Between the 1979-80 and 1986-87 seasons, John Tonelli had the most games in the playoffs, with 128 games.

most playoff games by a player 1979-80 to 1986-87

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	TOI/GP
1	John Tonelli J. Tonelli	128	34	58	92	+31	166	2	7	0	0	6	1	239	14.2
2	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	123	58	83	141	+40	179	18	34	4	4	9	1	318	18.2
3	Ken Morrow K. Morrow	121	11	22	33	+39	89	0	0	0	1	3	3	164	6.7
4	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	121	33	68	101	+44	151	20	37	1	5	5	1	357	9.2
5	Duane Sutter D. Sutter	120	22	30	52	+22	321	2	5	0	0	3	0	183	12.0
6	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	112	77	71	148	+26	34	33	40	0	0	15	1	382	20.2
7	Bobby Smith B. Smith	111	40	68	108	-8	126	15	33	0	0	7	1	307	13.0
8	Butch Goring B. Goring	104	29	41	70	+30	26	7	6	2	4	5	0	157	18.5
9	Billy Smith B. Smith	102	0	2	2		51									58:09
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	101	69	140	209	+80	40	18	32	9	14	13	1	400	17.3
11	Bob Bourne B. Bourne	100	34	46	80	+24	92	9	11	5	4	5	1	213	16.0
12	Clark Gillies C. Gillies	100	34	34	68	+16	169	11	13	0	0	5	1	211	16.1
13	Mark Messier M. Messier	100	55	68	123	+46	102	7	21	9	1	6	0	306	18.0
14	Dave Hunter D. Hunter	99	16	24	40	+24	209	1	0	1	1	0	0	149	10.7
15	Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	99	7	33	40	+42	82	0	5	2	4	1	0	114	6.1
16	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	98	55	65	120	+32	196	12	18	0	0	9	3	306	18.0
17	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	98	65	73	138	+73	65	11	21	6	6	7	1	284	22.9
18	Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	98	29	30	59	+17	154	0	6	0	0	4	2	173	16.8
19	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	94	36	67	103	+65	167	11	22	3	1	6	0	288	12.5
20	Brian Propp B. Propp	91	34	49	83	+19	99	13	15	2	1	6	0	282	12.1
21	Dave Langevin D. Langevin	86	2	17	19	+25	106	0	0	0	0	1	0	75	2.7
22	Bob Gainey B. Gainey	85	9	18	27	-11	58	0	2	1	2	4	0	131	6.9
23	Stefan Persson S. Persson	85	7	44	51	+22	55	6	25	0	0	0	0	108	6.5
24	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	85	6	49	55	+17	72	3	24	0	2	0	0	179	3.4
25	Randy Gregg R. Gregg	84	9	25	34	+56	82	1	7	1	1	3	1	105	8.6