2009

2012

2016

2018

2019

MARCH 26, 2009

The streak begins when Keith Yandle returns

to the Coyotes’ lineup against the Edmonton Oilers. Yandle had been scratched the previous game against Anaheim by head coach Wayne Gretzky.

FEB. 7, 2012

Yandle leaves a Coyotes’ game in the third period after awkwardly blocking a shot from Dallas’ Stéphane Robidas with his leg.

DEC. 5, 2016

In his 577th consecutive game, Yandle takes a shot from Florida Panthers teammate Aaron Ekblad off his ankle and leaves the contest after playing fewer than five minutes. Then Panthers coach Tom Rowe opines he would be “out

a while” but Yandle plays

the next night

in Philadelphia.

OCT. 6, 2018

Yandle is in doubt for the Panthers’ season opener vs. Tampa Bay after suffering a lower-body injury in a preseason game.

NOV. 23, 2019

While playing for the Panthers, Yandle loses nine teeth and breaks his jaw in the first period of a game against the Carolina Hurricanes. He returns to play in the third period.

2021

2021

2022

2022

2022

JAN. 17, 2021

Ahead of the team’s season opener, Panthers and new head coach Joel Quenneville “floated the

idea of sitting

him out of the opening-night lineup if he did not waive his no-move clause.” After widespread support for Yandle on social media, the Panthers change course. Yandle subsequently scores his 100th career goal that night against the Chicago Blackhawks.

MARCH 13, 2021

Yandle, while a member of the Panthers, plays his 1,000th career game.

DEC. 2021 -

JAN. 2022

COVID-19 spreads through the Flyers’ locker room with 16 players added to the league’s protocols and Yandle’s roommate Kevin Hayes among them. Flyers teammate Ivan Provorov sees his Iron Man streak snapped at 403 games due to a positive COVID test.

JAN. 24, 2022

Yandle equals Doug Jarvis’ record of 964 consecutive

games played

in a 3-1 defeat

to the Dallas Stars

JAN. 25, 2022

Yandle breaks Jarvis’ 35-year-

old record for consecutive

games played, playing his 965th straight game, against the New York Islanders.

A timeline of NHL close calls with the Iron Man record.

A timeline of NHL close calls

with the Iron Man record.

2009

2012

MARCH 26, 2009

The streak begins when Keith Yandle returns

to the Coyotes’ lineup against the Edmonton Oilers. Yandle had been scratched the previous game against Anaheim by head coach Wayne Gretzky.

FEB. 7, 2012

Yandle leaves a Coyotes’ game in the third period after awkwardly blocking a shot from Dallas’ Stéphane Robidas with his leg.

2016

2018

OCT. 6, 2018

Yandle is in doubt for the Panthers’ season opener vs. Tampa Bay after suffering a lower-body injury in a preseason game.

DEC. 5, 2016

In his 577th consecutive game, Yandle takes a shot from Florida Panthers teammate Aaron Ekblad off his ankle and leaves the contest after playing fewer than five minutes. Then Panthers coach Tom Rowe opines he would be “out

a while” but Yandle plays

the next night

in Philadelphia.

2019

2021

JAN. 17, 2021

Ahead of the team’s season opener, Panthers and new head coach Joel Quenneville “floated the

idea of sitting

him out of the opening-night lineup if he did not waive his no-move clause.” After widespread support for Yandle on social media, the Panthers change course. Yandle subsequently scores his 100th career goal that night against the Chicago Blackhawks.

NOV. 23, 2019

While playing for the Panthers, Yandle loses nine teeth and breaks his jaw in the first period of a game against the Carolina Hurricanes. He returns to play in the third period.

2021

2022

MARCH 13, 2021

Yandle, while a member of the Panthers, plays his 1,000th career game.

DEC. 2021 -

JAN. 2022

COVID-19 spreads through the Flyers’ locker room with 16 players added to the league’s protocols and Yandle’s roommate Kevin Hayes among them. Flyers teammate Ivan Provorov sees his Iron Man streak snapped at 403 games due to a positive COVID test.

2022

2022

JAN. 25, 2022

Yandle breaks Jarvis’ 35-year-

old record for consecutive

games played, playing his 965th straight game, against the New York Islanders.

JAN. 24, 2022

Yandle equals Doug Jarvis’ record of 964 consecutive

games played

in a 3-1 defeat

to the Dallas Stars