# 2010–11 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2010–11 Edmonton Oilers season was the 32nd season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 39th season of play including their play in the World Hockey Association.
The Oilers posted a regular season record of 25 wins, 45 losses, and 12 overtime/shootout losses for 62 points and last place in the 30 team league, failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
A documentary on the season was produced for TSN titled Oil Change.

## Off-season

* On June 22, Tom Renney was named as the head coach of the Oilers, with Pat Quinn moving on to the role of senior hockey advisor.
* The Oilers earned the first overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, via selection lottery. On June 25, 2010, the long-awaited anticipation and debates were finally settled when Edmonton selected Taylor Hall as their first-ever first overall pick.
* On July 15, the Oilers announced the appointments of Kelly Buchberger (retaining the same position the season previous) and Steve Smith as the two assistant coaches to new head coach Tom Renney, as well as the appointment of Todd Nelson, head coach for American Hockey League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons.
* On July 30, the Oilers announced Ralph Krueger as their associate coach, who replaces Wayne Fleming, who left to work with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

## Regular season
### Divisional standings

Northwest Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p-Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 3 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 4 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
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| 9 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
| 10 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 11 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 15 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL) CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

## Playoffs

The Oilers were eliminated from playoffs contention on March 14, 2011, continuing their streak of missing the post-season since the 2005–06 season that would not be broken until the 2016–17 season.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2010–11 Game Log :
Schedule :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jordan Eberle | 69 | 18 | 25 | 43 | -12 | 22 |
| Ales Hemsky | 47 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 3 | 18 |
| Sam Gagner | 68 | 15 | 27 | 42 | -17 | 37 |
| Taylor Hall | 65 | 22 | 20 | 42 | -9 | 27 |
| Dustin Penner$^‡$ | 62 | 21 | 18 | 39 | -12 | 45 |
| Andrew Cogliano | 82 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -12 | 64 |
| Magnus Paajarvi | 80 | 15 | 19 | 34 | -13 | 16 |
| Shawn Horcoff | 47 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -1 | 46 |
| Ryan Whitney | 35 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 33 |
| Linus Omark | 51 | 5 | 22 | 27 | -16 | 26 |
| Tom Gilbert | 79 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -14 | 32 |
| Ryan Jones | 81 | 18 | 7 | 25 | -5 | 34 |
| Kurtis Foster | 74 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -12 | 45 |
| Jim Vandermeer | 62 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -15 | 74 |
| Theo Peckham | 71 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 198 |
| Ladislav Smid | 78 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -10 | 85 |
| Liam Reddox | 44 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 20 |
| Gilbert Brule | 41 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 41 |
| Jean-Francois Jacques | 51 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 63 |
| Colin Fraser | 67 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 60 |
| Ryan O'Marra | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| Jeff Petry | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -12 | 10 |
| Teemu Hartikainen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| Zack Stortini | 32 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 76 |
| Taylor Chorney | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| Jason Strudwick | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -16 | 23 |
| Alexandre Giroux | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Chris VandeVelde | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 12 |
| Steve MacIntyre | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 93 |
| Richard Petiot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Plante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11 |
| Shawn Belle$^‡$ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 47 | 2701 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 153 | 3.40 | 1389 | .890 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Devan Dubnyk | 35 | 2061 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 93 | 2.71 | 1103 | .916 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Martin Gerber | 3 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.30 | 95 | .958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Oilers. Stats reflect time with Oilers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Oilers only.

## Awards and records
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Reached |
| Taylor Hall | NHL Third Star of the Week | December 6, 2010 |
| Ales Hemsky | NHL Third Star of the Week | February 21, 2011 |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Jordan Eberle | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 7, 2010 |
| Taylor Hall | 1st NHL Game | October 7, 2010 |
| Magnus Paajarvi | 1st NHL Game | October 7, 2010 |
| Ryan Whitney | 200th NHL Point | October 7, 2010 |
| Taylor Hall | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 10, 2010 |
| Dustin Penner | 200th NHL Point | October 10, 2010 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 700th NHL Game | October 16, 2010 |
| Magnus Paajarvi | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 16, 2010 |
| Ryan Jones | 100th NHL Game | October 21, 2010 |
| Taylor Hall | 1st NHL Goal | October 28, 2010 |
| Theo Peckham | 1st NHL Goal | November 11, 2010 |
| Ladislav Smid | 200th NHL PIM | November 14, 2010 |
| Dustin Penner | 100th NHL Assist | November 27, 2010 |
| Andrew Cogliano | 100th NHL PIM | December 2, 2010 |
| Linus Omark | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | December 10, 2010 |
| Linus Omark | 1st NHL Goal | December 16, 2010 |
| Sam Gagner | 100th NHL Assist | December 21, 2010 |
| Ryan O'Marra | 1st NHL Goal | December 26, 2010 |
| Jeff Petry | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | December 28, 2010 |
| Jim Vandermeer | 400th NHL Game | January 6, 2011 |
| Steve MacIntyre | 100th NHL PIM | January 7, 2011 |
| Tom Gilbert | 300th NHL Game 100th NHL Assist | January 13, 2011 |
| Colin Fraser | 200th NHL Game | January 15, 2011 |
| Theo Peckham | 200th NHL PIM | January 18, 2011 |
| Zack Stortini | 700th NHL PIM | January 18, 2011 |
| Kurtis Foster | 300th NHL Game | January 20, 2011 |
| Jeff Petry | 1st NHL Goal | January 20, 2011 |
| Ladislav Smid | 300th NHL Game | February 4, 2011 |
| Devan Dubnyk | 1st NHL Shutout | February 7, 2011 |
| Andrew Cogliano | 300th NHL Game | February 9, 2011 |
| Kurtis Foster | 100th NHL Assist | February 12, 2011 |
| Jim Vandermeer | 600th NHL PIM | February 12, 2011 |
| Taylor Chorney | 1st NHL Goal | February 15, 2011 |
| Dustin Penner | 400th NHL Game | February 17, 2011 |
| Taylor Hall | 1st NHL Hat-trick | February 19, 2011 |
| Jason Strudwick | 800th NHL PIM | February 25, 2011 |
| Taylor Hall | 1st NHL Gordie Howe hat trick | March 3, 2011 |
| Shawn Horcoff | 400th NHL Point | March 3, 2011 |
| Teemu Hartikainen | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | March 17, 2011 |
| Chris VandeVelde | 1st NHL Game | March 17, 2011 |
| Jim Vandermeer | 100th NHL Point | March 22, 2011 |
| Teemu Hartikainen | 1st NHL Goal | March 26, 2011 |
| Chris VandeVelde | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | April 2, 2011 |
| Theo Peckham | 100th NHL Game | April 6, 2011 |
| Theo Peckham | 300th NHL PIM | April 10, 2011 |
| Liam Reddox | 100th NHL Game | April 10, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 24, 2010 | To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2010 | To Edmonton Oilers Colin Fraser |
| June 26, 2010 | To Carolina Hurricanes Riley Nash | To Edmonton Oilers 2nd-round pick in 2010 |
| June 26, 2010 | To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th-round pick in 2011 | To Edmonton Oilers 7th-round pick in 2010 |
| June 30, 2010 | To Phoenix Coyotes Patrick O'Sullivan | To Edmonton Oilers Jim Vandermeer |
| February 28, 2011 | To Colorado Avalanche Shawn Belle | To Edmonton Oilers Kevin Montgomery |
| February 28, 2011 | To Los Angeles Kings Dustin Penner | To Edmonton Oilers Colten Teubert 1st-round pick in 2011 3rd-round pick in 2012 |
Lost via waivers
PlayerNew teamDate claimed off waivers
Ethan MoreauColumbus Blue JacketsJune 30, 2010 :
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Philippe Cornet3 years, $1.74 million entry-level contract
Teemu Hartikainen3 years, $2.625 million entry-level contract
Magnus Paajarvi3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Colin Fraser2 years, $1.65 million
Jason Strudwick1 year, $725,000
Taylor Hall3 years, $11.25 million entry-level contract
Devan Dubnyk2 years, $1.6 million
Jean-Francois Jacques1 year, $615,000
Theo Peckham1 year, $550,000
Ryan O'Marra1 year, $700,000
Gilbert Brule2 years, $3.7 million
Jeff Deslauriers1 year, $1.05 million
Liam Reddox1 year, $550,000
Sam Gagner2 years, $4.55 million
Andrew Cogliano1 year, $1 million
Olivier Roy3 years, $1.885 million entry-level contract
Tyler Pitlick3 years, $2.665 million entry-level contract
Curtis Hamilton3 years, $2.405 million entry-level contract
Cameron Abney3 years, $1.74 million entry-level contract
Martin Marincin3 years, $2.28 million entry-level contract
Anton Lander3 years, $2.64 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

Edmonton's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 1 | Taylor Hall | (LW) | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 2 | 31 | Tyler Pitlick | (C) | United States | Minnesota State University, Mankato (WCHA) |
| 2 | 46 (from Ottawa via Carolina) | Martin Marincin | (D) | Slovakia | HC Košice (Slovak Extraliga) |
| 2 | 48 (from Nashville) | Curtis Hamilton | (LW) | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 3 | 61 | Ryan Martindale | (C) | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 4 | 91 | Jeremie Blain | (D) | Canada | Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 121 | Tyler Bunz | (G) | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 6 | 162 (from Anaheim) | Brandon Davidson | (D) | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 6 | 166 (from Ottawa) | Drew Czerwonka | (LW) | Canada | Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
| 7 | 181 | Kristians Pelss | (RW) | Latvia | Dinamo-Juniors Riga (Belarusian Extraleague) |
| 7 | 202 (from Phoenix via Toronto) | Kellen Jones | (F) | Canada | Vernon Vipers (BCHL) |

## Farm teams

* The Oilers are affiliated with the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League and the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL.