Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots ...

Connor McDavid passed Jari Kurri Kurri scored 1,043 points during his 10 years with the Oilers, often playing on the same line as Wayne Gretzky. McDavid’s teammates and coaches were in awe of ...

See About archive blog posts. Jari Kurri,the Hockey Hall of Famer and boyhood idol of Teemu Selanne, will travel from Finland to join a tribute to Selanne’s 600th NHL goal Monday before the ...

breaking a tie with Jari Kurri. The goal was the 659th of his career and point No. 1,399 of his illustrious career, putting him into 19th on the NHL list alone. Of course, the loss dampens the ...

In picking up a trio of points in Wednesday’s 5-3 road win over the Minnesota Wild, the Edmonton Oilers captain pushed his career point total to 1,044 and surpassed legendary forward Jari Kurri ...

The only players ahead of him are Gretzky, Kurri and Mark Messier. Draisaitl scored the game-tying goal. It was his ninth in the playoffs, moving him past Gretzky on the Oilers’ all-time list.

The acquisitions of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Marty McSorley, and Grant Fuhr during the late 80s and early 90s practically earned the Kings the nickname “Oilers South.” ...

1988: Jari Kurri scores the 400th goal of his career with the Oilers in a 6-5 loss to the host Vancouver Canucks. Kurri would finish his 18-year NHL career with 601 goals, 474 of them in his 10 ...