2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 48th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA).

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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Oilers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season and lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in four games 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.

Regular season The Oilers started their season with a 3–2 win against the Vancouver Canucks on October 2. The Oilers had a 5-game winning streak, where they came back in all those games, that set an NHL record.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

Tiebreaking procedures Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season). Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW). Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). Greater number 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 number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Pre-season The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019. 2019 pre-season game log: 3–4–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 Winnipeg 0–2 Edmonton Skinner — 1–0–0 2 September 17 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Starrett 17,738 1–1–0 3 September 19 Vancouver 6–1 Edmonton Koskinen 15,789 1–2–0 4 September 20 Calgary 2–6 Edmonton Koskinen 17,592 2–2–0 5 September 24 Arizona 4–2 Edmonton Koskinen 15,976 2–3–0 6 September 26 Edmonton 5–3 Winnipeg Smith 15,325 3–3–0 7 September 28 Edmonton 2–3 Calgary Koskinen 18,896 3–4–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton Smith 18,347 1–0–0 2 2 October 5 Los Angeles 5–6 Edmonton Smith 18,347 2–0–0 4 3 October 8 Edmonton 5–2 NY Islanders Koskinen 10,985 3–0–0 6 4 October 10 Edmonton 4–3 New Jersey SO Koskinen 14,586 4–0–0 8 5 October 12 Edmonton 4–1 NY Rangers Smith 17,177 5–0–0 10 6 October 14 Edmonton 1–3 Chicago Smith 21,260 5–1–0 10 7 October 16 Philadelphia 3–6 Edmonton Koskinen 17,107 6–1–0 12 8 October 18 Detroit 1–2 Edmonton Koskinen 17,420 7–1–0 14 9 October 20 Edmonton 0–1 Winnipeg SO Smith 15,321 7–1–1 15 10 October 22 Edmonton 0–3 Minnesota Smith 17,189 7–2–1 15 11 October 24 Washington 3–4 Edmonton OT Koskinen 17,144 8–2–1 17 12 October 27 Florida 6–2 Edmonton Smith 17,278 8–3–1 17 13 October 29 Edmonton 1–3 Detroit Koskinen 19,515 8–4–1 17 14 October 30 Edmonton 4–1 Columbus Smith 14,193 9–4–1 19 November: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 2 Edmonton 2–1 Pittsburgh OT Smith 18,618 10–4–1 21 16 November 4 Arizona 3–2 Edmonton OT Koskinen 17,105 10–4–2 22 17 November 6 St. Louis 5–2 Edmonton Smith 17,068 10–5–2 22 18 November 8 New Jersey 0–4 Edmonton Koskinen 17,240 11–5–2 24 19 November 10 Edmonton 6–2 Anaheim Koskinen 16,463 12–5–2 26 20 November 12 Edmonton 3–6 San Jose Smith 15,567 12–6–2 26 21 November 14 Colorado 2–6 Edmonton Smith 17,188 13–6–2 28 22 November 16 Dallas 5–4 Edmonton OT Koskinen 17,346 13–6–3 29 23 November 19 Edmonton 5–2 San Jose Koskinen 16,147 14–6–3 31 24 November 21 Edmonton 1–5 Los Angeles Smith 15,539 14–7–3 31 25 November 23 Edmonton 4–2 Vegas Smith 18,319 15–7–3 33 26 November 24 Edmonton 4–3 Arizona SO Koskinen 12,908 16–7–3 35 27 November 27 Edmonton 1–4 Colorado Koskinen 18,021 16–8–3 35 28 November 30 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Smith 18,035 16–9–3 35 December: 5–8–1 (Home: 3–5–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 1 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Koskinen 18,871 17–9–3 37 30 December 4 Ottawa 5–2 Edmonton Koskinen 17,162 17–10–3 37 31 December 6 Los Angeles 1–2 Edmonton Koskinen 17,044 18–10–3 39 32 December 8 Buffalo 3–2 Edmonton OT Smith 17,227 18–10–4 40 33 December 10 Carolina 6–3 Edmonton Koskinen 16,175 18–11–4 40 34 December 12 Edmonton 5–6 Minnesota Smith 17,271 18–12–4 40 35 December 14 Toronto 4–1 Edmonton Koskinen 18,347 18–13–4 40 36 December 16 Edmonton 2–1 Dallas Koskinen 18,096 19–13–4 42 37 December 18 Edmonton 1–2 St. Louis Koskinen 18,096 19–14–4 42 38 December 20 Pittsburgh 5–2 Edmonton Smith 18,347 19–15–4 42 39 December 21 Montreal 3–4 Edmonton Koskinen 18,347 20–15–4 44 40 December 23 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Koskinen 18,851 20–16–4 44 41 December 27 Calgary 5–1 Edmonton Koskinen 18,347 20–17–4 44 42 December 31 NY Rangers 5–7 Edmonton Koskinen 18,347 21–17–4 46 January: 6–1–2 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Edmonton 2–3 Buffalo OT Smith 19,070 21–17–5 47 44 January 4 Edmonton 4–1 Boston Smith 17,850 22–17–5 49 45 January 6 Edmonton 6–4 Toronto Smith 19,507 23–17–5 51 46 January 9 Edmonton 4–2 Montreal Smith 21,302 24–17–5 53 47 January 11 Edmonton 3–4 Calgary Koskinen 19,289 24–18–5 53 48 January 14 Nashville 2–4 Edmonton Smith 17,029 25–18–5 55 49 January 18 Arizona 3–7 Edmonton Smith 18,347 26–18–5 57 50 January 29 Calgary 4–3 Edmonton SO Smith 18,347 26–18–6 58 51 January 31 St. Louis 2–4 Edmonton Koskinen 17,207 27–18–6 60 February: 7–5–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Edmonton 8–3 Calgary Smith 19,289 28–18–6 62 53 February 4 Edmonton 0–3 Arizona Koskinen 14,725 28–19–6 62 54 February 6 San Jose 6–3 Edmonton Koskinen 17,175 28–20–6 62 55 February 8 Nashville 2–3 Edmonton Smith 17,212 29–20–6 64 56 February 11 Chicago 3–5 Edmonton Smith 17,066 30–20–6 66 57 February 13 Edmonton 1–3 Tampa Bay Smith 19,092 30–21–6 66 58 February 15 Edmonton 4–1 Florida Koskinen 15,069 31–21–6 68 59 February 16 Edmonton 4–3 Carolina OT Smith 18,680 32–21–6 70 60 February 19 Boston 2–1 Edmonton OT Smith 17,804 32–21–7 71 61 February 21 Minnesota 5–3 Edmonton Koskinen 17,055 32–22–7 71 62 February 23 Edmonton 4–2 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 33–22–7 73 63 February 25 Edmonton 3–4 Anaheim OT Smith 15,431 33–22–8 74 64 February 26 Edmonton 0–3 Vegas Koskinen 18,421 33–23–8 74 65 February 29 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Smith 18,347 34–23–8 76 March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 2 Edmonton 8–3 Nashville Smith 17,316 35–23–8 78 67 March 3 Edmonton 2–1 Dallas OT Koskinen 18,532 36–23–8 80 68 March 5 Edmonton 3–4 Chicago Smith 21,481 36–24–8 80 69 March 7 Columbus 1–4 Edmonton Koskinen 17,085 37–24–8 82 70 March 9 Vegas 3–2 Edmonton OT Koskinen 17,327 37–24–9 83 71 March 11 Winnipeg 4–2 Edmonton Smith 17,165 37–25–9 83 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 72 March 13 NY Islanders Edmonton 73 March 15 Edmonton Philadelphia 74 March 16 Edmonton Washington 75 March 18 Edmonton Ottawa 76 March 20 Tampa Bay Edmonton 77 March 23 Anaheim Edmonton 78 March 25 Colorado Edmonton 79 March 27 San Jose Edmonton 80 March 29 Anaheim Edmonton 81 March 31 Vegas Edmonton 82 April 4 Edmonton CalgaryLegend:

Playoffs

The Oilers were defeated in four games by the Chicago Blackhawks in the qualifying round. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (12) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Chicago 6–4 Edmonton Smith 0–1 2 August 3 Chicago 3–6 Edmonton Koskinen 1–1 3 August 5 Edmonton 3–4 Chicago Koskinen 1–2 4 August 7 Edmonton 2–3 Chicago Koskinen 1–3 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 71 43 67 110 −7 18 64 34 63 97 −6 28 65 22 39 61 1 33 59 15 19 34 0 69 62 5 29 34 −17 24 71 5 28 33 −2 48 55 19 12 31 −20 12 27 11 15 26 17 12 65 11 13 24 −3 42 62 12 9 21 −8 12 71 5 16 21 −4 33 66 8 7 15 −13 6 ‡ 36 5 7 12 −9 10 64 6 4 10 −19 38 58 5 5 10 −1 6 43 4 5 9 −1 10 33 3 6 9 0 8 55 0 9 9 0 14 43 1 7 8 8 15 49 1 5 6 0 35 45 0 5 5 −11 12 34 3 1 4 −1 14 † 9 2 2 4 −1 4 † 9 1 1 2 −1 4 12 0 2 2 1 4 ‡ 13 0 2 2 −1 2 11 1 0 1 −3 4 9 1 0 1 −1 17 7 0 1 1 −1 0 8 0 0 0 −4 0 † 2 0 0 0 −2 0

Playoffs Player 4 5 4 9 1 2 4 2 6 8 −2 0 4 3 3 6 1 0 4 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 1 2 0 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 −3 6 4 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 −1 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 −4 0 4 0 0 0 −2 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 −1 2 4 0 0 0 −4 2 4 0 0 0 −1 2 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 39 37 2,156:51 19 12 6 106 2.95 1,087 .902 1 0 2 21 38 34 2,116:31 18 13 3 97 2.75 1,175 .917 1 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 4 3 208:55 1 2 11 3.16 99 .889 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:32 0 1 5 11.31 23 .783 0 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.

Transactions The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Calgary FlamesMilan Lucicconditional 3rd-round pick in 2020To Edmonton OilersJames Neal To Pittsburgh PenguinsJohn MarinoTo Edmonton Oilers6th-round pick in 2021 To Detroit Red WingsKyle Brodziakconditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 orconditional 4th-round pick in 2020To Edmonton OilersMike Green To Detroit Red WingsSam Gagner2nd-round pick in 20202nd-round pick in 2021To Edmonton OilersAndreas AthanasiouRyan Kuffner To Ottawa Senators5th-round pick in 2021To Edmonton OilersTyler Ennis To Anaheim DucksJoel PerssonTo Edmonton OilersAngus Redmondconditional 7th-round pick in 2022

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Markus Granlund from Vancouver Canucks 1-year Kevin Gravel to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Gaëtan Haas from SC Bern (NL) 1-year Tomáš Jurčo from Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 1-year Andrej Sekera to Dallas Stars 1-year Mike Smith from Calgary Flames 1-year Anthony Stolarz to Anaheim Ducks 2-year Ty Rattie to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 1-year Josh Archibald from Arizona Coyotes 1-year Mitch Callahan to Augsburger Panther (DEL) Ryan Stanton to Ontario Reign (AHL) 1-year Jesse Puljujärvi to Kärpät (Liiga) 1-year Riley Sheahan from Florida Panthers 1-year Alex Petrovic to Boston Bruins 1-year Tobias Rieder to Calgary Flames 1-year Tyler Vesel to IF Björklöven (HockeyAllsvenskan) Theodor Lennström from Frölunda HC (SHL) 1-year Brad Malone to Bakersfield Condors (AHL) 2-year Markus Granlund to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) 2-year Adam Cracknell from Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 1-year Graham McPhee to Bakersfield Condors (AHL)

Waivers Date Player Team Ref

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Andrej Sekera Buyout

Retirement Date Player Ref August 26, 2020 Mike Green

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Alex Chiasson 2-year Jujhar Khaira 2-year Philip Broberg 3-year Caleb Jones 2-year Zack Kassian 4-year Darnell Nurse 2-year Joakim Nygård 1-year Josh Archibald 2-year Raphaël Lavoie 3-year Gaëtan Haas 1-year Markus Niemeläinen 2-year Filip Berglund 2-year Patrick Russell 1-year

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.