2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season
The 2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season is the 41st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979,[1] and 48th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA).
2019–20 Edmonton Oilers | |
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Division | 2nd Pacific |
Conference | 4th Western |
2019–20 record | 37–25–9 |
Home record | 17–11–6 |
Road record | 20–14–3 |
Goals for | 225 |
Goals against | 217 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Ken Holland |
Coach | Dave Tippett |
Captain | Connor McDavid |
Alternate captains | Leon Draisaitl Adam Larsson Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Darnell Nurse |
Arena | Rogers Place |
Average attendance | 17,569 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Bakersfield Condors (AHL) Wichita Thunder (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Leon Draisaitl (43) |
Assists | Leon Draisaitl (67) |
Points | Leon Draisaitl (110) |
Penalty minutes | Zack Kassian (69) |
Plus/minus | Kailer Yamamoto (+17) |
Wins | Mike Smith (19) |
Goals against average | Mikko Koskinen (2.75) |
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Oilers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season and are scheduled to face the Chicago Blackhawks in the qualifying round.
The season also saw one of their roster players, Colby Cave die after suffering a brain bleed due to a colloid cyst after being in a coma for four days.[5][6]
Regular season
The Oilers started their season with a 3–2 win against the Vancouver Canucks on October 2.[7] The Oilers had a 5 game winning streak, where they came back in all those games, that set an NHL record.[8]
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | 86 |
2 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | 83 |
3 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | 79 |
4 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | 78 |
5 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | 74 |
6 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | 67 |
7 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | 64 |
8 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | 63 |
Western Conference
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[10] |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | |
3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | |
4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[10] |
6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | |
8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | |
9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | |
10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | |
11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | |
12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | |
13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 |
- Tiebreaking procedures
- Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
- Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
- Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
- Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
- Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
- Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
- Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
Schedule and results
Pre-season
The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[11]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 16 | Winnipeg | 0–2 | Edmonton | Skinner | — | 1–0–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 17 | Edmonton | 2–4 | Vancouver | Starrett | 17,738 | 1–1–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 19 | Vancouver | 6–1 | Edmonton | Koskinen | 15,789 | 1–2–0 | Recap | |
4 | September 20 | Calgary | 2–6 | Edmonton | Koskinen | 17,592 | 2–2–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 24 | Arizona | 4–2 | Edmonton | Koskinen | 15,976 | 2–3–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 26 | Edmonton | 5–3 | Winnipeg | Smith | 15,325 | 3–3–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 28 | Edmonton | 2–3 | Calgary | Koskinen | 18,896 | 3–4–0 | Recap |
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[12]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
As of March 11, 2020
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Leon Draisaitl | 71 | 43 | 67 | 110 | −7 | 18 |
Connor McDavid | 64 | 34 | 63 | 97 | −6 | 28 |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 65 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 1 | 33 |
Zack Kassian | 59 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 69 |
Oscar Klefbom | 62 | 5 | 29 | 34 | −17 | 24 |
Darnell Nurse | 71 | 5 | 28 | 33 | −2 | 48 |
James Neal | 55 | 19 | 12 | 31 | −20 | 12 |
Kailer Yamamoto | 27 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 12 |
Alex Chiasson | 65 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −3 | 42 |
Josh Archibald | 62 | 12 | 9 | 21 | −8 | 12 |
Ethan Bear | 71 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −4 | 33 |
Riley Sheahan | 66 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −13 | 6 |
Sam Gagner‡ | 36 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −9 | 10 |
Jujhar Khaira | 64 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −19 | 38 |
Gaetan Haas | 58 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 6 |
Caleb Jones | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 10 |
Joakim Nygard | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
Kris Russell | 55 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
Matt Benning | 43 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
Adam Larsson | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
Patrick Russell | 45 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −11 | 12 |
Markus Granlund | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 14 |
Tyler Ennis† | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
Andreas Athanasiou† | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
Tomas Jurco | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Joel Persson‡ | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Colby Cave | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
Brandon Manning | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 17 |
Tyler Benson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
William Lagesson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
Mike Green† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Mike Smith | 39 | 37 | 2,156:51 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 106 | 2.95 | 1,087 | .902 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
Mikko Koskinen | 38 | 34 | 2,116:31 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 97 | 2.75 | 1,175 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Oilers. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.
Roster
Updated April 29, 2020[15][16]
Transactions
The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 19, 2019 | To Calgary Flames Milan Lucic conditional 3th-round pick in 2020 |
To Edmonton Oilers James Neal |
[17] |
July 26, 2019 | To Pittsburgh Penguins John Marino |
To Edmonton Oilers 6th-round pick in 2021 |
[18] |
February 23, 2020 | To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Brodziak conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 or conditional 4th-round pick in 2020 |
To Edmonton Oilers Mike Green |
[19] |
February 24, 2020 | To Detroit Red Wings Sam Gagner 2nd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
To Edmonton Oilers Andreas Athanasiou Ryan Kuffner |
[20] |
February 24, 2020 | To Ottawa Senators 5th-round pick in 2021 |
To Edmonton Oilers Tyler Ennis |
[20] |
February 24, 2020 | To Anaheim Ducks Joel Persson |
To Edmonton Oilers Angus Redmond conditional 7th-round pick in 2022 |
[21] |
Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2019 | Markus Granlund | from Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | [22] |
July 1, 2019 | Kevin Gravel | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [23] |
July 1, 2019 | Gaëtan Haas | from SC Bern (NL) | 1-year | [24] |
July 1, 2019 | Tomáš Jurčo | from Charlotte Checkers (AHL) | 1-year | [25] |
July 1, 2019 | Andrej Sekera | to Dallas Stars | 1-year | [26] |
July 1, 2019 | Mike Smith | from Calgary Flames | 1-year | [27] |
July 2, 2019 | Anthony Stolarz | to Anaheim Ducks | 2-year | [28] |
July 10, 2019 | Ty Rattie | to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) | 1-year | [29] |
July 16, 2019 | Josh Archibald | from Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | [30] |
July 29, 2019 | Ryan Stanton | to Ontario Reign (AHL) | 1-year | [31] |
August 27, 2019 | Jesse Puljujärvi | to Kärpät (Liiga) | 1-year | [32] |
September 5, 2019 | Riley Sheahan | from Florida Panthers | 1-year | [33] |
September 26, 2019 | Alex Petrovic | to Boston Bruins | 1-year | [34] |
September 27, 2019 | Tobias Rieder | to Calgary Flames | 1-year | [35] |
April 29, 2020 | Theodor Lennström | from Frölunda HC (SHL) | 1-year | [36] |
April 29, 2020 | Brad Malone | to Bakersfield Condors (AHL) | 2-year | [37] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2019 | Alex Chiasson | 2-year | [39] |
July 1, 2019 | Jujhar Khaira | 2-year | [40] |
July 4, 2019 | Philip Broberg | 3-year | [41] |
January 15, 2020 | Caleb Jones | 2-year | [42] |
January 30, 2020 | Zack Kassian | 4-year | [43] |
February 10, 2020 | Darnell Nurse | 2-year | [44] |
February 12, 2020 | Joakim Nygård | 1-year | [45] |
March 6, 2020 | Josh Archibald | 2-year | [46] |
March 21, 2020 | Raphaël Lavoie | 3-year | [47] |
April 28, 2020 | Gaëtan Haas | 1-year | [48] |
April 30, 2020 | Markus Niemeläinen | 2-year | [49] |
May 1, 2020 | Filip Berglund | 2-year | [50] |
Draft picks
Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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1 | 8 | Philip Broberg | D | AIK (HockeyAllsvenskan) | |
2 | 38 | Raphael Lavoie | C | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) | |
3 | 851 | Ilya Konovalov | G | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) | |
4 | 100 | Matej Blümel | RW | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) | |
6 | 162 | Tomas Mazura | C | Kimball Union Academy (USHS) | |
7 | 193 | Maxim Denezhkin | C | Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) |
Notes:
- The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 24, 2018, that sent Brandon Davidon to New York in exchange for this pick.[51]
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