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A look at the Battle of Alberta leaderboard
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Ryan Pike
Feb 1, 2020, 10:00 ESTUpdated: Feb 1, 2020, 03:22 EST
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Saturday night’s installment of the Battle of Alberta will be the 242nd edition of the storied rivalry. The Calgary Flames have won 122 of those games and lost 101 of them – the rest were ties. As we reflect on the past editions of the Battle, let’s take a quick look at the leaderboard of individual player performances.

Games Played

  1. Kevin Lowe – 94 [Edmonton]
  2. Jarome Iginla – 89 [Calgary]
  3. Glenn Anderson – 83 [Edmonton]
  4. Al MacInnis – 75 [Calgary]
  5. Mark Messier – 73 [Edmonton]
  6. Jari Kurri – 73 [Edmonton]
  7. Ryan Smyth – 70 [Edmonton]
  8. Charlie Huddy – 69 [Edmonton]
  9. Jim Peplinski – 69 [Calgary]
  10. Joel Otto – 67 [Calgary] (and Kelly Buchberger, Edmonton)
Mark Giordano is Calgary’s active leader with 57 Battles, while Sam Gagner has suited up for 40 for Edmonton.

Goals

  1. Glenn Anderson – 45 [Edmonton]
  2. Wayne Gretzky – 44 [Edmonton]
  3. Jari Kurri – 34 [Edmonton]
  4. Jarome Iginla – 34 [Calgary]
  5. Theoren Fleury – 30 [Calgary]
  6. Mark Messier – 29 [Edmonton]
  7. Al MacInnis – 28 [Calgary]
  8. Joe Nieuwendyk – 27 [Calgary]
  9. Paul Coffey – 25 [Edmonton]
  10. Lanny McDonald – 25 [Calgary]
Johnny Gaudreau is Calgary’s active leader with 10 goals, while Connor McDavid has 13 for Edmonton.

Points

  1. Wayne Gretzky – 133 [Edmonton]
  2. Al MacInnis – 89 [Calgary]
  3. Jari Kurri – 89 [Edmonton]
  4. Mark Messier – 87 [Edmonton]
  5. Glenn Anderson – 83 [Edmonton]
  6. Jarome Iginla – 82 [Calgary]
  7. Paul Coffey – 70 [Edmonton]
  8. Theoren Fleury – 70 [Calgary]
  9. Gary Suter – 69 [Calgary]
  10. Joe Nieuwendyk – 52 [Calgary]
Mikael Backlund is Calgary’s active leader with 30 points, while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 27 for Edmonton.

Goalie Wins

  1. Miikka Kipusoff – 33 [Calgary]
  2. Mike Vernon – 30 [Calgary]
  3. Grant Fuhr – 21 [Edmonton]
  4. Tommy Salo – 12 [Edmonton]
  5. Bill Ranford – 12 [Edmonton]
  6. Andy Moog – 10 [Edmonton]
  7. Trevor Kidd – 10 [Calgary]
  8. Cam Talbot – 7 [Edmonton]
  9. Curtis Joseph – 7 [Edmonton]
  10. Devan Dubnyk – 6 [Edmonton]
Mikko Koskinen leads Edmonton’s active goalies with two wins, while David Rittich has four for Calgary.

Major Penalties

Couldn’t find a fights breakdown, so here’s the next best thing:
  1. Tim Hunter – 26 [Calgary]
  2. Kelly Buchberger – 21 [Edmonton]
  3. Kevin McClelland – 21 [Edmonton]
  4. Joel Otto – 18 [Calgary]
  5. Jim Peplinski – 16 [Calgary]
  6. Louie DeBrusk – 12 [Edmonton]
  7. Dave Semenko – 11 [Edmonton]
  8. Steve Smith – 10 [Edmonton]
  9. Marty McSorley – 10 [Edmonton]
  10. Sandy McCarthy – 8 [Calgary]
Calgary’s Giordano and Edmonton’s Zack Kassian each have three as their respective team’s active leaders.
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