# 2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 48th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA).
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Oilers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season and lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in four games in the qualifying round.
The season also saw one of their roster players, Colby Cave die after suffering a brain bleed due to a colloid cyst after being in a coma for four days.

## Regular season

The Oilers started their season with a 3–2 win against the Vancouver Canucks on October 2. The Oilers had a 5-game winning streak, where they came back in all those games, that set an NHL record.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | 86 |
| 2 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | 83 |
| 3 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | 79 |
| 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | 78 |
| 5 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | 74 |
| 6 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | 67 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | 64 |
| 8 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | 63 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
| 15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 | |

#### Tiebreaking procedures

* Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
* Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
* Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
* Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
* Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
* Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
* Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Oilers were defeated in four games by the Chicago Blackhawks in the qualifying round.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Leon Draisaitl | 71 | 43 | 67 | 110 | −7 | 18 |
| Connor McDavid | 64 | 34 | 63 | 97 | −6 | 28 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 65 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 1 | 33 |
| Zack Kassian | 59 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 69 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 62 | 5 | 29 | 34 | −17 | 24 |
| Darnell Nurse | 71 | 5 | 28 | 33 | −2 | 48 |
| James Neal | 55 | 19 | 12 | 31 | −20 | 12 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 27 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 12 |
| Alex Chiasson | 65 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −3 | 42 |
| Josh Archibald | 62 | 12 | 9 | 21 | −8 | 12 |
| Ethan Bear | 71 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −4 | 33 |
| Riley Sheahan | 66 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −13 | 6 |
| Sam Gagner$^‡$ | 36 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −9 | 10 |
| Jujhar Khaira | 64 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −19 | 38 |
| Gaetan Haas | 58 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 6 |
| Caleb Jones | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 10 |
| Joakim Nygard | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Kris Russell | 55 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| Matt Benning | 43 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| Adam Larsson | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| Patrick Russell | 45 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −11 | 12 |
| Markus Granlund | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 14 |
| Tyler Ennis$^†$ | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| Andreas Athanasiou$^†$ | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Tomas Jurco | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Joel Persson$^‡$ | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Colby Cave | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| Brandon Manning | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 17 |
| Tyler Benson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| William Lagesson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
| Mike Green$^†$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Connor McDavid | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 0 |
| Leon Draisaitl | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| James Neal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyler Ennis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Chiasson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Nurse | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 6 |
| Josh Archibald | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Matt Benning | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Gaetan Haas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
| Caleb Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethan Bear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Jujhar Khaira | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Riley Sheahan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Zack Kassian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Kris Russell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Adam Larsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Mike Smith | 39 | 37 | 2,156:51 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 106 | 2.95 | 1,087 | .902 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Mikko Koskinen | 38 | 34 | 2,116:31 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 97 | 2.75 | 1,175 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Mikko Koskinen | 4 | 3 | 208:55 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.16 | 99 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Smith | 1 | 1 | 26:32 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11.31 | 23 | .783 | 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.

## Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19) | To Calgary FlamesMilan Lucic conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 | To Edmonton OilersJames Neal |
| July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26) | To Pittsburgh PenguinsJohn Marino | To Edmonton Oilers6th-round pick in 2021 |
| February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23) | To Detroit Red WingsKyle Brodziak conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 or conditional 4th-round pick in 2020 | To Edmonton OilersMike Green |
| February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) | To Detroit Red WingsSam Gagner 2nd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021 | To Edmonton OilersAndreas Athanasiou Ryan Kuffner |
| February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) | To Ottawa Senators5th-round pick in 2021 | To Edmonton OilersTyler Ennis |
| February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) | To Anaheim DucksJoel Persson | To Edmonton OilersAngus Redmond conditional 7th-round pick in 2022 |

### Free agents

| Date | Player | Team | Contract term |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Markus Granlund | from Vancouver Canucks | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Kevin Gravel | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Gaëtan Haas | from SC Bern (NL) | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Tomáš Jurčo | from Charlotte Checkers (AHL) | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Andrej Sekera | to Dallas Stars | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Mike Smith | from Calgary Flames | 1-year |
| July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02) | Anthony Stolarz | to Anaheim Ducks | 2-year |
| July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10) | Ty Rattie | to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) | 1-year |
| July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) | Josh Archibald | from Arizona Coyotes | 1-year |
| July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19) | Mitch Callahan | to Augsburger Panther (DEL) | |
| July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29) | Ryan Stanton | to Ontario Reign (AHL) | 1-year |
| August 27, 2019 (2019-08-27) | Jesse Puljujärvi | to Kärpät (Liiga) | 1-year |
| September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) | Riley Sheahan | from Florida Panthers | 1-year |
| September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) | Alex Petrovic | to Boston Bruins | 1-year |
| September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27) | Tobias Rieder | to Calgary Flames | 1-year |
| October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10) | Tyler Vesel | to IF Björklöven (HockeyAllsvenskan) | |
| April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) | Theodor Lennström | from Frölunda HC (SHL) | 1-year |
| April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) | Brad Malone | to Bakersfield Condors (AHL) | 2-year |
| July 17, 2020 (2020-07-17) | Markus Granlund | to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) | 2-year |
| September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10) | Adam Cracknell | from Kunlun Red Star (KHL) | 1-year |
| September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15) | Graham McPhee | to Bakersfield Condors (AHL) | |

### Waivers

| Date | Player | Team | Ref |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Contract term |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Alex Chiasson | 2-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Jujhar Khaira | 2-year |
| July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04) | Philip Broberg | 3-year |
| January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15) | Caleb Jones | 2-year |
| January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | Zack Kassian | 4-year |
| February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10) | Darnell Nurse | 2-year |
| February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12) | Joakim Nygård | 1-year |
| March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06) | Josh Archibald | 2-year |
| March 21, 2020 (2020-03-21) | Raphaël Lavoie | 3-year |
| April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28) | Gaëtan Haas | 1-year |
| April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30) | Markus Niemeläinen | 2-year |
| May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01) | Filip Berglund | 2-year |
| August 31, 2020 (2020-08-31) | Patrick Russell | 1-year |

## Draft picks

Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 8 | Philip Broberg | D | Sweden | AIK (HockeyAllsvenskan) |
| 2 | 38 | Raphael Lavoie | C | Canada | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 85$^1$ | Ilya Konovalov | G | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) |
| 4 | 100 | Matej Blümel | RW | Czech Republic | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
| 6 | 162 | Tomas Mazura | C | Czech Republic | Kimball Union Academy (USHS) |
| 7 | 193 | Maxim Denezhkin | C | Russia | Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) |
Notes:
* The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 24, 2018, that sent Brandon Davidson to New York in exchange for this pick.