Despite turning 36 shortly after the start of the 2014-15 season, Andrei Markov finished the regular schedule having averaged over 24 minutes per game for the third consecutive campaign. His five-on-five minutes have been trending up over his last few seasons, going from an average of 15:55 at even-strength in 2012-13, to 16:50 in 2013-14, to a career-high 17:22 last year.
It also marked three straight healthy seasons after a plague of knee injuries allowed him to play only 65 of the Canadiens' 246 regular season games from 2009-10 to 2011-12. Markov has missed just two games in the last three years, both late-season healthy scratches.