2022–23 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2022–23 Edmonton Oilers season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 51st season for the organization overall, including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA).

On April 1, 2023, the Oilers clinched a playoff berth after a win over the Anaheim Ducks.

The Oilers became the first NHL team since the 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins to have three players surpass the 100-point plateau, with Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins all achieving the feat.

In the playoffs, the Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings in six games, before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winning Vegas Golden Knights in the Second Round.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on July 5, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 5–3–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 Winnipeg 0–4 Edmonton Skinner 15,979 1–0–0 2 September 26 Edmonton 0–3 Seattle Rodrigue 17,151 1–1–0 3 September 28 Edmonton 0–4 Calgary Pickard 16,598 1–2–0 4 September 30 Calgary 1–2 Edmonton Pickard 18,347 2–2–0 5 October 1 Edmonton 3–2 Winnipeg SO Skinner 14,190 3–2–0 6 October 3 Vancouver 2–7 Edmonton Campbell 15,716 4–2–0 7 October 5 Edmonton 4–5 Vancouver Skinner 7,046 4–3–0 8 October 7 Seattle 3–5 Edmonton Campbell 17,328 5–3–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 6, 2022. 2022–23 game logOctober: 6–3–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Vancouver 3–5 Edmonton Campbell 18,347 1–0–0 2 2 October 15 Calgary 4–3 Edmonton Campbell 18,347 1–1–0 2 3 October 18 Buffalo 4–2 Edmonton Skinner 16,121 1–2–0 2 4 October 20 Carolina 4–6 Edmonton Campbell 16,023 2–2–0 4 5 October 22 St. Louis 2–0 Edmonton Campbell 17,102 2–3–0 4 6 October 24 Pittsburgh 3–6 Edmonton Campbell 17,392 3–3–0 6 7 October 26 Edmonton 3–1 St. Louis Skinner 18,096 4–3–0 8 8 October 27 Edmonton 6–5 Chicago Campbell 13,685 5–3–0 10 9 October 29 Edmonton 3–2 Calgary Skinner 19,289 6–3–0 12 November: 7–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Nashville 4–7 Edmonton Campbell 16,812 7–3–0 14 11 November 3 New Jersey 4–3 Edmonton Skinner 17,021 7–4–0 14 12 November 5 Dallas 6–2 Edmonton Campbell 17,067 7–5–0 14 13 November 7 Edmonton 4–5 Washington Skinner 18,573 7–6–0 14 14 November 8 Edmonton 3–2 Tampa Bay Campbell 19,092 8–6–0 16 15 November 10 Edmonton 2–7 Carolina Campbell 18,118 8–7–0 16 16 November 12 Edmonton 4–2 Florida Skinner 16,579 9–7–0 18 17 November 16 Los Angeles 3–1 Edmonton Skinner 16,943 9–8–0 18 18 November 19 Vegas 3–4 Edmonton OT Skinner 18,347 10–8–0 20 19 November 21 Edmonton 2–5 New Jersey Skinner 16,514 10–9–0 20 20 November 23 Edmonton 0–3 NY Islanders Campbell 17,255 10–10–0 20 21 November 26 Edmonton 4–3 NY Rangers Campbell 18,006 11–10–0 22 22 November 28 Florida 3–4 Edmonton OT Skinner 17,775 12–10–0 24 23 November 30 Edmonton 5–4 Chicago Skinner 15,397 13–10–0 26 December: 7–6–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Edmonton 3–5 Minnesota Campbell 17,651 13–11–0 26 25 December 3 Montreal 3–5 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 14–11–0 28 26 December 5 Washington 3–2 Edmonton Skinner 17,264 14–12–0 28 27 December 7 Arizona 2–8 Edmonton Skinner 16,633 15–12–0 30 28 December 9 Minnesota 2–5 Edmonton Skinner 17,589 16–12–0 32 29 December 12 Edmonton 1–2 Minnesota Skinner 17,707 16–13–0 32 30 December 13 Edmonton 6–3 Nashville Campbell 17,159 17–13–0 34 31 December 15 St. Louis 4–3 Edmonton SO Skinner 17,550 17–13–1 35 32 December 17 Anaheim 4–3 Edmonton Skinner 18,296 17–14–1 35 33 December 19 Edmonton 3–4 Nashville OT Campbell 17,558 17–14–2 36 34 December 21 Edmonton 6–3 Dallas Skinner 18,532 18–14–2 38 35 December 23 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 18–15–2 38 36 December 27 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary Skinner 19,289 19–15–2 40 37 December 30 Edmonton 7–2 Seattle Skinner 17,151 20–15–2 42 38 December 31 Winnipeg 2–1 Edmonton Campbell 18,347 20–16–2 42 January: 8–2–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Seattle 5–2 Edmonton Skinner 18,297 20–17–2 42 40 January 5 NY Islanders 2–4 Edmonton Campbell 17,755 21–17–2 44 41 January 7 Colorado 3–2 Edmonton OT Skinner 18,347 21–17–3 45 42 January 9 Edmonton 3–6 Los Angeles Campbell 16,039 21–18–3 45 43 January 11 Edmonton 6–2 Anaheim Campbell 16,963 22–18–3 47 44 January 13 Edmonton 7–1 San Jose Campbell 15,887 23–18–3 49 45 January 14 Edmonton 4–3 Vegas Campbell 18,143 24–18–3 51 46 January 17 Seattle 2–5 Edmonton Campbell 18,183 25–18–3 53 47 January 19 Tampa Bay 3–5 Edmonton Campbell 17,742 26–18–3 55 48 January 21 Edmonton 4–2 Vancouver Skinner 18,977 27–18–3 57 49 January 25 Columbus 3–2 Edmonton OT Skinner 16,986 27–18–4 58 50 January 28 Chicago 3–7 Edmonton Campbell 18,347 28–18–4 60 February: 4–3–4 (home: 1–1–2; road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 7 Edmonton 5–2 Detroit Campbell 19,515 29–18–4 62 52 February 9 Edmonton 1–2 Philadelphia SO Skinner 18,851 29–18–5 63 53 February 11 Edmonton 6–3 Ottawa Campbell 20,041 30–18–5 65 54 February 12 Edmonton 2–6 Montreal Skinner 21,105 30–19–5 65 55 February 15 Detroit 5–4 Edmonton SO Campbell 17,627 30–19–6 66 56 February 17 NY Rangers 5–4 Edmonton SO Campbell 18,347 30–19–7 67 57 February 19 Edmonton 5–6 Colorado OT Campbell 18,134 30–19–8 68 58 February 21 Philadelphia 2–4 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 31–19–8 70 59 February 23 Edmonton 7–2 Pittsburgh Skinner 18,400 32–19–8 72 60 February 25 Edmonton 5–6 Columbus Skinner 19,004 32–20–8 72 61 February 27 Boston 3–2 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 32–21–8 72 March: 12–2–1 (home: 7–0–1; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Toronto 2–5 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 33–21–8 74 63 March 3 Winnipeg 3–6 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 34–21–8 76 64 March 4 Edmonton 5–7 Winnipeg Campbell 15,324 34–22–8 76 65 March 6 Edmonton 3–2 Buffalo Skinner 17,634 35–22–8 78 66 March 9 Edmonton 3–2 Boston Skinner 17,850 36–22–8 80 67 March 11 Edmonton 4–7 Toronto Skinner 19,549 36–23–8 80 68 March 14 Ottawa 3–6 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 37–23–8 82 69 March 16 Dallas 1–4 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 38–23–8 84 70 March 18 Edmonton 6–4 Seattle Skinner 17,171 39–23–8 86 71 March 20 San Jose 4–5 Edmonton OT Campbell 18,347 40–23–8 88 72 March 22 Arizona 3–4 Edmonton OT Skinner 18,225 41–23–8 90 73 March 25 Vegas 4–3 Edmonton OT Skinner 18,347 41–23–9 91 74 March 27 Edmonton 5–4 Arizona Campbell 4,600 42–23–9 93 75 March 28 Edmonton 7–4 Vegas Skinner 18,391 43–23–9 95 76 March 30 Los Angeles 0–2 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 44–23–9 97 April: 6–0–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Anaheim 0–6 Edmonton Campbell 18,347 45–23–9 99 78 April 4 Edmonton 3–1 Los Angeles Skinner 18,230 46–23–9 101 79 April 5 Edmonton 3–1 Anaheim Campbell 16,018 47–23–9 103 80 April 8 Edmonton 6–1 San Jose Skinner 17,562 48–23–9 105 81 April 11 Edmonton 2–1 Colorado OT Skinner 18,135 49–23–9 107 82 April 13 San Jose 2–5 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 50–23–9 109 Legend:

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings: Edmonton won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Los Angeles 4–3 Edmonton OT Skinner 18,347 0–1 2 April 19 Los Angeles 2–4 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 1–1 3 April 21 Edmonton 2–3 Los Angeles OT Skinner 18,230 1–2 4 April 23 Edmonton 5–4 Los Angeles OT Campbell 18,367 2–2 5 April 25 Los Angeles 3–6 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 3–2 6 April 29 Edmonton 5–4 Los Angeles Skinner 18,230 4–2 Western Conference Second Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 Edmonton 4–6 Vegas Skinner 18,243 0–1 2 May 6 Edmonton 5–1 Vegas Skinner 18,504 1–1 3 May 8 Vegas 5–1 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 1–2 4 May 10 Vegas 1–4 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 2–2 5 May 12 Edmonton 3–4 Vegas Skinner 18,519 2–3 6 May 14 Vegas 5–2 Edmonton Skinner 18,347 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 64 89 153 +22 36 80 52 76 128 +7 24 82 37 67 104 +12 35 79 36 47 83 +13 39 82 12 31 43 +26 64 ‡ 61 10 33 43 −3 26 82 8 32 40 +6 28 41 16 12 28 −4 53 67 13 15 28 +7 28 66 10 15 25 +4 18 58 10 15 25 +12 24 57 11 12 23 +4 18 57 11 10 21 +12 66 80 13 7 20 +11 28 82 3 17 20 +11 41 80 1 14 15 +11 24 ‡ 58 5 9 14 −11 30 † 21 4 10 14 +28 4 51 3 6 9 0 27 47 1 8 9 +6 4 46 1 7 8 +6 2 † 19 4 2 6 +6 8 36 0 5 5 +15 31 13 0 3 3 −4 4 10 0 0 0 −4 6 1 0 0 0 −1 0 23 0 0 0 +3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 −3 2

Playoffs Player 12 8 12 20 −1 0 12 13 5 18 −1 10 12 4 13 17 −4 4 12 3 8 11 +1 12 12 1 10 11 −6 4 12 1 6 7 0 8 12 3 2 5 −3 46 12 3 2 5 +2 9 12 0 5 5 −1 2 12 1 3 4 −7 18 11 0 4 4 −2 21 12 3 0 3 −2 16 12 2 1 3 −2 16 11 1 2 3 +3 0 12 1 1 2 +3 9 12 0 2 2 −3 8 12 0 1 1 −5 2 5 0 1 1 +1 2 9 0 0 0 +3 4

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 48 2,903:05 29 14 5 133 2.75 1,536 .914 1 0 2 0 36 34 2,026:23 21 9 4 115 3.41 1,027 .888 1 0 1 2 1 0 2:26 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 1.000 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 12 12 618:57 5 6 38 3.68 325 .883 0 0 0 2 4 0 118:16 1 0 2 1.01 51 .961 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.

Awards and honours

Awards Player Award Awarded Ref.Connor McDavid NHL 2nd Star of the Week (Oct. 9 – Oct. 16) October 17, 2022 NHL 1st Star of the Week (Oct. 23 – Oct. 30) October 31, 2022 NHL 1st Star of the Month (October) November 1, 2022 NHL 1st Star of the Week (Nov. 27 – Dec. 4) December 5, 2022 NHL All-Star game selection January 5, 2023 Leon Draisaitl January 19, 2023 Stuart Skinner Zach Hyman NHL 1st Star of the Week (Jan. 15 – Jan. 22) January 23, 2023 Connor McDavid NHL 1st Star of the Week (Feb. 19 – Feb. 26) February 27, 2022 NHL 1st Star of the Month (February) March 1, 2023 NHL 1st Star of the Month (March) April 1, 2023 Leon Draisaitl NHL 2nd Star of the Month (March) Stuart Skinner NHL Rookie of the Month (March)

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Connor McDavid 700th NHL point11th NHL hat-trick October 12, 2022 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 200th NHL goal October 26, 2022 Connor McDavid 12th NHL hat-trick October 27, 2022 Evander Kane 5th NHL hat-trick November 1, 2022 Darnell Nurse 200th NHL point November 5, 2022 Jesse Puljujarvi 100th NHL point Connor McDavid 500th NHL game November 7, 2022 Tyson Barrie 700th NHL game November 16, 2022 Darnell Nurse 500th NHL game November 30, 2022 Zach Hyman 1st NHL hat-trick December 13, 2022 Tyson Barrie 100th NHL goal December 27, 2022 Connor McDavid 500th NHL assist January 5, 2023Leon Draisaitl 400th NHL assist 600th NHL game January 13, 2023 Matt Berlin 1st NHL game January 28, 2023 Zach Hyman 300th NHL point February 11, 2023 Leon Draisaitl 700th NHL point February 21, 2023 Connor McDavid 800th NHL point Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 600th NHL point February 23, 2023 Leon Draisaitl 7th NHL hat-trick March 4, 2023 Nick Bjugstad 600th NHL game Evander Kane 6th NHL hat-trick March 18, 2023 Cody Ceci 700th NHL game March 25, 2023 Leon Draisaitl 300th NHL goal March 27, 2023 Evander Kane March 28, 2023 Connor McDavid March 30, 2023 Stuart Skinner 2nd NHL shutout Leon Draisaitl 8th NHL hat-trick April 1, 2023 Jack Campbell 10th NHL shutout Jason Demers 700th NHL game April 8, 2023 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 800th NHL game April 11, 2023 Zach Hyman 500th NHL game April 13, 2023 Derek Ryan