# 2013–14 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2013–14 Edmonton Oilers season was the 35th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 42nd season overall, including play in the World Hockey Association.

## Off-season

On June 8, 2013, the Oilers fired head coach Ralph Krueger. Dallas Eakins was introduced as the new head coach on June 10. In addition to the hiring of Eakins as head coach, the Oilers also appointed Keith Acton as their associate coach on June 28, in addition to their current coaching staff; Kelly Buchberger, Steve Smith and Frederic Chabot.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 54 | 20 | 8 | 51 | 266 | 209 | +57 | 116 |
| 2 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 41 | 249 | 200 | +49 | 111 |
| 3 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 38 | 206 | 174 | +32 | 100 |
| 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 31 | 216 | 231 | −15 | 89 |
| 5 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 31 | 196 | 223 | −27 | 83 |
| 6 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 28 | 209 | 241 | −32 | 77 |
| 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 25 | 203 | 270 | −67 | 67 |
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 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 35 | 207 | 206 | +1 | 98 |
| 2 | CE | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 36 | 235 | 228 | +7 | 91 |
| 3 | PA | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 31 | 216 | 231 | −15 | 89 |
| 4 | CE | Nashville Predators | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 36 | 216 | 242 | −26 | 88 |
| 5 | CE | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 237 | −10 | 84 |
| 6 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 31 | 196 | 223 | −27 | 83 |
| 7 | PA | Calgary Flames | 82 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 28 | 209 | 241 | −32 | 77 |
| 8 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 25 | 203 | 270 | −67 | 67 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2013–14 Game Log :

## Playoffs

The Oilers missed the playoffs for the eighth consecutive year.

## Player statistics

Final Stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Taylor Hall | 75 | 27 | 53 | 80 | −15 | 44 |
| Jordan Eberle | 80 | 28 | 37 | 65 | −11 | 18 |
| David Perron | 78 | 28 | 29 | 57 | −16 | 90 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 80 | 19 | 37 | 56 | −12 | 26 |
| Sam Gagner | 67 | 10 | 27 | 37 | −29 | 41 |
| Justin Schultz | 74 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −22 | 16 |
| Ales Hemsky$^‡$ | 55 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −13 | 20 |
| Nail Yakupov | 63 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −33 | 36 |
| Ryan Smyth | 72 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −18 | 44 |
| Boyd Gordon | 74 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −15 | 20 |
| Mark Arcobello | 41 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −7 | 8 |
| Andrew Ference | 71 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −18 | 63 |
| Jeff Petry | 80 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −22 | 42 |
| Philip Larsen | 30 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −4 | 8 |
| Anton Belov | 57 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −12 | 34 |
| Ryan Jones | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| Martin Marincin | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −2 | 16 |
| Will Acton | 30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 21 |
| Jesse Joensuu | 42 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −16 | 16 |
| Corey Potter$^‡$ | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Luke Gazdic | 67 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 127 |
| Nick Schultz$^‡$ | 60 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −11 | 24 |
| Matt Hendricks$^†$ | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −6 | 58 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
| Taylor Fedun | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Ladislav Smid$^‡$ | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 16 |
| Steven Pinizzotto | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 15 |
| Mark Fraser$^†$ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −7 | 43 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Roman Horak$^†$ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Denis Grebeshkov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Eager | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Anton Lander | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −10 | 4 |
| Ryan Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Brad Hunt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Mike Brown$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Linus Omark$^‡$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Devan Dubnyk$^‡$ | 32 | 29 | 1,677:40 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 94 | 3.36 | 885 | .894 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov$^‡$ | 20 | 19 | 1,135:14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 3.01 | 622 | .908 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Scrivens$^†$ | 21 | 20 | 1,234:53 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 62 | 3.01 | 741 | .916 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Viktor Fasth$^†$ | 7 | 7 | 396:04 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2.73 | 209 | .914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason LaBarbera$^‡$ | 7 | 4 | 348:19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3.28 | 146 | .870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Bachman | 3 | 3 | 138:43 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.02 | 83 | .916 | 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

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Date |
| Andrew Ference | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | June 24, 2014 |

## Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Will Acton | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 1, 2013 |
| Mark Arcobello | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 1, 2013 |
| Anton Belov | 1st NHL Game | October 1, 2013 |
| Luke Gazdic | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | October 1, 2013 |
| Ryan Smyth | 1,200th NHL Game | October 5, 2013 |
| Ales Hemsky | 600th NHL Game | October 7, 2013 |
| David Perron | 200th NHL Point | October 7, 2013 |
| Anton Belov | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | October 12, 2013 |
| Jordan Eberle | 200th NHL Game | October 12, 2013 |
| Will Acton | 1st NHL Goal | October 14, 2013 |
| Taylor Hall | 100th NHL PIM | October 19, 2013 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 1st NHL Game | October 22, 2013 |
| Luke Gazdic | 1st NHL Assist | October 26, 2013 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | October 26, 2013 |
| Boyd Gordon | 500th NHL Game | October 29, 2013 |
| Mark Arcobello | 1st NHL Goal | November 5, 2013 |
| Taylor Fedun | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | November 5, 2013 |
| Philip Larsen | 100th NHL Game | November 10, 2013 |
| Jordan Eberle | 100th NHL Assist | November 19, 2013 |
| Taylor Hall | 4th NHL Hat-trick | December 5, 2013 |
| Martin Marincin | 1st NHL Game | December 5, 2013 |
| Ryan Jones | 300th NHL Game | December 7, 2013 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 100th NHL Point | December 10, 2013 |
| Taylor Hall | 200th NHL Game | December 17, 2013 |
| Andrew Ference | 800th NHL Game | December 27, 2013 |
| Andrew Ference | 200th NHL Point | December 28, 2013 |
| Taylor Hall | 100th NHL Assist | December 28, 2013 |
| David Perron | 100th NHL Goal | December 28, 2013 |
| Brad Hunt | 1st NHL Game | January 3, 2014 |
| Jeff Petry | 200th NHL Game | January 7, 2014 |
| Anton Belov | 1st NHL Goal | January 10, 2014 |
| Ryan Jones | 100th NHL Point | January 24, 2014 |
| Martin Marincin | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | January 24, 2014 |
| David Perron | 2nd NHL Hat-trick | January 27, 2014 |
| Jordan Eberle | 200th NHL Point | January 29, 2014 |
| Jesse Joensuu | 100th NHL Game | January 29, 2014 |
| Nail Yakupov | 100th NHL Game | February 1, 2014 |
| Ales Hemsky | 300th NHL PIM | February 3, 2014 |
| Taylor Hall | 200th NHL Point | February 6, 2014 |
| Justin Schultz | 100th NHL Game | February 7, 2014 |
| David Perron | 400th NHL Game | March 6, 2014 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | March 11, 2014 |
| Luke Gazdic | 100th NHL PIM | March 13, 2014 |
| Andrew Ference | 700th NHL PIM | March 14, 2014 |
| David Perron | 300th NHL PIM | March 16, 2014 |
| Jeff Petry | 100th NHL PIM | March 18, 2014 |
| Sam Gagner | 100th NHL Goal | March 28, 2014 |
| Oscar Klefbom | 1st NHL Goal | March 28, 2014 |
| Steve Pinizzotto | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | April 12, 2014 |

## Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 30, 2013 | To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick (37th overall) in 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers 2nd-round pick (57th overall) in 2013 3rd-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| June 30, 2013 | To St. Louis Blues 2nd-round pick in 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| July 5, 2013 | To Dallas Stars Shawn Horcoff | To Edmonton Oilers Philip Larsen 7th-round pick in 2016 |
| July 6, 2013 | To San Jose Sharks Kyle Bigos | To Edmonton Oilers Lee Moffie |
| July 10, 2013 | To St. Louis Blues Magnus Paajarvi 2nd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers David Perron 3rd-round pick in 2015 |
| October 21, 2013 | To San Jose Sharks Mike Brown | To Edmonton Oilers 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| November 8, 2013 | To Calgary Flames Ladislav Smid Olivier Roy | To Edmonton Oilers Roman Horak Laurent Brossoit |
| December 14, 2013 | To Chicago Blackhawks Jason LaBarbera | To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations |
| December 19, 2013 | To Buffalo Sabres Linus Omark | To Edmonton Oilers Conditional 6th-round pick in 2014 |
| January 15, 2014 | To Nashville Predators Devan Dubnyk | To Edmonton Oilers Matt Hendricks |
| January 15, 2014 | To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2014 | To Edmonton Oilers Ben Scrivens |
| January 17, 2014 | To Florida Panthers Ryan Martindale | To Edmonton Oilers Steve Pinizzotto |
| January 31, 2014 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Teemu Hartikainen Cameron Abney | To Edmonton Oilers Mark Fraser |
| March 4, 2014 | To Minnesota Wild Ilya Bryzgalov | To Edmonton Oilers 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 4, 2014 | To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers Viktor Fasth |
| March 5, 2014 | To Ottawa Senators Ales Hemsky | To Edmonton Oilers 5th-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2015 |
| March 5, 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Schultz | To Edmonton Oilers 5th-round pick in 2014 |
| June 25, 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th-round pick in 2014 | To Edmonton Oilers Nikita Nikitin |
Player signings
PlayerDateContract terms
Ryan JonesJuly 6, 20131 year, $1.5 million
Taylor FedunJuly 19, 20131 year, $675,000
Sam GagnerJuly 22, 20133 years, $14.4 million
Darnell NurseJuly 25, 20133 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Jujhar KhairaAugust 7, 20133 years, $2.7175 million entry-level contract
Linus OmarkAugust 27, 20131 year, $600,000
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsSeptember 19, 20137 years, $42 million contract extension
Mitchell MorozDecember 28, 20133 years, $2.7175 million entry-level contract
Ben ScrivensMarch 3, 20142 years, $4.6 million contract extension
Mark ArcobelloMarch 31, 20141 year, $600,000 contract extension
Dillon SimpsonApril 22, 20143 years, $2.51 million entry-level contract
Bogdan YakimovMay 8, 20143 years, $2.5275 million entry-level contract
Anton LanderMay 12, 20141 year, $600,000 contract extension
Steve PinizzottoJune 12, 20141 year, $650,000
Nikita NikitinJune 25, 20142 years, $9 million :

## Draft picks

Edmonton Oilers' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 7 | Darnell Nurse | (D) | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 2 | 56 | Marc-Olivier Roy | (C) | Canada | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 83 | Bogdan Yakimov | (C) | Russia | Reaktor (MHL) |
| 3 | 88 | Anton Slepyshev | (LW) | Russia | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) |
| 4 | 94 | Jackson Houck | (RW) | Canada | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
| 4 | 96 | Kyle Platzer | (C) | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 4 | 113 | Aidan Muir | (W) | Canada | Victory Honda (MWEHL) |
| 5 | 128 | Evan Campbell | (LW) | Canada | Langley Rivermen (BCHL) |
| 6 | 158 | Ben Betker | (D) | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
| 7 | 188 | Gregory Chase | (C/RW) | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |

### Draft notes

* The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second and third-round pick in 2013 (57th and 88th overall) and Carolina's fourth-round pick in 2013 (96th overall) to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
* The Anaheim Ducks' second-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as a result of a July 12, 2011, trade that sent Andrew Cogliano to the Ducks in exchange for this pick.
* The Los Angeles Kings' second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick in 2013 (94th overall) and St. Louis' third and fourth-round picks in 2013 (83rd and 113th overall) to Edmonton in exchange for this pick. Edmonton previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second-round pick in 2013 (37th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (88th overall), Carolina's fourth-round pick in 2013 (96th overall) and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a January 14, 2013, trade that sent Mark Fistric to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
* The St. Louis Blues' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Los Angeles' second-round pick in 2013 (57th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick in 2013 (94th overall), a fourth-round pick in 2013 (113th overall) and this pick.
* The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second-round pick in 2013 (37th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a second-round pick in 2013 (57th overall), Carolina's fourth-round pick in 2013 (96th overall) and this pick.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers (via St. Louis), the Blues traded the pick to Edmonton as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Los Angeles' second-round pick in 2013 (57th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a third and fourth-round pick in 2013 (83rd and 113th overall) and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of an April 3, 2013, trade that sent Jerred Smithson to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
* The St. Louis Blues' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Los Angeles' second-round pick in 2013 (57th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (83rd overall), Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick in 2013 (94th overall) and this pick.