2021–22 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2021–22 Edmonton Oilers season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 50th season overall, including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). On April 22, 2022, the Oilers clinched a playoff berth after a 6–3 win against the Colorado Avalanche.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on July 20, 2021. 2021 preseason game log: 6–1–1 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 Edmonton 4–0 Calgary Skinner 14,519 1–0–0 2 September 28 Seattle 0–6 Edmonton Smith 13,627 2–0–0 3 September 29 Edmonton 1–5 Winnipeg Konovalov — 2–1–0 4 October 1 Edmonton 1–2 Seattle OT Skinner — 2–1–1 5 October 2 Winnipeg 3–4 Edmonton Koskinen 15,206 3–1–1 6 October 4 Calgary 3–4 Edmonton Koskinen 13,566 4–1–1 7 October 7 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton Smith 13,742 5–1–1 8 October 9 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Skinner 9,350 6–1–1

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021. 2021–22 game logOctober: 6–1–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton SO Smith 16,034 1–0–0 2 2 October 16 Calgary 2–5 Edmonton Smith 17,745 2–0–0 4 3 October 19 Anaheim 5–6 Edmonton Koskinen 14,082 3–0–0 6 4 October 21 Edmonton 5–1 Arizona Koskinen 9,748 4–0–0 8 5 October 22 Edmonton 5–3 Vegas Koskinen 17,978 5–0–0 10 6 October 27 Philadelphia 5–3 Edmonton Koskinen 14,328 5–1–0 10 7 October 30 Edmonton 2–1 Vancouver Koskinen 18,422 6–1–0 12 November: 9–4–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 1 Seattle 2–5 Edmonton Koskinen 15,860 7–1–0 14 9 November 3 Nashville 2–5 Edmonton Koskinen 14,414 8–1–0 16 10 November 5 NY Rangers 5–6 Edmonton OT Koskinen 17,404 9–1–0 18 11 November 9 Edmonton 2–4 Detroit Skinner 16,953 9–2–0 18 12 November 11 Edmonton 5–3 Boston Koskinen 17,850 10–2–0 20 13 November 12 Edmonton 2–3 Buffalo Skinner 8,258 10–3–0 20 14 November 14 Edmonton 5–4 St. Louis Koskinen 18,096 11–3–0 22 15 November 16 Edmonton 2–5 Winnipeg Koskinen 13,473 11–4–0 22 16 November 18 Winnipeg 1–2 Edmonton SO Skinner 15,273 12–4–0 24 17 November 20 Chicago 2–5 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 13–4–0 26 18 November 23 Edmonton 1–4 Dallas Skinner 18,532 13–5–0 26 19 November 24 Edmonton 5–3 Arizona Koskinen 12,845 14–5–0 28 20 November 27 Edmonton 3–2 Vegas Koskinen 18,381 15–5–0 30 December: 3–7–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 December 1 Pittsburgh 2–5 Edmonton Koskinen 17,130 16–5–0 32 22 December 3 Edmonton 3–4 Seattle Skinner 17,151 16–6–0 32 23 December 5 Los Angeles 5–1 Edmonton Koskinen 15,658 16–7–0 32 24 December 7 Minnesota 4–1 Edmonton Koskinen 14,715 16–8–0 32 25 December 9 Boston 3–2 Edmonton Skinner 16,112 16–9–0 32 26 December 11 Carolina 3–1 Edmonton Koskinen 18,025 16–10–0 32 27 December 14 Toronto 5–1 Edmonton Koskinen 18,131 16–11–0 32 28 December 16 Columbus 2–5 Edmonton Skinner 15,022 17–11–0 34 29 December 18 Edmonton 5–3 Seattle Skinner 17,151 18–11–0 36 — December 20 Anaheim – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 17. — December 22 Edmonton – Los Angeles Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 15. — December 23 Edmonton – San Jose Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 14. — December 27 Edmonton – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to March 7. 30 December 29 Edmonton 2–4 St. Louis Smith 18,096 18–12–0 36 31 December 31 Edmonton 5–6 New Jersey OT Smith 13,044 18–12–1 37 January: 4–4–2 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 32 January 1 Edmonton 2–3 NY Islanders OT Koskinen 17,255 18–12–2 38 33 January 3 Edmonton 1–4 NY Rangers Koskinen 16,979 18–13–2 38 34 January 5 Edmonton 2–4 Toronto Smith 0 18–14–2 38 — January 8 NY Islanders – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 11. — January 10 Ottawa – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to January 15. — January 12 Minnesota – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 20. — January 14 Vegas – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 8. 35 January 15 Ottawa 6–4 Edmonton Skinner 9,150 18–15–2 38 — January 16 Edmonton – Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 19. — January 18 Chicago – Edmonton Postponed due to attendance restrictions. Moved to February 9. 36 January 20 Florida 6–0 Edmonton Koskinen 9,150 18–16–2 38 37 January 22 Calgary 3–5 Edmonton Koskinen 9,150 19–16–2 40 38 January 25 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver OT Koskinen 9,396 20–16–2 42 39 January 27 Nashville 2–3 Edmonton SO Koskinen 9,150 21–16–2 44 40 January 29 Edmonton 7–2 Montreal Skinner 0 22–16–2 46 41 January 31 Edmonton 2–3 Ottawa OT Koskinen 500 22–16–3 47 February: 7–5–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 February 2 Edmonton 5–3 Washington Koskinen 18,573 23–16–3 49 43 February 8 Vegas 4–0 Edmonton Smith 9,150 23–17–3 49 44 February 9 Chicago 4–1 Edmonton Smith 9,150 23–18–3 49 45 February 11 NY Islanders 1–3 Edmonton Smith 9,150 24–18–3 51 46 February 14 Edmonton 3–0 San Jose Skinner 11,513 25–18–3 53 47 February 15 Edmonton 5–2 Los Angeles Smith 15,494 26–18–3 55 48 February 17 Anaheim 3–7 Edmonton Smith 9,150 27–18–3 57 49 February 19 Edmonton 4–2 Winnipeg Koskinen 12,360 28–18–3 59 50 February 20 Minnesota 7–3 Edmonton Smith 9,150 28–19–3 59 51 February 23 Edmonton 3–5 Tampa Bay Smith 19,092 28–20–3 59 52 February 26 Edmonton 4–3 Florida Koskinen 15,628 29–20–3 61 53 February 27 Edmonton 1–2 Carolina Smith 18,801 29–21–3 61 March: 9–4–2 (home: 8–1–0; road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 Edmonton 3–0 Philadelphia Koskinen 15,114 30–21–3 63 55 March 3 Edmonton 3–4 Chicago OT Koskinen 19,688 30–21–4 64 56 March 5 Montreal 5–2 Edmonton Smith 18,258 30–22–4 64 57 March 7 Edmonton 1–3 Calgary Koskinen 17,246 30–23–4 64 58 March 9 Washington 3–4 Edmonton OT Koskinen 16,368 31–23–4 66 59 March 12 Tampa Bay 1–4 Edmonton Koskinen 17,528 32–23–4 68 60 March 15 Detroit 5–7 Edmonton Koskinen 15,311 33–23–4 70 61 March 17 Buffalo 1–6 Edmonton Smith 15,883 34–23–4 72 62 March 19 New Jersey 3–6 Edmonton Koskinen 16,950 35–23–4 74 63 March 21 Edmonton 2–3 Colorado OT Smith 18,022 35–23–5 75 64 March 22 Edmonton 3–5 Dallas Koskinen 18,532 35–24–5 75 65 March 24 San Jose 2–5 Edmonton Smith 16,740 36–24–5 77 66 March 26 Edmonton 5–9 Calgary Smith 19,289 36–25–5 77 67 March 28 Arizona 1–6 Edmonton Koskinen 15,237 37–25–5 79 68 March 30 Los Angeles 3–4 Edmonton SO Koskinen 16,472 38–25–5 81 April: 11–2–1 (home: 6–0–1; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 69 April 1 St. Louis 5–6 Edmonton OT Smith 16,310 39–25–5 83 70 April 3 Edmonton 6–1 Anaheim Smith 13,689 40–25–5 85 71 April 5 Edmonton 2–1 San Jose OT Smith 12,046 41–25–5 87 72 April 7 Edmonton 3–2 Los Angeles Smith 15,149 42–25–5 89 73 April 9 Colorado 2–1 Edmonton SO Koskinen 18,347 42–25–6 90 74 April 12 Edmonton 1–5 Minnesota Koskinen 19,035 42–26–6 90 75 April 14 Edmonton 4–0 Nashville Smith 17,403 43–26–6 92 76 April 16 Vegas 0–4 Edmonton Smith 17,757 44–26–6 94 77 April 20 Dallas 2–5 Edmonton Smith 16,833 45–26–6 96 78 April 22 Colorado 3–6 Edmonton Smith 18,347 46–26–6 98 79 April 24 Edmonton 2–5 Columbus Koskinen 18,120 46–27–6 98 80 April 26 Edmonton 5–1 Pittsburgh Smith 17,804 47–27–6 100 81 April 28 San Jose 4–5 Edmonton OT Koskinen 16,692 48–27–6 102 82 April 29 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton SO Koskinen 18,347 49–27–6 104 Legend:

Playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings: Edmonton won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 Los Angeles 4–3 Edmonton Smith 18,347 0–1 2 May 4 Los Angeles 0–6 Edmonton Smith 18,347 1–1 3 May 6 Edmonton 8–2 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 2–1 4 May 8 Edmonton 0–4 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 2–2 5 May 10 Los Angeles 5–4 Edmonton OT Smith 18,347 2–3 6 May 12 Edmonton 4–2 Los Angeles Smith 18,301 3–3 7 May 14 Los Angeles 0–2 Edmonton Smith 18,347 4–3 Western Conference Second Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Edmonton won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 18 Edmonton 6–9 Calgary Koskinen 19,289 0–1 2 May 20 Edmonton 5–3 Calgary Smith 19,289 1–1 3 May 22 Calgary 1–4 Edmonton Smith 18,347 2–1 4 May 24 Calgary 3–5 Edmonton Smith 18,347 3–1 5 May 26 Edmonton 5–4 Calgary OT Smith 19,289 4–1 Western Conference Finals vs. (C1) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 31 Edmonton 6–8 Colorado Koskinen 18,044 0–1 2 June 2 Edmonton 0–4 Colorado Smith 18,107 0–2 3 June 4 Colorado 4–2 Edmonton Smith 18,347 0–3 4 June 6 Colorado 6–5 Edmonton OT Smith 18,347 0–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 80 44 79 123 +28 45 80 55 55 110 +17 40 76 27 27 54 −9 36 63 11 39 50 +3 16 81 12 31 43 +10 28 81 20 21 41 −1 40 73 7 34 41 +3 18 43 22 17 39 +25 60 65 14 22 36 +22 20 71 9 26 35 +18 54 78 5 23 28 +8 14 82 12 14 26 −9 24 75 10 12 22 −4 8 71 9 12 21 −2 12 64 1 20 21 +15 22 58 6 13 19 +2 63 49 5 6 11 −4 10 31 2 7 9 +7 4 † 18 2 6 8 +6 12 23 4 1 5 −2 6 35 2 3 5 −6 26 23 1 3 4 −5 4 19 0 4 4 +2 16 ‡ 30 0 4 4 +1 13 † 15 2 1 3 −2 6 23 1 2 3 −8 8 8 1 1 2 −2 2 29 1 1 2 −5 18 8 0 1 1 −2 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 20 0 1 1 −5 4 1 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 −2 0

Playoffs Player 16 10 23 33 +15 10 16 7 25 32 +4 6 15 13 4 17 +2 37 16 11 5 16 +4 4 16 6 8 14 −3 14 16 3 6 9 −4 4 14 2 5 7 −6 10 16 1 6 7 +4 12 15 2 4 6 +5 26 16 1 4 5 +2 10 16 1 4 5 −4 4 16 0 5 5 +7 12 16 3 1 4 −4 8 16 2 2 4 −2 12 16 2 1 3 0 2 15 1 2 3 −3 4 13 0 1 1 −5 2 13 0 1 1 −5 4 1 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 −1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 45 43 2,628:38 27 12 4 136 3.10 1,397 .903 1 0 0 4 28 27 1,579:58 16 9 2 74 2.81 874 .915 2 0 1 6 13 12 734:09 6 6 0 32 2.62 367 .913 1 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 16 16 872:15 8 6 49 3.37 560 .913 2 0 1 2 3 0 89:29 0 2 6 4.02 58 .897 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.

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