most playoff games played in nhl history

Chris Chelios has the most career games in the playoffs, with 266 games.

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most playoff games played by a player in NHL history

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	266	31	113	144	+48	423	14	46	3	5	6	2	587	5.3	0	0		109	139	57	85	20:24
2	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	263	54	129	183	+61	76	30	81	3	3	11	1	656	8.2	0	0		99	193	85	107	28:00
3	Patrick Roy P. Roy	247	0	11	11		54																61:34
4	Mark Messier M. Messier	236	109	186	295	+52	244	24	68	14	5	14	0	671	16.2
5	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	234	80	78	158	+41	529	21	24	0	3	19	3	730	11.0	9	19	47.4	100	8	17	25	16:51
6	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	233	26	92	118	+44	402	12	31	0	4	8	0	481	5.4	0	0		231	153	102	83	24:04
7	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	231	38	55	93	+5	161	0	2	6	3	8	2	339	11.2	247	444	55.6	57	23	18	17	16:21
8	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	227	28	116	144	+100	211	7	45	0	3	3	2	417	6.7
9	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	225	93	121	214	+63	442	22	29	1	0	17	5	554	16.8
10	Kris Draper K. Draper	222	24	22	46	+15	160	0	0	4	4	3	1	310	7.7	995	1,730	57.5	210	61	55	22	14:42
11	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	221	71	112	183	+31	277	18	41	4	4	12	1	472	15.0
12	Mike Keane M. Keane	220	34	40	74	+24	135	2	7	2	1	4	2	260	13.1	12	27	44.4	115	52	31	29	15:04
13	Corey Perry C. Perry	215	54	73	127	-12	283	19	22	1	0	11	5	495	10.9	7	25	28.0	283	80	84	127	15:48
14	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	215	37	115	152	+32	201	20	47	3	4	7	0	504	7.3	1	1	100.0	10	17	7	19	21:33
15	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	214	41	139	180	+27	171	15	74	0	3	4	0	814	5.0	1	1	100.0	72	59	45	36	28:57
16	Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	214	10	48	58	+48	192	0	5	2	4	1	0	186	5.4
17	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	208	78	123	201	+30	163	24	41	2	0	16	4	682	11.4	3	5	60.0	42	16	52	106	20:18
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	208	122	260	382	+91	66	35	90	12	17	24	4	699	17.5
19	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	205	52	97	149	+25	95	18	33	3	3	12	2	712	7.3	13	26	50.0	331	77	185	102	19:18
20	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	205	1	12	13		34																62:02
21	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	202	25	73	98	+20	155	12	29	3	1	8	2	411	6.1	1	2	50.0	180	187	152	168	26:35
22	Brett Hull B. Hull	202	103	87	190	+13	73	38	31	4	0	24	3	803	12.8	1	4	25.0	55	29	66	82	18:34
23	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	201	74	69	143	-1	84	30	25	0	1	18	4	548	13.5	1,331	2,537	52.5	332	219	123	154	19:47
24	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	200	18	52	70	+49	218	6	15	0	0	4	0	387	4.7	2	2	100.0	611	327	73	211	25:24
25	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	200	106	127	233	+101	123	25	41	10	11	14	2	527	20.1