Xelebes
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Just taking a stroll through the history of the Battle of Alberta and while it might not be as strong as it once was, it nonetheless persists. I thought it would be interesting to see how current players are comparing to prior hockey players. Taking a look, there are three current Oiler players in the top 20 of Oilers scoring. With four regular season games this year, we could see McDavid could jump from ninth to seventh, overtaking Doug Weight. If they meet in the playoffs, McDavid has a slight chance of getting into sixth and overtaking Charlie Huddy. The next current player to the top twenty is Darnell Nurse who is at 39th.
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[/TBODY]The next Oiler players in following the top 20:
Darnell Nurse, 35th at 14 points
Jesse Puljujarvi, 39th at 13 points
Taking a look at Calgary, with the departure of Giordano to Seattle, there are only two current Flames players in the top twenty and none in the top ten. That said, with four regular season games, Backlund has a slight chance of getting into the top 10, overtaking Nilson and Roberts, but much more likely if the Flames meet the Oilers in the playoffs.
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[/TBODY]Next players up in the Flames:
Sean Monahan, 25th at 24 points
Elias Lindholm, 30th at 20 points
Matthew Tkachuk, 39th at 16 points
Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | |
1 | Wayne Gretzky | 75 | 59 | 111 | 170 |
2 | Mark Messier | 96 | 44 | 73 | 117 |
3 | Jari Kurri | 91 | 39 | 71 | 110 |
4 | Glenn Anderson | 107 | 57 | 52 | 109 |
5 | Paul Coffey | 69 | 33 | 57 | 90 |
6 | Charlie Huddy | 89 | 8 | 46 | 54 |
7 | Doug Weight | 43 | 12 | 33 | 45 |
8 | Connor McDavid | 31 | 26 | 17 | 43 |
9 | Kevin Lowe | 116 | 8 | 34 | 42 |
10 | Leon Draisatl | 35 | 5 | 36 | 41 |
11 | Ales Hemsky | 57 | 11 | 28 | 39 |
12 | Esa Tikkanen | 59 | 19 | 18 | 37 |
12 | Shawn Horcoff | 59 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
14 | Craig MacTavish | 76 | 23 | 13 | 36 |
14 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 47 | 16 | 20 | 36 |
16 | Ryan Smyth | 70 | 19 | 16 | 35 |
17 | Dave Hunter | 69 | 12 | 21 | 33 |
18 | Pat Hughes | 41 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
18 | Jordan Eberle | 33 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
20 | Craig Simpson | 45 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
20 | Todd Marchant | 44 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
Darnell Nurse, 35th at 14 points
Jesse Puljujarvi, 39th at 13 points
Taking a look at Calgary, with the departure of Giordano to Seattle, there are only two current Flames players in the top twenty and none in the top ten. That said, with four regular season games, Backlund has a slight chance of getting into the top 10, overtaking Nilson and Roberts, but much more likely if the Flames meet the Oilers in the playoffs.
Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | |
1 | Al MacInnis | 93 | 30 | 73 | 103 |
2 | Gary Suter | 68 | 16 | 65 | 81 |
3 | Jarome Iginla | 87 | 32 | 47 | 79 |
4 | Theoren Fleury | 67 | 31 | 44 | 75 |
5 | Paul Reinhart | 59 | 21 | 49 | 70 |
6 | Lanny McDonald | 69 | 33 | 30 | 63 |
7 | Joel Otto | 79 | 19 | 35 | 54 |
8 | Joe Nieuwendyk | 59 | 30 | 23 | 53 |
9 | Kent Nilsson | 34 | 13 | 33 | 46 |
9 | Gary Roberts | 61 | 24 | 22 | 46 |
11 | Hakan Loob | 53 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
11 | Robert Reichel | 43 | 20 | 23 | 43 |
13 | Carey Wilson | 53 | 14 | 25 | 39 |
13 | Mikael Backlund | 52 | 11 | 28 | 39 |
15 | Jim Peplinski | 85 | 15 | 23 | 38 |
15 | Joe Mullen | 38 | 18 | 20 | 38 |
17 | Mark Giordano | 67 | 9 | 27 | 36 |
18 | Guy Chouinard | 24 | 9 | 26 | 35 |
19 | Sergei Makarov | 32 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
20 | Johnny Gaudreau | 38 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
Sean Monahan, 25th at 24 points
Elias Lindholm, 30th at 20 points
Matthew Tkachuk, 39th at 16 points
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