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ANDREW BRUNETTE - 502 GAMES PLAYED ACTIVE PLAYERS
Lidstrom and Holmstrom
Heatlley has played 328 games so far in the NHL.
Most regular season games: Gordie Howe - 1767 Most regular season and playoff games: Mark Messier - 1992
Gordie Howe. he started in 1946 and played until he was 50 in 1979 when he played all 80 games on the schedule. then in 1997 when he was almost 70 he signed a 1 game contract and played 1 shift making him the player to play in the most decades ever.
there are 82 games
it may vary
For preseason, it's 6 games.
As of March 16, 2008 that is defenseman Terry Murray who went his first 217 games in the NHL without a goal. Current Calgary Flames defenseman David Hale has played 213 games without a goal and has 5 games to go to break Murray's record. The record for most games in between goals is 256 held by Ken Daneyko.
The NHL was founded on November 26, 1917, and the first games were played on December 19, 1917.