Thursday evening at the Scotiabank Saddledome featured a bit of history.
It was the 1,595th regular season game hosted by the Saddledome, which is kind of fun. But the Utah Hockey Club visited the Calgary Flames for the first time in their history, becoming the 37th different club to play in the Saddledome as visitors since the arena opened in 1983.
Unless something weird happens within the National Hockey League in the next two seasons – which we won’t definitively rule out – Utah HC will be the final NHL team to make their Saddledome debut in the building’s long history.
To commemorate this occasion, we’ve dug through the NHL’s statistical archive and broken down how each club has experienced their trips to the ‘Dome over the years – stats are current through Thursday’s game.

Edmonton Oilers

  • Visits to date: 123 (their record: 48-68-7-2)
  • First visit: Oct. 15, 1983
  • First goal: Jari Kurri
  • Most goals: Glenn Anderson (21)

St. Louis Blues

  • Visits to date: 70 (their record: 35-29-2-4)
  • First visit: Oct. 26, 1983
  • First goal: Perry Turnbull
  • Most goals: Brett Hull (10)

Winnipeg Jets (original)

  • Visits: 45 (their record: 11-27-7-0)
  • First visit: Oct. 28, 1983
  • Last visit: Mar. 31, 1996
  • First goal: Thomas Steen
  • Last goal: Igor Korolev
  • Most goals: Thomas Steen (11)

Vancouver Canucks

  • Visits to date: 122 (their record: 43-67-10-2)
  • First visit: Oct. 30, 1983
  • First goal: Jim Nill
  • Most goals: Trevor Linden (17)

Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Visits to date: 38 (their record: 13-17-4-4)
  • First visit: Nov. 3, 1983
  • First goal: Ted Bulley
  • Most goals: Mario Lemieux (9)

Toronto Maple Leafs

  • Visits to date: 56 (their record: 22-29-3-2)
  • First visit: Nov. 5, 1983
  • First goal: Rick Vaive
  • Most goals: Mats Sundin (10)

New Jersey Devils

  • Visits to date: 35 (their record: 8-18-6-3)
  • First visit: Nov. 17, 1983
  • First goal: Aaron Broten (Wranglers interim coach Joe Cirella scored the second Devils goal at the Saddledome)
  • Most goals: John MacLean & Pat Verbeek (tied with 5)

Buffalo Sabres

  • Visits to date: 37 (their record: 16-16-4-1)
  • First visit: Nov. 19, 1983
  • First goal: Sean McKenna
  • Most goals: Dave Andreychuk & Alexander Mogilny (tied with 6)

Los Angeles Kings

  • Visits to date: 102 (their record: 35-57-6-4)
  • First visit: Nov. 21, 1983
  • First goal: Russ Anderson
  • Most goals: Luc Robitaille (20)
(The Flames were the home team in a neutral site game with the Kings in 1993-94, hosted in Phoenix, AZ. This was during a period where the NHL was considering additional expansion sites and wanted to test a few markets out.)

Philadelphia Flyers

  • Visits to date: 38 (their record: 15-19-2-1)
  • First visit: Nov. 29, 1983
  • First goal: Brian Propp
  • Most goals: Brian Propp (8)
(The Flames were a home team in a neutral site game with the Flyers in 1992-93, hosted in Cleveland, OH. Again, this was part of the NHL testing out new markets. We’re not entirely sure what the expected hook was in a Flames/Flyers game, though.)

New York Islanders

  • Visits to date: 34 (their record: 10-21-2-1)
  • First visit: Dec. 1, 1983
  • First goal: Butch Goring
  • Most goals: Brent Sutter & John Tavares (tied with 5)

Quebec Nordiques

  • Visits: 16 (their record: 3-10-3-0)
  • First visit: Dec. 14, 1983
  • Last visit: Jan. 11, 1994* (the Nordiques relocated to Colorado after the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season, but due to the shortened schedule their last trip to the Saddledome was in the 1993-94 season)
  • First goal: Michel Goulet
  • Last goal: Martin Rucinsky* (the Nordiques were shut out 1-0 in their final visit to the Saddledome, so their last goal was scored on Feb. 12, 1993, their prior visit before that)
  • Most goals: Mats Sundin (5)

Boston Bruins

  • Visits to date: 35 (their record: 18-11-3-3)
  • First visit: Dec. 28, 1983
  • First goal: Terry O’Reilly
  • Most goals: Brad Marchand (9)

Minnesota North Stars

  • Visits: 16 (their record: 1-11-4-0)
  • First visit: Jan. 5, 1984
  • Last visit: Apr. 1, 1993
  • First goal: Tom McCarthy
  • Last goal: Ulf Dahlen
  • Most goals: Scott Bjugstad & Dino Ciccarelli (tied with 6)

Hartford Whalers

  • Visits: 17 (their record: 2-14-1-0)
  • First visit: Jan. 13, 1984
  • Last visit: Jan. 9, 1997
  • First goal: Sylvain Turgeon
  • Last goal: Kevin Dineen
  • Most goals: Kevin Dineen (9)

Washington Capitals

  • Visits to date: 34 (their record: 13-15-6-0)
  • First visit: Jan. 15, 1984
  • First goal: Scott Stevens
  • Most goals: Alex Ovechkin (8)

New York Rangers

  • Visits to date: 35 (their record: 9-20-4-2)
  • First visit: Feb. 2, 1984
  • First goal: Nick Fotiu
  • Most goals: Brian Leetch (5)

Montreal Canadiens

  • Visits to date: 46 (their record: 19-23-3-1)
  • First visit: Mar. 3, 1984
  • First goal: Steve Shutt
  • Most goals: Brian Savage (8)
(The Flames hosted the Canadiens in the 2011 Heritage Classic held at McMahon Stadium.)

Chicago Blackhawks

  • Visits to date: 69 (their record: 30-27-7-5)
  • First visit: Mar. 16, 1984
  • First goal: Bill Gardner
  • Most goals: Patrick Kane (12)

Detroit Red Wings

  • Visits to date: 64 (their record: 28-32-2-2)
  • First visit: Mar. 22, 1984
  • First goal: Reed Larson
  • Most goals: Steve Yzerman (16)

San Jose Sharks

  • Visits to date: 68 (their record: 28-34-4-2)
  • First visit: Nov. 30, 1991
  • First goal: Steve Bozek
  • Most goals: Logan Couture (9)
(The Flames hosted the Sharks in Tokyo, Japan to begin the 1998-99 season. This was coming on the heels of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the NHL was trying to work on developing the market.)

Ottawa Senators

  • Visits to date: 31 (their record: 11-18-1-1)
  • First visit: Nov. 5, 1992
  • First goal: Tomas Jelinek
  • Most goals: Connor Brown (4)

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Visits to date: 23 (their record: 12-10-0-1)
  • First visit: Nov. 27, 1992
  • First goal: Rob DiMaio
  • Most goals: Martin St. Louis, Alex Killorn & Steven Stamkos (tied with 6)

Anaheim Ducks

  • Visits to date: 61 (their record: 24-34-1-2)
  • First visit: Nov. 11, 1993
  • First goal: Peter Douris
  • Most goals: Teemu Selanne (8)

Dallas Stars

  • Visits to date: 52 (their record: 29-15-4-4)
  • First visit: Nov. 30, 1993
  • First goal: Derian Hatcher
  • Most goals: Jamie Benn (11)

Florida Panthers

  • Visits to date: 22 (their record: 7-11-1-3)
  • First visit: Mar. 11, 1994
  • First goal: Tom Fitzgerald
  • Most goals: Radek Dvorak (4)

Colorado Avalanche

  • Visits to date: 64 (their record: 30-30-3-1)
  • First visit: Oct. 25, 1995
  • First goal: Owen Nolan
  • Most goals: Joe Sakic (17)

Phoenix (Arizona) Coyotes

  • Visits: 55 (their record: 23-25-2-5)
  • First visit: Nov. 1, 1996
  • Last visit: Apr. 14, 2024
  • First goal: Chad Kilger
  • Last goal: Josh Doan
  • Most goals: Shane Doan (10)

Carolina Hurricanes

  • Visits to date: 18 (their record: 6-8-1-3)
  • First visit: Nov. 13, 1997
  • First goal: Steve Chiasson
  • Most goals: Sebastian Aho (4)

Nashville Predators

  • Visits to date: 42 (their record: 19-15-3-5)
  • First visit: Nov. 6, 1998
  • First goal: Jan Vopat
  • Most goals: David Legwand (7)

Atlanta Thrashers

  • Visits: 5 (their record: 0-5-0-0)
  • First visit: Feb. 26, 2000
  • Last visit: Dec. 9, 2009 (the Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg after the 2010-11 season, but due to the rotating travel schedule at the time, their last trip to Calgary was in 2009-10)
  • First goal: Nelson Emerson
  • Last goal: Colby Armstrong
  • Most goals: Ilya Kovalchuk (2)

Columbus Blue Jackets

  • Visits to date: 34 (their record: 15-15-0-4)
  • First visit: Oct. 12, 2000
  • First goal: Rostislav Klesla
  • Most goals: Rick Nash (5)

Minnesota Wild

  • Visits to date: 52 (their record: 18-27-3-4)
  • First visit: Nov. 5, 2000
  • First goal: Wes Walz
  • Most goals: Mikko Koivu (10)

Winnipeg Jets (new)

  • Visits to date: 21 (their record: 8-13-0-0)
  • First visit: Mar. 9, 2012
  • First goal: Evander Kane
  • Most goals: Blake Wheeler (6)

Vegas Golden Knights

  • Visits to date: 11 (their record: 4-6-0-1)
  • First visit: Jan. 30, 2018
  • First goal: Reilly Smith
  • Most goals: Jonathan Marchessault (4)

Seattle Kraken

  • Visits to date: 5 (their record: 3-2-0-0)
  • First visit: Feb. 19, 2022
  • First goal: Calle Jarnkrok
  • Most goals: Adam Larsson & Yanni Gourde (tied with 2)

Utah Hockey Club

  • Visits to date: 1 (their record: 1-0-0-0)
  • First visit: Jan. 2, 2025
  • First goal: Lawson Crouse
  • Most goals: Lawson Crouse (2)
We admit, it’s kind of peculiar how some teams had horrible luck in the Saddledome and other teams performed quite well – it’s fairly shocking that Hartford won just twice and Atlanta never won.
Which team’s record or goal-scoring leaders at the Saddledome pique your interest the most? Let us know in the comments and we can delve into some interesting stories as we wind down the final couple of years in the ‘Dome.