2012–13 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2012–13 Edmonton Oilers season was the 34th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 41st season including their play in the World Hockey Association. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
The Oilers finished the season with a sub-.500 record and failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh year in a row.
==Off-season==
On June 27, the Oilers named Ralph Krueger as their new head coach.Oilers Name Krueger Head Coach
===Arena Controversy===
The Edmonton Oilers have been embroiled in a controversy with the city of Edmonton over a new arena. Oilers owner Daryl Katz has threatened to move the team to Seattle if a new arena is not built, which was panned by fans and politicians.
In October 2012, Elections Alberta released campaign finance statements which showed Katz, his family and business partners donated substantial amounts of money to the Progressive Conservatives in the closing days of the 2012 Alberta general election. Katz says it was to prevent the Wildrose Party from taking power and did not have to do with the arena. Contributions from him totalled almost 20% of the total donations during the election campaign for the Progressive Conservatives. Opposition parties in Alberta have asked Elections Alberta to investigate the donations, alleging they were made to ensure the province would kick in 100 million dollars towards a new arena.
==Regular season==
=== Standings ===
==Playoffs==
For the seventh consecutive season, the Edmonton Oilers failed to qualify for the NHL Playoffs.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=666927
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
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January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 20 	Edmonton Oilers 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks 	SO 	Dubnyk 	18,910 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	January 22 	San Jose Sharks 	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers 	 	Dubnyk 	16,839 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	January 24 	Los Angeles Kings 	1–2 	Edmonton Oilers 	OT 	Dubnyk 	16,839 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	January 26 	Edmonton Oilers 	3–4 	Calgary Flames 	 	Dubnyk 	19,289 	2–2–0 	4 	
5 	January 28 	Colorado Avalanche 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers 	 	Dubnyk 	16,839 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	January 30 	Edmonton Oilers 	2–1 	Phoenix Coyotes 	OT 	Dubnyk 	12,955 	4–2–0 	8 	
7 	January 31 	Edmonton Oilers 	2–3 	San Jose Sharks 	SO 	Dubnyk 	17,562 	4–2–1 	9 	
==Player statistics==
Final stats 
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	45	16	34	50	5 	33
 	48	14	24	38	−6 	23
 	48	16	21	37	−4 	16
 	48	17	14	31	−4 	24
 	48	8 	19	27	−17	8
 	40	4 	20	24	3 	8
 	38	9 	11	20	−6 	16
 	42	9 	7 	16	−1 	14
 	47	2 	11	13	−5 	40
 	34	4 	9 	13	−7 	23
 	31	7 	5 	12	8 	24
 	48	3 	9 	12	1 	29
 	48	1 	8 	9 	−13	24
 	35	3 	6 	9 	−4 	4
 	27	2 	5 	7 	0 	17
 	25	0 	6 	6 	6 	32
 	33	3 	1 	4 	8 	6
 	48	1 	3 	4 	−1 	55
 	26	0 	3 	3 	−1 	10
 	23	1 	2 	3 	−8 	6
 	14	1 	1 	2 	−4 	25
† 	10	1 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	27	1 	0 	1 	−8 	53
 	11	0 	1 	1 	−4 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−3 	4
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	6
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	38	37	2100:57	14	16	6	90	2.57	1132	.920	2	0	0	0
 	12	11	683:37 	4 	6 	1	29	2.54	376 	.923	1	0	0	0
 	3 	0 	110:15 	1 	0 	0	7 	3.82	59 	.881	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
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Awards and records==
===Awards===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Reached
 	NHL 3rd Star of the Week	April 1, 2013
 	NHL Rookie of the Month 	April 2013
Taylor Hall was also third in the voting among left-wingers for All-Star voting. Alexander Ovechkin finished second, despite the fact that Ovechkin played only four games on the left wing, with the remainder being played at right wing, where he was voted to the First All-Star Team. This prompted Professional Hockey Writers' Association President Kevin Allen to state, "We are troubled by the All-Star voting results, and plan to take a closer look at the events that led to Ovechkin winning All-Star acclaim at two positions... We know we got this wrong, and our objective is to make sure it never happens again." http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2013/07/03/sp-nhl-all-stars-alex-ovechkin-washington-capitals.html
===Records===
*23: Tied Oilers record for most shots on goal in the period (1st period) on February 16, 2013.
*56: New Oilers record for most shots on goal in the game on February 16, 2013.
*2:43: New Oilers record for fastest three goals from start of a game by Taylor Hall at 0:16, Ladislav Smid at 2:05, and Taylor Hall at 2:43 on March 30, 2013.
*3:35: New Oilers record for fastest five goals by Justin Schultz at 13:17, Nail Yakupov at 14:16, Jordan Eberle at 14:37, Nail Yakupov at 15:47, and Jerred Smithson at 16:52 in the 3rd period on April 27, 2013.
*7:53: New Oilers record for fastest hat-trick from start of a game by Taylor Hall on March 30, 2013.
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Justin Schultz 	1st NHL Game 	January 20, 2013
Nail Yakupov 	1st NHL Game 	January 20, 2013
Nail Yakupov 	1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point 	January 22, 2013
Justin Schultz 	1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point 	January 22, 2013
Justin Schultz 	1st NHL Assist 	January 24, 2013
Taylor Hall 	100th NHL Point 	January 26, 2013
Eric Belanger 	800th NHL Game 	January 30, 2013
Nail Yakupov 	1st NHL Assist 	January 31, 2013
Mark Arcobello 	1st NHL Game 	February 6, 2013
Ryan Smyth 	900th NHL PIM 	February 6, 2013
Ben Eager 	400th NHL Game 	March 8, 2013
Shawn Horcoff 	500th NHL PIM 	March 25, 2013
Sam Gagner 	400th NHL Game 	March 30, 2013
Taylor Hall 	3rd NHL Hat-trick 	March 30, 2013
Ryan Whitney 	1st NHL Gordie Howe hat trick	April 3, 2013
Nick Schultz 	800th NHL Game 	April 4, 2013
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	100th NHL Game 	April 13, 2013
Sam Gagner 	200th NHL PIM 	April 16, 2013
Corey Potter 	100th NHL Game 	April 21, 2013
Nail Yakupov 	1st NHL Hat-trick 	April 27, 2013
== Transactions ==
The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.
=== Trades ===
Date 	Details 	Details
January 14, 2013Oilers acquire Mark Fistric 	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2013 	To Edmonton Oilers Mark Fistric
March 4, 2013Oilers acquire Mike Brown from Toronto 	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th-round pick in 2014	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Brown
March 29, 2013Oilers acquire prospect Kale Kessy from the Phoenix Coyotes	To Phoenix Coyotes Tobias Rieder 	To Edmonton Oilers Kale Kessy
April 2, 2013Oilers acquire Garrett Stafford from Washington 	To Washington Capitals Dane Byers 	To Edmonton Oilers Garrett Stafford
April 3, 2013Oilers acquire centre Jerred Smithson 	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 	To Edmonton Oilers Jerred Smithson
=== Free agents signed ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Justin SchultzOilers agree to terms with Justin SchultzOilers agree to terms with highly sought-after free agent, Justin Schultz	University of Wisconsin	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Dane ByersOilers agree to terms with Dane Byers 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $560,000
Andrew MillerOilers agree to terms with Andrew Miller 	Yale University 	1 year, $842,500 entry-level contract
Anton BelovOilers agree to terms with Anton Belov 	Avangard Omsk 	1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Taylor ChorneyBlues Sign McKenna, Chorney and Ford 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $575,000
Hunter Tremblay 	St. John's IceCaps	undisclosed
Ryan Keller Ryan Keller rejoint les Vernets 	Geneve-Servette HC	undisclosed
Linus OmarkOMARK SIGNS ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH SWISS TEAM ZUG	EV Zug 	1 year
Cam BarkerVancouver Canucks sign defenceman Cam Barker 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $700,000
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Niko HovinenOilers claim G Niko Hovinen off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers	Philadelphia Flyers	January 25, 2012
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
===Player signings===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Lennart PetrellOilers Agree to Terms with Petrell on Contract Extension 	June 19, 2012 	1 year, $825,000 contract extension
David MusilOilers agree to terms with Musil 	June 30, 2012 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Yann DanisOilers sign Yann Danis to a 1-year contract 	July 1, 2012 	1 year, $775,000
Ryan SmythOilers sign Ryan Smyth to a 2-year contract 	July 1, 2012 	2 years, $4.5 million
Darcy HordichukOilers Agree to Terms with Darcy Hordichuk 	July 1, 2012 	1 year, $850,000
Devan DubnykOilers agree to terms with Dubnyk & Petry on 2-year deals 	July 5, 2012 	2 years, $7 million
Jeff Petry 	July 5, 2012 	2 years, $3.5 million
Theo PeckhamOilers re-sign Peckham 	July 16, 2012 	1 year, $1.075 million
Sam GagnerOilers agree to terms with Gagner 	July 20, 2012 	1 year, $3.2 million
Nail YakupovOilers sign Nail Yakupov 	July 23, 2012 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Alex PlanteOilers agree to terms with Plante and VandeVelde 	July 26, 2012 	1 year, $625,000
Chris VandeVelde 	July 26, 2012 	1 year, $714,000
Taylor HallHall agrees to terms on 7-year extension 	August 22, 2012	7 years, $42 million contract extension
Jordan EberleEberle signs six-year, $36 million extension 	August 30, 2012	6 years, $36 million contract extension
Travis EwanykOilers Agree to Terms with Travis Ewanyk 	March 22, 2013 	3 years, $2.14 million entry-level contract
Ladislav SmidOilers sign Smid to four-year extension 	April 1, 2013 	4 years, $14 million contract extension
Kale KessyOilers agree to terms with Kessy 	April 6, 2013 	3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract
Martin GernatMartin Gernat signs three-year entry-level contract with Oilers	April 20, 2013 	3 years, $2.2375 million entry-level contract
Frans TuohimaaOilers agree to terms with Frans Tuohimaa 	April 25, 2013 	2 years, $1.195 million entry-level contract
Mark ArcobelloOilers agree to terms with Mark Arcobello 	May 14, 2013 	1 year, $600,000 contract extension
== Draft picks ==
Edmonton's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Oilers possessed the first overall pick for the third-straight season.
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	1 	Nail Yakupov 	(RW) 	 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2 	32 	Mitchell Moroz 	(LW) 	 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
3 	63 	Jujhar Khaira 	(LW) 	 	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
3 	91 (from Los Angeles)	Daniil Zharkov 	(LW) 	 	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4 	93 	Erik Gustafsson	(D) 	 	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
5 	123 	Joey LaLeggia 	(D) 	 	University of Denver (WCHA)
6 	153 	John McCarron 	(RW) 	 	Cornell University (ECAC)
* The Oilers' seventh-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a June 26, 2011, trade that sent Ryan Smyth to the Oilers in exchange for Colin Fraser and this pick.
== Final roster ==
Updated April 27, 2013.
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== See also ==
* 2012–13 NHL season
==References==
Category:Edmonton Oilers seasons