# 2017–18 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2017–18 Edmonton Oilers season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 46th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers missed the playoffs, despite qualifying for the playoffs the previous year and being given the second best preseason Stanley Cup odds.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 272 | 228 | +44 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 40 | 235 | 216 | +19 | 101 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 252 | 229 | +23 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 8 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 2 | CE | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 41 | 257 | 237 | +20 | 95 |
| 3 | CE | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 41 | 226 | 222 | +4 | 94 |
| 4 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 38 | 235 | 225 | +10 | 92 |
| 5 | PA | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 32 | 229 | 256 | −27 | 76 |
| 8 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 9 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

The Oilers released their pre-season schedule on June 8, 2017. The Oilers' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament before the start of pre-season games.
Pre-season game log :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics

Final

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Connor McDavid | 82 | 41 | 67 | 108 | 20 | 26 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 78 | 25 | 45 | 70 | −7 | 30 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 62 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 20 |
| Ryan Strome | 82 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −4 | 33 |
| Milan Lucic | 82 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −12 | 80 |
| Patrick Maroon$^‡$ | 57 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 60 |
| Darnell Nurse | 82 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 67 |
| Michael Cammalleri$^†$ | 51 | 4 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 14 |
| Jujhar Khaira | 69 | 11 | 10 | 21 | −7 | 47 |
| Matt Benning | 73 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 49 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 66 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −12 | 18 |
| Kris Russell | 78 | 4 | 17 | 21 | −7 | 8 |
| Drake Caggiula | 67 | 13 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 37 |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | 65 | 12 | 8 | 20 | −1 | 14 |
| Mark Letestu$^‡$ | 60 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −17 | 10 |
| Zack Kassian | 74 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −8 | 92 |
| Adam Larsson | 63 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| Anton Slepyshev | 50 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −4 | 8 |
| Ty Rattie | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Yohann Auvitu | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| Pontus Aberg$^†$ | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrej Sekera | 36 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −15 | 6 |
| Brandon Davidson$^{†‡}$ | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 10 |
| Ethan Bear | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −11 | 10 |
| Iiro Pakarinen | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Eric Gryba | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| Jussi Jokinen$^‡$ | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
| Keegan Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Brad Malone | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Nathan Walker$^{†‡}$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Cam Talbot | 67 | 67 | 3,730:06 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 188 | 2.98 | 1848 | 2036 | .908 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 14 | 10 | 740:14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 3.45 | 303 | 343 | .883 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Montoya | 9 | 5 | 469:13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 3.24 | 221 | 244 | .906 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Oilers. Statistics reflect time with the Oilers only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Oilers only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

## Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Connor McDavid | 1st NHL natural hat-trick | October 4, 2017 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 1st NHL game | October 4, 2017 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point | October 14, 2017 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 400th NHL game | October 17, 2017 |
| Iiro Pakarinen | 100th NHL game | October 21, 2017 |
| Darnell Nurse | 100th NHL PIM | October 24, 2017 |
| Jussi Jokinen | 900th NHL game | October 28, 2017 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 200th NHL game | November 1, 2017 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 100th NHL goal | November 1, 2017 |
| Cam Talbot | 100th NHL win | November 3, 2017 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 200th NHL game | November 5, 2017 |
| Zack Kassian | 100th NHL point | November 9, 2017 |
| Cam Talbot | 200th NHL game | November 9, 2017 |
| Patrick Maroon | 400th NHL PIM | November 18, 2017 |
| Mark Letestu | 500th NHL game | November 22, 2017 |
| Kris Russell | 200th NHL point | November 30, 2017 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 100th NHL assist | December 9, 2017 |
| Mark Letestu | 200th NHL point | December 9, 2017 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 1st NHL assist | December 12, 2017 |
| Matt Benning | 100th NHL game | January 6, 2018 |
| Ryan Strome | 300th NHL game | January 6, 2018 |
| Connor McDavid | 200th NHL point | January 13, 2018 |
| Zack Kassian | 600th NHL PIM | January 25, 2018 |
| Connor McDavid | 1st four-goal NHL game | February 5, 2018 |
| Drake Caggiula | 100th NHL game | February 7, 2018 |
| Kris Russell | 700th NHL game | February 20, 2018 |
| Adam Larsson | 400th NHL game | February 27, 2018 |
| Ethan Bear | 1st NHL game | March 1, 2018 |
| Ryan Strome | 100th NHL assist | March 5, 2018 |
| Ethan Bear | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point | March 8, 2018 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 300th NHL point | March 10, 2018 |
| Michael Cammalleri | 900th NHL game | March 13, 2018 |
| Milan Lucic | 800th NHL game | March 17, 2018 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 200th NHL point | March 20, 2018 |
| Connor McDavid | 200th NHL game | March 20, 2018 |
| Adam Larsson | 100th NHL point | March 24, 2018 |
| Ethan Bear | 1st NHL goal | March 25, 2018 |
| Anton Slepyshev | 100th NHL game | April 2, 2018 |

## Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22) | To New York IslandersJordan Eberle | To Edmonton OilersRyan Strome |
| June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24) | To Arizona Coyotes3rd-round pick in 2017 5th-round pick in 2017 | To Edmonton Oilers3rd-round-pick in 2017 |
| November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) | To Los Angeles KingsJussi Jokinen | To Edmonton OilersMichael Cammalleri |
| December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19) | To Florida PanthersGregory Chase | To Edmonton OilersFuture considerations |
| January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04) | To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2018 | To Edmonton OilersAl Montoya |
| January 31, 2018 (2018-01-31) | To Tampa Bay LightningEdward Pasquale | To Edmonton OilersFuture considerations |
| February 24, 2018 (2018-02-24) | To New York IslandersBrandon Davidson | To Edmonton Oilers3rd-round pick in 2019 |
| February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) | To Nashville PredatorsMark Letestu | To Edmonton OilersPontus Aberg |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To New Jersey DevilsPatrick Maroon | To Edmonton OilersJ. D. Dudek 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
| March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) | To Philadelphia FlyersNJD's 3rd-round pick in 2019 | To Edmonton OilersRights to Cooper Marody |
| June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) | To Toronto Maple Leafsconditional 7th-round pick in 2020 | To Edmonton OilersRights to Nolan Vesey |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) | Jujhar Khaira | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |
| June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) | Kris Russell | 4-year, $16 million contract extension |
| June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26) | Zack Kassian | 3-year, $5.85 million contract extension |
| June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) | Eric Gryba | 2-year, $1.8 million contract extension |
| July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05) | Connor McDavid | 8-year, $100 million contract extension |
| July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12) | Joey LaLeggia | 1-year, $700,000 |
| July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16) | Dillon Simpson | 1-year, $675,000 |
| August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10) | Kailer Yamamoto | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16) | Leon Draisaitl | 8-year, $68 million contract extension |
| September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07) | Dmitri Samorukov | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06) | Ostap Safin | 3-year, $2.625 million entry-level contract |
| March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) | Kirill Maksimov | 3-year, $2.625 million entry-level contract |
| April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) | Cooper Marody | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14) | Ty Rattie | 1-year, $800,000 contract extension |
| May 8, 2018 (2018-05-08) | Tyler Vesel | 1-year, $735,000 entry-level contract |
| May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) | Stuart Skinner | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| June 3, 2018 (2018-06-03) | Keegan Lowe | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |
| June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) | Patrick Russell | 1-year, $700,000 contract extension |
| June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) | Nolan Vesey | 2-year, entry-level contract |
| June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14) | Drake Caggiula | 2-year, $3 million contract extension |
| June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) | Matt Benning | 2-year, contract extension |

## Draft picks

Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 22 | Kailer Yamamoto | C | United States | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 3 | 78$^1$ | Stuart Skinner | G | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| 3 | 84 | Dmitri Samorukov | D | Russia | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 4 | 115 | Ostap Safin | RW | Czech Republic | HC Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga) |
| 5 | 146 | Kirill Maksimov | RW | Russia | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
| 6 | 177 | Skyler Brind'Amour | C | United States | Selects Academy U18 (USPHL U18) |
| 7 | 208 | Philip Kemp | D | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
Draft notes:
* The Calgary Flames' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017 that sent St. Louis' Third Round Pick and Vancouver's fifth-round pick both in 2017 (82nd and 126th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.