76	161	77	91	28:54
4	Tomas Holmstrom T. Holmstrom	119	27	28	55	+13	120	13	12	0	0	5	0	183	14.8	3	10	30.0	178	13	21	70	14:05
5	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	115	0	3	3		26																61:30
6	Jay Pandolfo J. Pandolfo	115	10	19	29	0	12	0	0	1	4	2	0	130	7.7	6	18	33.3	113	60	76	37	15:49
7	Patrik Elias P. Elias	114	38	64	102	+23	67	18	27	2	1	6	0	334	11.4	111	278	39.9	156	17	91	120	18:17
8	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	114	27	54	81	+15	62	7	22	0	1	4	1	314	8.6	751	1,614	46.5	92	30	122	83	16:28
9	Stephane Yelle S. Yelle	114	8	10	18	-5	60	0	1	1	0	3	1	129	6.2	940	1,773	53.0	284	91	65	20	14:47
10	John Madden J. Madden	112	20	21	41	+3	24	2	2	4	2	4	1	289	6.9	946	1,978	47.8	131	58	135	65	17:41
11	Chris Drury C. Drury	111	41	39	80	+22	40	12	15	1	2	13	3	271	15.1	1,085	2,102	51.6	151	98	85	71	18:32
12	Kirk Maltby K. Maltby	109	7	11	18	+5	83	0	0	3	1	1	1	135	5.2	11	17	64.7	269	60	60	34	13:10
13	Kris Draper K. Draper	108	11	8	19	+2	78	0	0	0	2	1	0	181	6.1	962	1,659	58.0	184	53	51	22	15:55
14	Colin White C. White	106	1	14	15	+8	117	0	0	0	0	1	0	86	1.2	0	0		324	152	64	69	18:34
15	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	105	18	61	79	+42	194	9	32	0	3	3	0	254	7.1	0	0		205	250	62	110	29:30
16	Petr Sykora P. Sykora	104	29	34	63	+21	50	6	12	2	1	8	3	238	12.2	4	15	26.7	57	30	66	51	16:42
17	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	100	29	35	64	-8	36	9	16	0	0	6	1	213	13.6	52	105	49.5	185	34	47	77	18:43
18	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	98	22	41	63	+19	27	10	14	0	0	4	0	251	8.8	562	1,076	52.2	132	44	115	67	18:24
19	Alex Tanguay A. Tanguay	98	19	40	59	+2	42	7	14	0	0	6	1	125	15.2	24	65	36.9	121	26	50	59	16:50
20	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	96	43	51	94	-8	34	15	25	1	1	9	5	315	13.7	1,163	2,181	53.3	102	62	80	77	22:00
21	Brad Stuart B. Stuart	96	7	21	28	+3	59	2	7	0	1	1	0	122	5.7	0	0		200	117	20	74	21:50
22	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	94	31	43	74	+3	42	12	21	1	1	6	1	340	9.1	5	15	33.3	191	25	82	72	19:14
23	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	93	3	21	24	+20	90	1	3	1	4	0	0	111	2.7	0	0		109	139	57	85	20:24
24	Milan Hejduk M. Hejduk	93	27	36	63	+4	24	13	10	0	2	2	0	239	11.3	45	81	55.6	86	40	58	49	19:59
25	Sergei Brylin S. Brylin	92	11	16	27	-1	24	2	0	0	0	2	0	127	8.7	103	221	46.6	108	34	64	39	15:16

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Rangers	6	2	0	12	13
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Islanders	3	3	0	6	4
Devils	3	3	0	6	-6
Capitals	3	3	0	6	1
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	5	3	3	-21

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Thu 10/15	NYR	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 PM
Tue 10/20	COL	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	ANA	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	LAK	@	NJD	3:30 PM

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Bruins	5	2	0	10	10
Senators	5	2	0	10	2
Lightning	4	2	0	8	1
Panthers	3	2	2	8	-1
Canadiens	3	2	1	7	-3
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Islanders	3	3	0	6	4
Capitals	3	3	0	6	1
Devils	3	3	0	6	-6
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	5	3	3	-21

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Jets	4	1	1	9	1
Wild	4	2	1	9	5
Avalanche	4	2	0	8	10
Blues	3	2	1	7	3
Predators	2	2	2	6	-3
Stars	2	3	1	5	2
Blackhawks	2	5	0	4	-12
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Oilers	5	0	1	11	11
Kraken	5	2	0	10	10
Ducks	4	2	0	8	3
Sharks	3	3	0	6	-7
Canucks	2	6	0	4	-12
Kings	0	3	2	2	-10
Flames	1	5	0	2	-17