2020–21 Edmonton Oilers season

2020–21 Edmonton Oilers
2020–21 record	8–7–0
Home record	4–4–0
Road record	4–3–0
Goals for	52
Goals against	52
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Connor McDavid
Alternate captains	Leon Draisaitl; Adam Larsson; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins; Darnell Nurse
Arena	Rogers Place
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bakersfield Condors (AHL); Wichita Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Connor McDavid (9)
Assists	Connor McDavid (18)
Points	Connor McDavid (27)
Penalty minutes	Jujhar Khaira (15)
Plus/minus	Leon Draisaitl (+11)
Wins	Mikko Koskinen (6)
Goals against average	Mike Smith (1.00)

The 2020–21 Edmonton Oilers season is 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 will attempt to make 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 is to be played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Edmonton and the other Canadian teams will play an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

North Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	13	10	2	1	9	48	34	+14	21
2	Montreal Canadiens	12	8	2	2	8	48	31	+17	18
3	Edmonton Oilers	15	8	7	0	7	52	52	0	16
4	Winnipeg Jets	12	7	4	1	5	41	35	+6	15

5	Calgary Flames	12	6	5	1	5	36	33	+3	13
6	Vancouver Canucks	16	6	10	0	5	50	63	−13	12
7	Ottawa Senators	14	2	11	1	2	31	58	−27	5

Updated to game(s) played on February 9, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[2]

2020–21 game log

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

February: 3–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	February 2	Ottawa	2–4	Edmonton		Koskinen	0	6–6–0	12	Recap
13	February 6	Edmonton	4–6	Calgary		Koskinen	0	6–7–0	12	Recap
14	February 8	Edmonton	3–1	Ottawa		Smith	0	7–7–0	14	Recap
15	February 9	Edmonton	3–2	Ottawa		Koskinen	0	8–7–0	16	Recap
16	February 11	Edmonton		Montreal
17	February 15	Winnipeg		Edmonton
18	February 17	Winnipeg		Edmonton
19	February 19	Edmonton		Calgary
20	February 20	Calgary		Edmonton
21	February 23	Edmonton		Vancouver
22	February 25	Edmonton		Vancouver
23	February 27	Toronto		Edmonton

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	March 1	Toronto		Edmonton
25	March 3	Toronto		Edmonton
26	March 6	Calgary		Edmonton
27	March 8	Ottawa		Edmonton
28	March 10	Ottawa		Edmonton
29	March 12	Ottawa		Edmonton
30	March 13	Edmonton		Vancouver
31	March 15	Edmonton		Calgary
32	March 17	Edmonton		Calgary
33	March 18	Winnipeg		Edmonton
34	March 20	Winnipeg		Edmonton
35	March 22	Edmonton		Montreal
36	March 24	Edmonton		Montreal
37	March 26	Edmonton		Montreal
38	March 27	Edmonton		Toronto
39	March 29	Edmonton		Toronto

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	April 2	Calgary		Edmonton
41	April 3	Vancouver		Edmonton
42	April 5	Edmonton		Montreal
43	April 7	Edmonton		Ottawa
44	April 9	Edmonton		Ottawa
45	April 12	Vancouver		Edmonton
46	April 14	Vancouver		Edmonton
47	April 17	Edmonton		Winnipeg
48	April 19	Montreal		Edmonton
49	April 20	Montreal		Edmonton
50	April 26	Edmonton		Winnipeg
51	April 28	Edmonton		Winnipeg
52	April 29	Calgary		Edmonton

May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	May 1	Calgary		Edmonton
54	May 4	Edmonton		Vancouver
55	May 6	Edmonton		Vancouver
56	May 7	Edmonton		Calgary

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of February 9, 2021.

Skaters

Regular season[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Connor McDavid	15	9	18	27	−1	10
Leon Draisaitl	15	8	17	25	11	4
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	15	5	6	11	−1	4
Darnell Nurse	15	5	6	11	8	12
Tyson Barrie	15	2	9	11	−5	0
Kailer Yamamoto	15	4	4	8	4	12
Jesse Puljujarvi	15	3	2	5	−6	6
Dominik Kahun	15	2	3	5	3	0
Josh Archibald	15	3	1	4	−1	8
Adam Larsson	15	2	2	4	−2	12
Jujhar Khaira	6	1	3	4	2	15
James Neal	8	2	1	3	−3	0
Zack Kassian	13	1	2	3	−3	9
Kyle Turris	15	1	2	3	−9	8
Evan Bouchard	4	1	1	2	0	0
Tyler Ennis	7	1	1	2	0	0
Devin Shore	9	1	1	2	−1	2
William Lagesson	6	0	2	2	2	0
Ethan Bear	9	0	2	2	5	2
Slater Koekkoek	12	1	0	1	−5	2
Patrick Russell	1	0	1	1	0	0
Caleb Jones	7	0	1	1	−1	4
Alex Chiasson	8	0	1	1	−3	0
Kris Russell	9	0	1	1	−4	2
Joakim Nygard	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gaetan Haas	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season[4]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	A
Mikko Koskinen	13	13	768:54	6	7	44	3.43	420	.895	1
Mike Smith	1	1	60:00	1	0	1	1.00	28	.964	0
Stuart Skinner	1	1	59:41	1	0	5	5.03	38	.868	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 game 1st NHL win	January 31, 2021
William Lagesson	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	February 6, 2021

Current roster

Updated February 7, 2021[5][6]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
15	Josh Archibald	RW	R	28	2019	Regina, Saskatchewan
22	Tyson Barrie	D	R	29	2020	Victoria, British Columbia
74	Ethan Bear	D	R	23	2015	Regina, Saskatchewan
75	Evan Bouchard	D	R	21	2018	Oakville, Ontario
39	Alex Chiasson	RW	R	30	2018	Montreal, Quebec
29	Leon Draisaitl (A)	C	L	25	2014	Cologne, Germany
63	Tyler Ennis	LW	L	31	2020	Edmonton, Alberta
91	Gaetan Haas	C	R	29	2019	Bonfol, Switzerland
82	Caleb Jones	D	L	23	2015	Arlington, Texas
21	Dominik Kahun	LW	L	25	2020	Plana, Czech Republic
44	Zack Kassian	RW	R	30	2015	Windsor, Ontario
16	Jujhar Khaira	LW	L	26	2012	Surrey, British Columbia
77	Oscar Klefbom	D	L	27	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
20	Slater Koekkoek	D	L	26	2020	North Dundas, Ontario
19	Mikko Koskinen	G	L	32	2018	Vantaa, Finland
84	William Lagesson	D	L	24	2014	Gothenburg, Sweden
6	Adam Larsson (A)	D	R	28	2016	Skelleftea, Sweden
97	Connor McDavid (C)	C	L	24	2015	Richmond Hill, Ontario
18	James Neal	LW	L	33	2019	Whitby, Ontario
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (A)	C	L	27	2011	Burnaby, British Columbia
25	Darnell Nurse (A)	D	L	26	2013	Hamilton, Ontario
10	Joakim Nygard	LW	L	28	2019	Stockholm, Sweden
13	Jesse Puljujarvi	RW	R	22	2016	Alvkarleby, Sweden
4	Kris Russell	D	L	33	2016	Red Deer, Alberta
52	Patrick Russell	RW	R	28	2016	Holte, Denmark
14	Devin Shore	C	L	26	2020	Ajax, Ontario
41	Mike Smith	G	L	38	2019	Kingston, Ontario
8	Kyle Turris	C	R	31	2020	New Westminster, British Columbia
30	Dylan Wells	G	L	23	2016	St. Catharines, Ontario
56	Kailer Yamamoto	RW	R	22	2017	Spokane, Washington

Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Edmonton Oilers 4th-round pick in 2020 5th-round pick in 2020

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Matt Benning	to Nashville Predators	2-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Josh Currie	to Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Anton Forsberg	from Carolina Hurricanes	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Seth Griffith	from Winnipeg Jets	2-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Tomas Jurco	to Vegas Golden Knights	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Alan Quine	from Calgary Flames	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Kyle Turris	from Nashville Predators	2-year
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Tyson Barrie	from Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)	Logan Day	to Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year
October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)	Shane Starrett	to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year
November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02)	Dominik Kahun	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year
November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17)	Cameron Hebig	to Florida Everblades (ECHL)	1-year
December 26, 2020 (2020-12-26)	Slater Koekkoek	from Chicago Blackhawks	1-year
December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)	Andreas Athanasiou	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year
December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)	Ryan Kuffner	to ERC Ingolstadt (DEL)	1-year
January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)	Riley Sheahan	to Buffalo Sabres	1-year
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Keegan Lowe	to San Diego Gulls (AHL)	1-year
January 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)	Devin Shore	from Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year
January 25, 2021 (2021-01-25)	Nolan Vesey	to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)	Anton Forsberg	to Carolina Hurricanes
January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16)	Troy Grosenick	from Los Angeles Kings
February 6, 2021 (2021-02-06)	Troy Grosenick	to Los Angeles Kings

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)	Jesse Puljujarvi	2-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Kris Russell	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Mike Smith	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Tyler Ennis	1-year
November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04)	William Lagesson	2-year
November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25)	Philip Kemp	3-year
December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)	Ethan Bear	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)

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