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===
===Western Conference===
;Tiebreaking procedures
# Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
# Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
# Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
# Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 16 	Winnipeg 	0–2 	Edmonton 	 	Skinner 	— 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 17 	Edmonton 	2–4 	Vancouver 	 	Starrett 	17,738 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 19 	Vancouver 	6–1 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	15,789 	1–2–0 	Recap
4 	September 20 	Calgary 	2–6 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	17,592 	2–2–0 	Recap
5 	September 24 	Arizona 	4–2 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	15,976 	2–3–0 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Edmonton 	5–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Smith 	15,325 	3–3–0 	Recap
7 	September 28 	Edmonton 	2–3 	Calgary 	 	Koskinen 	18,896 	3–4–0 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 2 	Vancouver 	2–3 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	18,347 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Los Angeles 	5–6 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	18,347 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 8 	Edmonton 	5–2 	NY Islanders 	 	Koskinen 	10,985 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Edmonton 	4–3 	New Jersey 	SO 	Koskinen 	14,586 	4–0–0 	8 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Edmonton 	4–1 	NY Rangers 	 	Smith 	17,177 	5–0–0 	10 	Recap
6 	October 14 	Edmonton 	1–3 	Chicago 	 	Smith 	21,260 	5–1–0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 16 	Philadelphia 	3–6 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	17,107 	6–1–0 	12 	Recap
8 	October 18 	Detroit 	1–2 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	17,420 	7–1–0 	14 	Recap
9 	October 20 	Edmonton 	0–1 	Winnipeg 	SO 	Smith 	15,321 	7–1–1 	15 	Recap
10 	October 22 	Edmonton 	0–3 	Minnesota 	 	Smith 	17,189 	7–2–1 	15 	Recap
11 	October 24 	Washington 	3–4 	Edmonton 	OT 	Koskinen 	17,144 	8–2–1 	17 	Recap
12 	October 27 	Florida 	6–2 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	17,278 	8–3–1 	17 	Recap
13 	October 29 	Edmonton 	1–3 	Detroit 	 	Koskinen 	19,515 	8–4–1 	17 	Recap
14 	October 30 	Edmonton 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Smith 	14,193 	9–4–1 	19 	Recap
=== Playoffs ===
The Oilers were defeated in four games by the Chicago Blackhawks in the qualifying round.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Series 	Recap
1 	August 1 	Chicago 	6–4 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	0–1 	Recap
2 	August 3 	Chicago 	3–6 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	1–1 	Recap
3 	August 5 	Edmonton 	3–4 	Chicago 	 	Koskinen 	1–2 	Recap
4 	August 7 	Edmonton 	2–3 	Chicago 	 	Koskinen 	1–3 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	71	43	67	110	−7 	18
 	64	34	63	97 	−6 	28
 	65	22	39	61 	1 	33
 	59	15	19	34 	0 	69
 	62	5 	29	34 	−17	24
 	71	5 	28	33 	−2 	48
 	55	19	12	31 	−20	12
 	27	11	15	26 	17 	12
 	65	11	13	24 	−3 	42
 	62	12	9 	21 	−8 	12
 	71	5 	16	21 	−4 	33
 	66	8 	7 	15 	−13	6
‡ 	36	5 	7 	12 	−9 	10
 	64	6 	4 	10 	−19	38
 	58	5 	5 	10 	−1 	6
 	43	4 	5 	9 	−1 	10
 	33	3 	6 	9 	0 	8
 	55	0 	9 	9 	0 	14
 	43	1 	7 	8 	8 	15
 	49	1 	5 	6 	0 	35
 	45	0 	5 	5 	−11	12
 	34	3 	1 	4 	−1 	14
† 	9 	2 	2 	4 	−1 	4
† 	9 	1 	1 	2 	−1 	4
 	12	0 	2 	2 	1 	4
‡ 	13	0 	2 	2 	−1 	2
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−3 	4
 	9 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	17
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	0
† 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	5	4	9	1 	2
 	4	2	6	8	−2	0
 	4	3	3	6	1 	0
 	4	2	1	3	3 	0
 	3	1	1	2	0 	4
 	4	1	1	2	1 	0
 	4	0	2	2	0 	0
 	4	0	2	2	−3	6
 	4	1	0	1	1 	4
 	4	0	1	1	2 	6
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	4	0	0	0	−1	6
 	2	0	0	0	1 	0
 	4	0	0	0	−4	0
 	4	0	0	0	−2	2
 	4	0	0	0	0 	2
 	4	0	0	0	−1	2
 	4	0	0	0	−4	2
 	4	0	0	0	−1	2
 	2	0	0	0	−1	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	39	37	2,156:51	19	12	6	106	2.95	1,087	.902	1	0	2	21
 	38	34	2,116:31	18	13	3	97 	2.75	1,175	.917	1	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	3	208:55	1	2	11	3.16 	99	.889	0	0	0	0
 	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 	Ref
 	To Calgary FlamesMilan Lucicconditional 3th-round pick in 2020 	To Edmonton OilersJames Neal 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsJohn Marino 	To Edmonton Oilers6th-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsKyle Brodziakconditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 orconditional 4th-round pick in 2020	To Edmonton OilersMike Green 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsSam Gagner2nd-round pick in 20202nd-round pick in 2021 	To Edmonton OilersAndreas AthanasiouRyan Kuffner 	
 	To Ottawa Senators5th-round pick in 2021 	To Edmonton OilersTyler Ennis 	
 	To Anaheim DucksJoel Persson 	To Edmonton OilersAngus Redmondconditional 7th-round pick in 2022	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Markus Granlund 	from Vancouver Canucks 	1-year 	
 	Kevin Gravel 	to Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Gaëtan Haas 	from SC Bern (NL) 	1-year 	
 	Tomáš Jurčo 	from Charlotte Checkers (AHL)	1-year 	
 	Andrej Sekera 	to Dallas Stars 	1-year 	
 	Mike Smith 	from Calgary Flames 	1-year 	
 	Anthony Stolarz 	to Anaheim Ducks 	2-year 	
 	Ty Rattie 	to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Josh Archibald 	from Arizona Coyotes 	1-year 	
 	Ryan Stanton 	to Ontario Reign (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Jesse Puljujärvi 	to Kärpät (Liiga) 	1-year 	
 	Riley Sheahan 	from Florida Panthers 	1-year 	
 	Alex Petrovic 	to Boston Bruins 	1-year 	
 	Tobias Rieder 	to Calgary Flames 	1-year 	
 	Theodor Lennström	from Frölunda HC (SHL) 	1-year 	
 	Brad Malone 	to Bakersfield Condors (AHL) 	2-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team	Ref
 	 	 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Andrej Sekera	Buyout	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Alex Chiasson 	2-year 	
 	Jujhar Khaira 	2-year 	
 	Philip Broberg 	3-year 	
 	Caleb Jones 	2-year 	
 	Zack Kassian 	4-year 	
 	Darnell Nurse 	2-year 	
 	Joakim Nygård 	1-year 	
 	Josh Archibald 	2-year 	
 	Raphaël Lavoie 	3-year 	
 	Gaëtan Haas 	1-year 	
 	Markus Niemeläinen	2-year 	
 	Filip Berglund 	2-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 	 	AIK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
2 	38 	Raphael Lavoie 	C 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3 	851	Ilya Konovalov 	G 	 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
4 	100	Matej Blümel 	RW 	 	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
6 	162	Tomas Mazura 	C 	 	Kimball Union Academy (USHS)
7 	193	Maxim Denezhkin	C 	 	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 Davidon to New York in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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