2020–21 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2020–21 Edmonton Oilers season was the 42nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 49th season overall, including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers made the playoffs for the second straight year after being eliminated by the Chicago Blackhawks in the Qualifying Round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oilers were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Edmonton and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.
On May 3, 2021, the Oilers clinched a playoff berth after they defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5–3.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
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January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 13 	Vancouver 	5–3 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	0 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	January 14 	Vancouver 	2–5 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	0 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	January 16 	Montreal 	5–1 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	0 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	January 18 	Montreal 	3–1 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	0 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	January 20 	Edmonton 	3–1 	Toronto 	 	Koskinen 	0 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	January 22 	Edmonton 	2–4 	Toronto 	 	Koskinen 	0 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap
7 	January 24 	Edmonton 	4–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Koskinen 	0 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap
8 	January 26 	Edmonton 	4–6 	Winnipeg 	 	Koskinen 	0 	3–5–0 	6 	Recap
9 	January 28 	Toronto 	4–3 	Edmonton 	 	Koskinen 	0 	3–6–0 	6 	Recap
10 	January 30 	Toronto 	3–4 	Edmonton 	OT 	Koskinen 	0 	4–6–0 	8 	Recap
11 	January 31 	Ottawa 	5–8 	Edmonton 	 	Skinner 	0 	5–6–0 	10 	Recap
===Playoffs===
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North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0	North Division First Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 19 	Winnipeg 	4–1 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	0–1 	Recap
2 	May 21 	Winnipeg 	1–0 	Edmonton 	OT 	Smith 	0–2 	Recap
3 	May 23 	Edmonton 	4–5 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Smith 	0–3 	Recap
4 	May 24 	Edmonton 	3–4 	Winnipeg 	3OT 	Smith 	0–4 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	56	33	72	105	+21	20
 	56	31	53	84 	+29	22
 	56	8 	40	48 	+4 	10
 	56	16	20	36 	+27	57
 	52	16	19	35 	−4 	22
 	55	15	10	25 	+6 	16
 	52	8 	13	21 	+9 	26
 	45	9 	7 	16 	−10	33
 	48	9 	6 	15 	−3 	2
 	52	7 	6 	13 	+2 	37
 	40	3 	8 	11 	−1 	42
 	29	5 	5 	10 	−2 	11
 	56	4 	6 	10 	+2 	24
 	38	5 	4 	9 	−4 	6
 	30	3 	6 	9 	0 	6
 	35	0 	9 	9 	0 	8
 	43	2 	6 	8 	−1 	14
 	27	2 	3 	5 	−4 	15
 	27	2 	3 	5 	−11	10
 	14	2 	3 	5 	−2 	2
 	33	0 	4 	4 	−7 	6
 	34	2 	1 	3 	−6 	10
 	8 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	19	0 	2 	2 	0 	9
† 	10	0 	2 	2 	+1 	2
 	18	1 	0 	1 	−7 	2
 	10	0 	1 	1 	−2 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	4
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	2	3	5	−2	2
 	4	1	3	4	−2	0
 	4	1	1	2	−2	0
 	4	1	1	2	0 	0
 	4	1	1	2	0 	0
 	4	0	2	2	−4	2
 	4	1	0	1	−2	6
 	3	1	0	1	−2	0
 	2	0	1	1	−2	0
 	4	0	1	1	0 	0
 	4	0	1	1	0 	2
 	4	0	1	1	+1	0
 	4	0	1	1	−2	2
 	3	0	0	0	−1	2
 	2	0	0	0	0 	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	2	0	0	0	−1	0
 	4	0	0	0	−4	2
 	3	0	0	0	−3	0
 	4	0	0	0	−1	0
 	2	0	0	0	0 	0
 	2	0	0	0	0 	4
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	32	30	1,846:33	21	6 	2	71	2.31	921	.923	3	0	2	6
 	26	25	1,437:39	13	13	0	76	3.17	756	.899	0	0	2	0
 	1 	1 	59:41 	1 	0 	0	5 	5.03	38 	.868	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	299:48	0	4	12	2.40	136	.912	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.
==Awards and Honours==
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Mikko Koskinen 	100th NHL game 	January 16, 2021
Stuart Skinner 	1st NHL game1st NHL win 	January 31, 2021
William Lagesson	1st NHL assist1st NHL point	February 6, 2021
Mike Smith 	40th NHL shutout 	February 11, 2021
Connor McDavid 	500th NHL point 	February 17, 2021
Dave Tippett 	600th NHL win 	February 17, 2021
Darnell Nurse 	100th NHL assist 	February 19, 2021
==Transactions==
The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 2020 	To Edmonton Oilers4th-round pick in 20205th-round pick in 2020	
 	To New Jersey DevilsConditional 4th-round pick in 2022	To Edmonton OilersDmitri Kulikov 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Matt Benning 	to Nashville Predators 	2-year 	
 	Josh Currie 	to Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year 	
 	Anton Forsberg 	from Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	
 	Seth Griffith 	from Winnipeg Jets 	2-year 	
 	Tomas Jurco 	to Vegas Golden Knights 	1-year 	
 	Alan Quine 	from Calgary Flames 	1-year 	
 	Kyle Turris 	from Nashville Predators 	2-year 	
 	Tyson Barrie 	from Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Logan Day 	to Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Shane Starrett 	to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year 	
 	Dominik Kahun 	from Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Cameron Hebig 	to Florida Everblades (ECHL) 	1-year 	
 	Slater Koekkoek 	from Chicago Blackhawks 	1-year 	
 	Andreas Athanasiou	to Los Angeles Kings 	1-year 	
 	Ryan Kuffner 	to ERC Ingolstadt (DEL) 	1-year 	
 	Riley Sheahan 	to Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Keegan Lowe 	to San Diego Gulls (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Devin Shore 	from Columbus Blue Jackets 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Anton Forsberg	to Carolina Hurricanes	
 	Troy Grosenick	from Los Angeles Kings	
 	Troy Grosenick	to Los Angeles Kings 	
 	Alex Stalock 	from Minnesota Wild 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Jesse Puljujarvi 	2-year 	
 	Kris Russell 	1-year 	
 	Mike Smith 	1-year 	
 	Tyler Ennis 	1-year 	
 	William Lagesson 	2-year 	
 	Philip Kemp 	3-year 	
 	Ethan Bear 	2-year 	
 	Michael Kesselring	3-year 	
 	Dylan Holloway 	3-year 	
 	Ilya Konovalov 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	14 	Dylan Holloway 	C 	Canada 	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
4 	100	Carter Savoie 	LW 	Canada 	Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
5 	126	Tyler Tullio 	C/RW	Canada 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5 	138	Maxim Beryozkin 	LW 	Russia 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
6 	169	Filip Engaras 	C 	Sweden 	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)
7 	200	Jeremias Lindewall	LW 	Sweden 	Modo Hockey (HockeyAllsvenskan)
==References==
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