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Ryan Gagne
Feb 17, 2025
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Less than 100 games are left to be played at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Which Calgary Flames players have had the best totals at the Dome?

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The Calgary Flames have only 11 home games left during the 2024-25 season, bringing the total number of games left at the Scotiabank Saddledome down to 93. 

If everything goes according to plan, Scotia Place will open for the 2027-28 NHL season, giving Flames fans a new building for the first time since 1983. 

Considering over a thousand NHL games have occurred at the Saddledome, several of the franchise's best players have had memorable moments and achievements.

Today, we want to look back at the totals of the top Flames players on home ice since the Saddledome opened over 40 seasons ago.

Most Goals

  1. Jarome Iginla (1997-2013) 268
  2. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 204
  3. Joe Nieuwendyk (1987-1995) 179
  4. Gary Roberts (1987-1996) 147
  5. Johnny Gaudreau (2015-2022) 122

Current leader: Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 106

Most Assists

  1. Al MacInnis (1983-1994) 346
  2. Jarome Iginla (1997-2013) 303
  3. Gary Suter (1985-1994) 262
  4. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 261
  5. Johnny Gaudreau (2015-2022) 215

Current leader: Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 194

Most Points

  1. Jarome Iginla (1997-2013) 571
  2. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 465
  3. Al MacInnis (1983-1994) 460
  4. Joe Nieuwendyk (1987-1995) 344
  5. Johnny Gaudreau (x2015-2022) 337

Current leader: Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 300

Most Game-Winning Goals

  1. Jarome Iginla (1997-2013) 49
  2. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 31
  3. Sean Monahan (2013-2022) 24
  4. Joe Nieuwendyk (1987-1995) 23
  5. Gary Roberts (1987-1996) 21

Current leader: Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 17

Most Overtime Goals

  1. Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 6
  2. Mark Giordano (2005-2021) 5
  3. T.J. Brodie (2010-2020) 5
  4. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 4
  5. Johnny Gaudreau (2015-2022) 4

Most Power-Play Goals

  1. Jarome Iginla (1997-2013) 84
  2. Joe Nieuwendyk (1987-1995) 82     
  3. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 58
  4. Al MacInnis (1983-1994) 56
  5. Joel Otto (1984-1994) 34

Current leader: Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 21

Most Shorthanded Goals

  1. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 14
  2. Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 13
  3. Kent Nilsson (1979-1985) 9
  4. Paul Ranheim (1988-1994) 6
  5. Mark Giordano (2005-2021) 6
  6. Michael Frolik (2015-2020) 6

Most Penalty Minutes

  1. Tim Hunter (1981-1992) 1,205
  2. Gary Roberts (1987-1996) 878
  3. Joel Otto (1984-1995) 646
  4. Jim Peplinski (1981-1995) 592
  5. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 548

Current leader: Mikael Backlund (2009-Present) 231

Best Points-Per-Game Average

  1. Kent Nilsson (1979-1985) 1.38
  2. Doug Gilmour (1988-1992) 1.37
  3. Joe Mullen (1985-1990) 1.29
  4. Joe Nieuwendyk (1987-1995) 1.19
  5. Theo Fleury (1989-1999) 1.16

Current leader: Nazem Kadri (2022-Present) 0.86

Next time, we will revisit some of the best goalie statistics at the Saddledome and examine opponents' performance in Calgary since 1983. 

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