In Newark, a Final Meeting, Perhaps, for Two Ageless Stars NEWARK - The Finnish Flash rolled through New Jersey one last time on Friday, and as with all the stops on Teemu Selanne's N.H.L. farewell tour, it was a special occasion. The game between the Anaheim Ducks and the Devils was the last regular-season appearance for Selanne, 43, in the metropolitan area and, almost certainly, the last time he would play in the N.H.L. against Jaromir Jagr, 41, the league's other ageless wonder. It was a matchup that hockey people wished they could preserve in amber. "You never want to let go of heroes," Anaheim Coach Bruce Boudreau said before the game. Selanne wound up with two assists and Jagr with one and when the night was done, Anaheim forward Kyle Palmieri, 22, was the hero, scoring a wraparound goal behind goalie Corey Schneider in overtime that gave the Ducks a 3-2 victory, their seventh in a row. Palmieri grew up in nearby Montvale, N.J., and had about 100 friends and family at the Prudential Center. "I grew up watching the Devils play," Palmieri said. It's pretty hard to ignore the fact that you're here. It was a pretty cool night. Jagr's assist on Andy Greene's power-play goal with 5 minutes 2 seconds left tied the game at 2-2 and earned the Devils a point. His point-scoring streak hit six games. Selanne's assists extended his point-scoring streak to three. "It's fun to see that there's old guys who can still play in this league," Selanne said. Because the older you get, it doesn't get any easier you know. Selanne broke into the N.H.L. in 1992 by scoring 76 goals with the Winnipeg Jets, shattering the rookie scoring record set by Mike Bossy of the Islanders (53) in the 1977-78 season. No rookie has come close to that total, nor has any other player. "That's a lot of goals," said Jagr, who entered the league in 1990. Took me the first three years to reach that. The two superstar forwards have aged gracefully through the decades, though seldom meeting, like celestial bodies that rarely align. Selanne entered Friday's game with 679 regular-season goals, 11th all time; Jagr, with 693, is eighth on the career total. While Jagr has spent 19 1/2 of his 20 N.H.L. seasons playing in the Eastern Conference, Selanne has spent each of his 23 seasons in the West. The two highly respected players have admired each other's achievements from a distance. Selanne's visit to Newark on Friday was only the 15th game he had played in New Jersey. "We've always played in different conferences, so we don't see each other very often," Selanne said. I know him, of course, but it's not like we call all the time. It's been a long journey, and we've taken it at the same time. We respect each other, that's for sure. To Eastern fans, Selanne's accomplishments have been almost a rumor: his smooth, graceful stride; his laser shot; the antique Jofa helmet he wore with Winnipeg, San Jose, Colorado and Anaheim; the Stanley Cup he won in 2007 with the Ducks. It has been pretty much the same for Western fans with Jagr, that amalgam of size and grace. Jagr leads the Devils in scoring, and on Wednesday he broke Gordie Howe's record by tallying the 122nd game-winning goal of his career. "It's fun to play against him and watch him," Selanne said. He's a very exciting player, with an unbelievable career. Selanne said he was not surprised that Jagr was doing well this season. "I know how good he can be," Selanne said. He still has all the tools. I'm so happy to see him do well. When Selanne started playing in his native Finland - a quarter century ago - he took a second job as a kindergarten teacher. He still has an easygoing style that puts others at ease and a playful sense of humor. He announced that this would be his final season with a video of himself playing golf, plunking his ball in a water hazard and throwing his gold bag into the pond in frustration. With perfect comic timing, he waded in, retrieved his bag to shore, fished his cellphone out of the bag and called the Ducks to say that he was coming back one final time. The video was his idea. It has received almost 2,000,000 views. "It's a great way to walk away from the game," said Saku Koivu, 39, Selanne's teammate on the Ducks and the Finnish national team. Ask any player, and that's kind of a dream come true, that you can leave on your own terms and not be forced to walk away. Selanne could face Jagr in the Sochi Olympics if Finland plays the Czech Republic after the preliminary round. In fact, most of Selanne's contact with Jagr over the years has come at various international tournaments, starting with the 1987 European U-18 championship. Selanne was 17; Jagr was 15. "I remember thinking, "Wow this guy can play," " Selanne said. He was so powerful, so skillful. We checked the ages after we saw him. There was this one guy who was two years younger than us, and he could play like this. This season, Selanne is finally slowing down. He does not play the second game of back-to-back sets, which means he would not play against the Islanders on Saturday night. Having played at Madison Square Garden in early November, his time in the metropolitan area was coming to a close. "This city, this whole East coast - we don't come through here so many times but it's still very special, and obviously when you know it's going to be the last time," Selanne said. You see things differently. You try to enjoy it. You really try to remember it for the future. The good memories are always going to be with me. Selanne's production is down this season; he entered the game with only 4 goals and 5 assists in 28 games. "Look, he's not 27 anymore," Boudreau said. But the Ducks are one of the league's top teams and a favorite to go far in the playoffs. Selanne is ready for that. "Taking the second game of back-to-backs off is going to really help me at playoff time," he said. Jagr sat at his dressing room stall before the game and was asked how he felt about playing Selanne for the last time. "You never know," Jagr said, cocking an eyebrow. We might meet in the finals.