# 2014–15 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2014–15 Edmonton Oilers season was the 36th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 43rd season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers missed the playoffs for the 9th straight season

## Off-season

On April 21, 2014, the Oilers announced that Bill Scott had accepted the position of assistant general manager, replacing Rick Olczyk.
On June 10, 2014, the Oilers hired Craig Ramsay as an assistant coach, replacing Kelly Buchberger. Buchberger will move into a new role in player personnel.
On June 23, 2014, the Oilers announced that Assistant Coach Steve Smith would leave the organization and he would end up being with the Carolina Hurricanes.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 43 | 236 | 226 | +10 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 48 | 29 | 5 | 42 | 242 | 222 | +20 | 101 |
| 3 | x – Calgary Flames | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 41 | 241 | 216 | +25 | 97 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 220 | 205 | +15 | 95 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 228 | 232 | −4 | 89 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 198 | 283 | −85 | 62 |
| 7 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 170 | 272 | −102 | 56 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 42 | 231 | 201 | +30 | 100 |
| 2 | CE | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 36 | 230 | 210 | +20 | 99 |
| 3 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 220 | 205 | +15 | 95 |
| 4 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 261 | 260 | +1 | 92 |
| 5 | CE | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 29 | 219 | 227 | −8 | 90 |
| 6 | PA | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 228 | 232 | −4 | 89 |
| 7 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 198 | 283 | −85 | 62 |
| 8 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 170 | 272 | −102 | 56 |

## Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
| Andrew Ference | Illegal check to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Zack Kassian during NHL game No. 163 in Edmonton on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at 14:03 of the second period. | 3 games | $118,902.45 | November 3, 2014 |
| Keith Aulie | Illegal check to the head of Calgary Flames forward Matt Stajan during NHL game No. 555 in Calgary on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at 19:05 of the first period. | 2 games | $8,602.16 | January 1, 2015 |

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

Pre-season game log :

### Regular season

Game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jordan Eberle | 81 | 24 | 39 | 63 | −16 | 24 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 76 | 24 | 32 | 56 | −12 | 25 |
| Taylor Hall | 53 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −1 | 40 |
| Benoit Pouliot | 58 | 19 | 15 | 34 | −1 | 28 |
| Teddy Purcell | 82 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −33 | 24 |
| Nail Yakupov | 81 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −35 | 18 |
| Justin Schultz | 81 | 6 | 25 | 31 | −17 | 12 |
| Derek Roy$^†$ | 46 | 11 | 11 | 22 | −13 | 22 |
| Anton Lander | 38 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −12 | 14 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 60 | 2 | 18 | 20 | −21 | 4 |
| David Perron$^‡$ | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −17 | 20 |
| Matt Hendricks | 71 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −14 | 76 |
| Jeff Petry$^‡$ | 59 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −25 | 32 |
| Andrew Ference | 70 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −17 | 39 |
| Boyd Gordon | 68 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −5 | 17 |
| Mark Arcobello$^‡$ | 36 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 12 |
| Nikita Nikitin | 42 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −12 | 12 |
| Matt Fraser$^†$ | 36 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −11 | 10 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −17 | 4 |
| Mark Fayne | 74 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −21 | 14 |
| Andrew Miller | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 0 |
| Martin Marincin | 41 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −4 | 16 |
| Jesse Joensuu | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 14 |
| Steve Pinizzotto | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| Luke Gazdic | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 43 |
| Rob Klinkhammer$^†$ | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 23 |
| Iiro Pakarinen | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 2 |
| Brad Hunt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| Ryan Hamilton | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 6 |
| David Musil | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| Brandon Davidson | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
| Keith Aulie | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 66 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Curtis Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bogdan Yakimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Darnell Nurse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Will Acton$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ben Scrivens | 57 | 53 | 3228 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 170 | 3.16 | 1542 | .890 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Viktor Fasth | 26 | 24 | 1336 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 76 | 3.41 | 681 | .888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Bachman | 7 | 4 | 317 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2.84 | 168 | .911 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 1 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 51 | .961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Bunz | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 12 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Oilers. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Ben Scrivens | NHL Second Star of the Week | October 27, 2014 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 |

## Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1st NHL Game | October 9, 2014 |
| Mark Fayne | 100th NHL PIM | October 11, 2014 |
| Brad Hunt | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | October 11, 2014 |
| Darnell Nurse | 1st NHL Game | October 14, 2014 |
| Bogdan Yakimov | 1st NHL Game | October 14, 2014 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 15, 2014 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1st NHL Goal | October 24, 2014 |
| Matt Hendricks | 500th NHL PIM | November 4, 2014 |
| Iiro Pakarinen | 1st NHL Game | November 6, 2014 |
| Iiro Pakarinen | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | November 7, 2014 |
| Jordan Eberle | 100th NHL Goal | November 13, 2014 |
| Steve Pinizzotto | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Gordie Howe hat trick | November 19, 2014 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 200th NHL Game | November 21, 2014 |
| Taylor Hall | 100th NHL Goal | November 25, 2014 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 100th NHL Assist | November 25, 2014 |
| Jordan Eberle | 300th NHL Game | December 3, 2014 |
| Brandon Davidson | 1st NHL Game | December 10, 2014 |
| Brad Hunt | 1st NHL Assist | December 16, 2014 |
| Ben Scrivens | 100th NHL Game | December 30, 2014 |
| Anton Lander | 100th NHL Game | January 11, 2015 |
| Derek Roy | 700th NHL Game | January 13, 2015 |
| Boyd Gordon | 600th NHL Game | January 15, 2015 |
| Boyd Gordon | 100th NHL Assist | January 17, 2015 |
| Benoit Pouliot | 400th NHL Game | January 20, 2015 |
| Ryan Hamilton | 1st NHL Goal | February 10, 2015 |
| Iiro Pakarinen | 1st NHL Assist | February 10, 2015 |
| Mark Fayne | 300th NHL Game | February 16, 2015 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 1st NHL Game | February 21, 2015 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | March 3, 2015 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 2nd NHL Hat-trick | March 8, 2015 |
| Matt Hendricks | 400th NHL Game | March 9, 2015 |
| Andrew Miller | 1st NHL Game | March 19, 2015 |
| Andrew Ference | 900th NHL Game | March 21, 2015 |
| Martin Marincin | 1st NHL Goal | March 25, 2015 |
| Andrew Miller | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | March 25, 2015 |
| Luke Gazdic | 100th NHL Game | March 27, 2015 |
| Andrew Miller | 1st NHL Goal | March 27, 2015 |
| Brandon Davidson | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | March 30, 2015 |
| Tyler Bunz | 1st NHL Game | April 2, 2015 |
| David Musil | 1st NHL Game | April 4, 2015 |
| Justin Schultz | 200th NHL Game | April 4, 2015 |
| David Musil | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | April 7, 2015 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 1st NHL Game | April 9, 2015 |
| Curtis Hamilton | 1st NHL Game | April 9, 2015 |

## Transactions

Following the end of the Oilers' 2013–14 season, and during the 2014–15 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 29, 2014 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Sam Gagner | To Edmonton Oilers Teddy Purcell |
| November 20, 2014 | To Vancouver Canucks Will Acton | To Edmonton Oilers Kellan Lain |
| December 29, 2014 | To Nashville Predators Mark Arcobello | To Edmonton Oilers Derek Roy |
| January 2, 2015 | To Pittsburgh Penguins David Perron | To Edmonton Oilers Rob Klinkhammer 1st-round pick in 2015 |
| March 2, 2015 | To Montreal Canadiens Jeff Petry | To Edmonton Oilers 2nd-round pick in 2015 4th-round pick in 2015 |
Lost via retirement
Player
Ryan Smyth
Player signings
DatePlayerContract terms (in U.S. dollars)Ref
July 1, 2014Luke Gazdic2 years, $1.6 million
July 7, 2014Jeff Petry1 year, $3.075 million
July 9, 2014Richard Bachman1 year, $615,000
July 15, 2014Andrew Miller1 year, $675,000
July 15, 2014Curtis Hamilton1 year, $600,000
July 15, 2014Tyler Pitlick1 year, $725,000
August 12, 2014Leon Draisaitl3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
August 29, 2014Justin Schultz1 year, $3.675 million
September 13, 2014Greg Chase3 years, $2.145 million entry-level contract
February 20, 2015Rob Klinkhammer1 year, $725,000 contract extension
February 20, 2015Ryan Hamilton1 year, $600,000 contract extension
March 26, 2015Ben Betker3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
March 31, 2015Joey LaLeggia2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
April 2, 2015Anton Lander2 years, $1.975 million contract extension
April 5, 2015Kyle Platzer3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
April 13, 2015Nail Yakupov2 years, $5.0 million contract extension
May 27, 2015Anton Slepyshev3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Edmonton finished 28th overall in the league, to secure the 3rd overall pick.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 3 | Leon Draisaitl | (C) | Germany | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 4 | 91 | William Lagesson | (D) | Sweden | Frolunda HC U20 (J20 SuperElit) |
| 4 | 111 | Zachary Nagelvoort | (G) | United States | University of Michigan (Big Ten) |
| 5 | 130 | Liam Coughlin | (C/LW) | United States | Vernon Vipers (BCHL) |
| 6 | 153 | Tyler Vesel | (C) | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 7 | 183 | Kevin Bouchard | (G) | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |

### Draft notes

* The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on July 10, 2013, that sent David Perron to Edmonton in exchange for Magnus Paajarvi and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on January 15, 2014, that sent Ben Scrivens to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
* $^a$ The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014, that sent Ilya Bryzgalov to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
* $^b$ The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on October 21, 2013, that sent Mike Brown to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on March 4, 2013, that sent Mike Brown to Edmonton in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
* $^c$ The Ottawa Senators' fifth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Ales Hemsky to Ottawa in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' fifth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014, that sent Viktor Fasth to Edmonton in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.