Games
- Most games: Gordie Howe, 1,767
- Most games, including playoffs: Mark Messier, 1,992
- Most playoff games: Chris Chelios 266
- Most games played in a single NHL season, not including playoffs: Jimmy Carson (1992–93) and Bob Kudelski (1993–94), 86
- Most consecutive games: Doug Jarvis, 964 (October 8, 1975 — October 10, 1987)
- Most consecutive games by a defenseman: Jay Bouwmeester, 588 (streak active, as end of 2011–12 season)
- Oldest player to play a game: Gordie Howe, 52 years, 11 days
Read more about this topic: List Of NHL Records (individual)
Famous quotes containing the word games:
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)