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Video: Selanne becomes third-oldest player to score a playoff goal

Dallas Stars v Anaheim Ducks - Game One

in Game One of the First Round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center on April 16, 2014 in Anaheim, California.

Jeff Gross

It remains to be seen if future Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne’s first goal of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs will win Game 1 for the Anaheim Ducks, but it already made a little history.

The Globe & Mail’s James Mirtle mentions that Selanne became the third-oldest player to score a postseason goal in NHL history with his 2-1 tally against the Los Angeles Kings. (Feel free to correct, but by rough Hockey Reference math, Selanne is 43 years and 304 days old).

Here’s the 43rd career postseason goal for “The Finnish Flash.”

(Mirtle notes that Gordie Howe and Chris Chelios rank as the oldest and second-oldest, in case you’re wondering.)

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