2015–16 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2015–16 Edmonton Oilers season was the 37th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979,^[1] and 44th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The season began its regular games on October 8, 2015 against the St. Louis Blues, and concluded with a home and away series on April 6 and 9, 2016 against the Vancouver Canucks; the Oilers' final home game on the 6th was their final game at Rexall Place, its home arena since 1974. The team moved to the new downtown Rogers Place for the 2016-17 season.^[2]

Off-season

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98
4	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
6	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
2	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87

3	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
4	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78
6	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The Oilers finished 1st in the West for the preseason; the Red Wings finished first in the East.

2015 Edmonton Oilers Pre-season game log

Rookie Games: 3–0–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 11	Vancouver Canucks	2–8	Edmonton Oilers		Laurikainen	5,500	1–0–0	Recap
2^[a]	September 12	Calgary Flames	6–3	Edmonton Oilers		Papirny	4,888	2–0–0	Recap
3^[a]	September 14	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Winnipeg Jets	OT	Laurikainen	4,810	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 16	University of Alberta Golden Bears	3–6	Edmonton Oilers		Laurikainen	14,434	3–0–1	Recap
^[a]Rookie Tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia.

September/October: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[b]	September 21	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Calgary Flames		Scrivens	19,159	1–0–0	Recap
2^[b]	September 21	Calgary Flames	2–4	Edmonton Oilers		Brossoit	16,839	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 23	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 25	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Winnipeg Jets	OT	Scrivens	15,294	4–0–0	Recap
5^[c]	September 26	Edmonton Oilers	3–0	Minnesota Wild		Nilsson	10,199	5–0–0	Recap
6	September 29	Arizona Coyotes	0–4	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	6–0–0	Recap
7	October 1	Vancouver Canucks	5–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	17,699	6–1–0	Recap
8	October 3	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Vancouver Canucks	OT	Talbot	18,379	6–1–1	Recap
Notes: ^b Split-squad. ^c Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

2015–16 Edmonton Oilers Game Log^[2]

October: 4–8–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 8	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	St. Louis Blues		Talbot	19,327	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 10	Edmonton Oilers	0–2	Nashville Predators		Talbot	17,113	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 13	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Dallas Stars		Nilsson	16,265	0–3–0	0	Recap
4	October 15	St. Louis Blues	4–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	0–4–0	0	Recap
5	October 17	Edmonton Oilers	5–2	Calgary Flames		Talbot	19,289	1–4–0	2	Recap
6	October 18	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Vancouver Canucks	OT	Nilsson	18,261	2–4–0	4	Recap
7	October 21	Detroit Red Wings	1–3	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	3–4–0	6	Recap
8	October 23	Washington Capitals	7–4	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	3–5–0	6	Recap
9	October 25	Los Angeles Kings	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	3–6–0	6	Recap
10	October 27	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Minnesota Wild		Talbot	18,936	3–7–0	6	Recap
11	October 29	Montreal Canadiens	3–4	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	4–7–0	8	Recap
12	October 31	Calgary Flames	5–4	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	4–8–0	8	Recap

November: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 2–6-1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 3	Philadelphia Flyers	2–4	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	5–8–0	10	Recap
14	November 6	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	5–9–0	10	Recap
15	November 8	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks		Talbot	21,611	5–10–0	10	Recap
16	November 11	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Anaheim Ducks	OT	Nilsson	16,505	6–10–0	12	Recap
17	November 12	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	Arizona Coyotes		Nilsson	15,545	6–11–0	12	Recap
18	November 14	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Los Angeles Kings		Talbot	18,230	6–12–0	12	Recap
19	November 18	Chicago Blackhawks	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Nilsson	16,839	6–12–1	13	Recap
20	November 20	New Jersey Devils	1–5	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	7–12–1	15	Recap
21	November 23	Edmonton Oilers	0–1	Washington Capitals		Nilsson	18,506	7–13–1	15	Recap
22	November 25	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	Carolina Hurricanes		Nilsson	17,757	7–14–1	15	Recap
23	November 27	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Detroit Red Wings	OT	Talbot	20,027	7–14–2	16	Recap
24	November 28	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	SO	Nilsson	18,656	8–14–2	18	Recap
25	November 30	Edmonton Oilers	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs		Nilsson	19,559	8–15–2	18	Recap

December: 7–6–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 1–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 2	Boston Bruins	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	SO	Nilsson	16,839	9–15–2	20	Recap
27	December 4	Dallas Stars	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Nilsson	16,839	10–15–2	22	Recap
28	December 6	Buffalo Sabres	2–4	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	11–15–2	24	Recap
29	December 9	San Jose Sharks	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Nilsson	16,839	12–15–2	26	Recap
30	December 11	New York Rangers	5–7	Edmonton Oilers		Nilsson	16,839	13–15–2	28	Recap
31	December 14	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Boston Bruins	OT	Talbot	17,565	14–15–2	30	Recap
32	December 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	New York Rangers		Nilsson	18,006	14–16–2	30	Recap
33	December 17	Edmonton Oilers	0–4	Chicago Blackhawks		Talbot	21,451	14–17–2	30	Recap
34	December 19	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Colorado Avalanche		Nilsson	17,570	14–18–2	30	Recap
35	December 21	Winnipeg Jets	1–3	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	15–18–2	32	Recap
36	December 26	Edmonton	1–2	Vancouver Canucks	OT	Talbot	18,570	15–18–3	33	Recap
37	December 27	Edmonton Oilers	3–5	Calgary Flames		Nilsson	19,289	15–19–3	33	Recap
38	December 29	Los Angeles Kings	5–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	15–20–3	33	Recap
39	December 31	Anaheim Ducks	1–0	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	15–21–3	33	Recap

January: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 2	Arizona Coyotes	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	SO	Talbot	16,839	16–21–3	35	Recap
41	January 4	Carolina Hurricanes	0–1	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Talbot	16,839	17–21–3	37	Recap
42	January 8	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	17–22–3	37	Recap
43	January 10	Florida Panthers	2–1	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	17–23–3	37	Recap
44	January 12	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Arizona Coyotes	OT	Nilsson	11,391	17–23–4	38	Recap
45	January 14	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	San Jose Sharks	SO	Talbot	15,379	17–23–5	39	Recap
46	January 16	Calgary Flames	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	SO	Talbot	16,839	18–23–5	41	Recap
47	January 18	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Florida Panthers		Talbot	14,897	19–23–5	43	Recap
48	January 19	Edmonton Oilers	4–6	Tampa Bay Lightning		Nilsson	19,092	19–24–5	43	Recap
49	January 21	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Dallas Stars		Talbot	18,532	19–25–5	43	Recap
50	January 23	Nashville Predators	4–1	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	19–26–5	43	Recap
January 28–31		All-Star Break in Nashville, Tennessee

February: 4–8–2 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 1–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 2	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–5	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	20–26–5	45	Recap
52	February 4	Edmonton Oilers	7–2	Ottawa Senators		Talbot	18,564	21–26–5	47	Recap
53	February 6	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Montreal Canadiens		Talbot	21,288	21–27–5	47	Recap
54	February 7	Edmonton Oilers	1–8	New York Islanders		Nilsson	14,030	21–28–5	47	Recap
55	February 9	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	New Jersey Devils		Talbot	16,514	21–29–5	47	Recap
56	February 11	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–5	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	22–29–5	49	Recap
57	February 13	Winnipeg Jets	2–1	Edmonton Oilers	SO	Brossoit	16,839	22–29–6	50	Recap
58	February 16	Anaheim Ducks	5–3	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	22–30–6	50	Recap
59	February 18	Minnesota Wild	5–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	22–31–6	50	Recap
60	February 20	Colorado Avalanche	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	22–32–6	50	Recap
61	February 23	Ottawa Senators	4–1	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	22–33–6	50	Recap
62	February 25	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Los Angeles Kings		Talbot	18,230	22–34–6	50	Recap
63	February 26	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Anaheim Ducks	OT	Talbot	17,174	22–34–7	51	Recap
64	February 28	New York Islanders	1–3	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	23–34–7	53	Recap

March: 7–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 5–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 1	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Buffalo Sabres	OT	Talbot	18,467	24–34–7	55	Recap
66	March 3	Edmonton Oilers	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers		Talbot	17,567	25–34–7	57	Recap
67	March 4	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Columbus Blue Jackets		Brossoit	16,789	25–35–7	57	Recap
68	March 6	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Winnipeg Jets		Talbot	15,294	26–35–7	59	Recap
69	March 8	San Jose Sharks	3–0	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	26–36–7	59	Recap
70	March 10	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Minnesota Wild		Talbot	19,058	27–36–7	61	Recap
71	March 12	Arizona Coyotes	4–0	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	27–37–7	61	Recap
72	March 14	Nashville Predators	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Brossoit	16,839	27–38–7	61	Recap
73	March 16	St. Louis Blues	4–6	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	28–38–7	63	Recap
74	March 18	Vancouver Canucks	0–2	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	29–38–7	65	Recap
75	March 20	Colorado Avalanche	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Brossoit	16,893	29–39–7	65	Recap
76	March 22	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Arizona Coyotes		Talbot	13,408	29–40–7	65	Recap
77	March 24	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	San Jose Sharks		Talbot	16,570	30–40–7	67	Recap
78	March 26	Edmonton Oilers	4–6	Los Angeles Kings		Brossoit	18,230	30–41–7	67	Recap
79	March 28	Anaheim Ducks	2–1	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	30–42–7	67	Recap

April: 1–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	Calgary Flames	5–0	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	30–43–7	67	Recap
81	April 6	Vancouver Canucks	2–6	Edmonton Oilers		Talbot	16,839	31–43–7	69	Recap
82	April 9	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Vancouver Canucks	SO	Talbot	18,570	31–43–8	70	Recap

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

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Hall, TaylorTaylor Hall	82	26	39	65	−4	54
Draisaitl, LeonLeon Draisaitl	72	19	32	51	−2	20
McDavid, ConnorConnor McDavid	45	16	32	48	−1	18
Eberle, JordanJordan Eberle	69	25	22	47	−12	14
Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot	55	14	22	36	−6	30
Nugent-Hopkins, RyanRyan Nugent-Hopkins	55	12	22	34	−9	18
Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell^‡	61	11	21	32	−9	10
Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera	81	6	24	30	−15	12
Letestu, MarkMark Letestu	82	10	15	25	−21	10
Yakupov, NailNail Yakupov	60	8	15	23	−16	24
Korpikoski, LauriLauri Korpikoski	71	10	12	22	−17	10
Maroon, PatrickPatrick Maroon^†	16	8	6	14	6	34
Pakarinen, IiroIiro Pakarinen	63	5	8	13	−10	8
Hendricks, MattMatt Hendricks	68	5	7	12	2	82
Klefbom, OscarOscar Klefbom	30	4	8	12	−4	6
Davidson, BrandonBrandon Davidson	51	4	7	11	7	20
Nurse, DarnellDarnell Nurse	69	3	7	10	−13	60
Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz^‡	45	3	7	10	−22	14
Kassian, ZackZack Kassian	36	3	5	8	−7	114
Fayne, MarkMark Fayne	69	2	5	7	−6	18
Gryba, EricEric Gryba	53	1	5	6	0	75
Clendening, AdamAdam Clendening^†	20	1	5	6	3	10
Oesterle, JordanJordan Oesterle	17	0	5	5	1	0
Pardy, AdamAdam Pardy^†	9	0	3	3	−4	6
Lander, AntonAnton Lander	61	1	2	3	−9	18
Khaira, JujharJujhar Khaira	15	0	2	2	−2	13
Nikitin, NikitaNikita Nikitin	11	0	1	1	−5	8
Klinkhammer, RobRob Klinkhammer	14	1	0	1	−6	6
Gazdic, LukeLuke Gazdic	29	1	0	1	−6	24
Reinhart, GriffinGriffin Reinhart	29	0	1	1	−6	20
Slepyshev, AntonAnton Slepyshev	11	0	1	1	−5	2
Ference, AndrewAndrew Ference	6	0	0	0	−4	6
Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell^†	8	0	0	0	−2	6
Hunt, BradBrad Hunt	7	0	0	0	−1	2
Miller, AndrewAndrew Miller	6	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Talbot, CamCam Talbot	56	53	3223:52	21	27	5	137	2.55	1648	.917	3	1	0
Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson^‡	26	24	1413:17	10	12	2	74	3.14	745	.901	0	1	4
Brossoit, LaurentLaurent Brossoit	5	5	299:31	0	4	1	18	3.60	142	.873	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

Roster

Updated December 3, 2016.^[5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
83	Canada !	Benning, MatthewMatthew Benning	2.0 !D	R	22	2016	Edmonton, Alberta
36	Canada !	Caggiula, DrakeDrake Caggiula	6.0 !LW	L	22	2016	Pickering, Ontario
88	Canada !	Davidson, BrandonBrandon Davidson	2.0 !D	L	25	2010	Lethbridge, Alberta
29	Germany !	Draisaitl, LeonLeon Draisaitl	4.0 !C	L	21	2014	Cologne, Germany
14	Canada !	Eberle, JordanJordan Eberle (A)	7.0 !RW	R	26	2008	Regina, Saskatchewan
5	United States !	Fayne, MarkMark Fayne	2.0 !D	R	29	2014	Nashua, New Hampshire
62	Canada !	Gryba, EricEric Gryba	2.0 !D	R	28	2015	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
50	Sweden !	Gustavsson, JonasJonas Gustavsson	1.0 !G	L	32	2016	Danderyd, Sweden
23	United States !	Hendricks, MattMatt Hendricks	6.0 !LW	L	35	2014	Blaine, Minnesota
44	Canada !	Kassian, ZackZack Kassian	7.0 !RW	R	25	2015	Windsor, Ontario
77	Sweden !	Klefbom, OscarOscar Klefbom	2.0 !D	L	23	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
6	Sweden !	Larsson, AdamAdam Larsson	2.0 !D	R	24	2016	Skellefteå, Sweden
55	Canada !	Letestu, MarkMark Letestu	4.0 !C	R	31	2015	Elk Point, Alberta
27	Canada !	Lucic, MilanMilan Lucic (A)	6.0 !LW	L	28	2016	Vancouver, British Columbia
19	United States !	Maroon, PatrickPatrick Maroon	6.0 !LW	L	28	2016	St. Louis, Missouri
97	Canada !	McDavid, ConnorConnor McDavid (C)	4.0 !C	L	19	2015	Richmond Hill, Ontario
93	Canada !	Nugent-Hopkins, RyanRyan Nugent-Hopkins (A)	4.0 !C	L	23	2011	Burnaby, British Columbia
25	Canada !	Nurse, DarnellDarnell Nurse	2.0 !D	L	21	2013	Hamilton, Ontario
26	Finland !	Pakarinen, IiroIiro Pakarinen	7.0 !RW	R	25	2014	Loviisa, Finland
15	United States !	Pitlick, TylerTyler Pitlick	7.0 !RW	R	25	2010	Minneapolis, Minnesota
67	Canada !	Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot	6.0 !LW	L	30	2014	Alfred, Ontario
98	Finland !	Puljujarvi, JesseJesse Puljujarvi	7.0 !RW	R	18	2016	Älvkarleby, Sweden
4	Canada !	Russell, KrisKris Russell	2.0 !D	L	29	2016	Red Deer, Alberta
2	Slovakia !	Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera	2.0 !D	L	30	2015	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
79	Canada !	Simpson, DillonDillon Simpson	2.0 !D	L	23	2011	Edmonton, Alberta
42	Russia !	Slepyshev, AntonAnton Slepyshev	6.0 !LW	R	22	2013	Penza, Russia
33	Canada !	Talbot, CamCam Talbot	1.0 !G	L	29	2015	Caledonia, Ontario

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Taylor Hall	NHL Third Star of the Week^[6]	November 2, 2015
Connor McDavid	NHL Rookie of the Month - October^[7]	November 2, 2015
Taylor Hall	NHL Second Star of the Week^[8]	December 14, 2015
Taylor Hall	NHL All-Star game selection^[9]	January 6, 2016
Connor McDavid	NHL Rookie of the Month - February	March 1, 2016
Cam Talbot	NHL First Star of the Week	March 5, 2016
Connor McDavid	NHL Rookie of the Month - March	April 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Taylor Hall	300th NHL Game	October 8, 2015
Connor McDavid	1st NHL Game
Anton Slepyshev	1st NHL Game
Connor McDavid	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 13, 2015
Benoit Pouliot	100th NHL Assist	October 13, 2015
Connor McDavid	1st NHL Assist	October 17, 2015
Anton Slepyshev	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 23, 2015
Nail Yakupov	200th NHL Game	October 23, 2015
Eric Gryba	200th NHL PIM	October 27, 2015
Darnell Nurse	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point
Benoit Pouliot	200th NHL Point
Darnell Nurse	1st NHL Assist	October 29, 2015
Andrej Sekera	500th NHL Game	November 6, 2015
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	200th NHL Point	November 8, 2015
Anders Nilsson	1st NHL Assist	November 11, 2015
Teddy Purcell	500th NHL Game	November 12, 2015
Brandon Davidson	1st NHL Assist	November 18, 2015
Benoit Pouliot	100th NHL Goal	November 25, 2015
Nail Yakupov	100th NHL Point	November 25, 2015
Oscar Klefbom	100th NHL Game	November 27, 2015
Jujhar Khaira	1st NHL Game	November 28, 2015
Jujhar Khaira	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	December 4, 2015
Taylor Hall	200th NHL PIM	December 9, 2015
Lauri Korpikoski	1st NHL Hat-trick	December 11, 2015
Benoit Pouliot	300th NHL PIM	December 19, 2015
Taylor Hall	300th NHL Point	December 21, 2015
Lauri Korpikoski	500th NHL Game	December 31, 2015
Jordan Eberle	300th NHL Point	January 2, 2016
Eric Gryba	200th NHL Game	January 2, 2016
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	300th NHL Game	January 10, 2016
Zack Kassian	200th NHL Game	January 16, 2016
Matt Hendricks	600th NHL PIM	January 18, 2016
Justin Schultz	100th NHL Point	January 21, 2016
Jordan Eberle	1st NHL Hat-trick	February 11, 2016
Jordan Eberle	400th NHL Game	February 13, 2016
Teddy Purcell	100th NHL PIM	February 13, 2016
Lauri Korpikoski	100th NHL Assist	February 16, 2016
Cam Talbot	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	February 26, 2016
Cam Talbot	100th NHL Game	March 1, 2016
Cam Talbot	10th NHL Shutout	March 3, 2016
Jordan Eberle	100th NHL PIM	March 10, 2016
Leon Draisaitl	100th NHL Game	March 16, 2016
Zack Kassian	400th NHL PIM	March 24, 2016
Nail Yakupov	100th NHL PIM	April 2, 2016
Mark Letestu	400th NHL Game	April 9, 2016

Transactions

Following the end of the Oilers' 2014–15 season, and during the 2015–16 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	To New York Islanders PIT's 1st-round pick in 2015 – Mathew Barzal 2nd-round pick in 2015 – Mitchell Stephens	To Edmonton Oilers Griffin Reinhart	^[10]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To New York Rangers MTL's 2nd-round pick in 2015 – Jonas Siegenthaler OTT's 3rd-round pick in 2015 – Sergei Zborovsky 7th-round pick in 2015 – Adam Huska	To Edmonton Oilers Cam Talbot 7th-round pick in 2015 – Ziyat Paigin	^[11]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Martin Marincin	To Edmonton Oilers Brad Ross PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015 – Christian Wolanin	^[12]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Ottawa Senators Travis Ewanyk PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015 – Christian Wolanin	To Edmonton Oilers Eric Gryba	^[12]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2016 – Otto Somppi	To Edmonton Oilers ANA's 7th-round pick in 2015 – Miroslav Svoboda	^[13]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	To Arizona Coyotes Boyd Gordon	To Edmonton Oilers Lauri Korpikoski	^[14]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	To Chicago Blackhawks Liam Coughlin	To Edmonton Oilers Anders Nilsson	^[15]
December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28)	To Montreal Canadiens Ben Scrivens	To Edmonton Oilers Zack Kassian	^[16]
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Philip Larsen	To Edmonton Oilers conditional 5th-round pick in 2017	^[17]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To St. Louis Blues Anders Nilsson	To Edmonton Oilers Niklas Lundstrom 5th-round pick in 2016 – Graham McPhee	^[18]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz^{[Note 1]}	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2016 – Filip Berglund	^[19]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Florida Panthers Teddy Purcell	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2016 – Matthew Cairns	^[20]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Anaheim Ducks Martin Gernat 4th-round pick in 2016 – Jack Kopacka	To Edmonton Oilers Patrick Maroon^{[Note 2]}	^[21]

Notes

^{Note 1} Edmonton to retain 50% ($1.95 million) of salary as part of trade.
^{Note 2} Anaheim to retain 25% ($0.5 million) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Andrej Sekera	Los Angeles Kings	6 years, $33 million	^[22]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mark Letestu	Columbus Blue Jackets	3 years, $5.4 million	^[23]
March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13)	Jere Sallinen	Jokerit	1 year, $792,500 entry-level contract	^[24]
April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07)	Nick Ellis	Providence Friars (NCAA)	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[25]
May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)	Drake Caggiula	North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCAA)	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[26]
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)	Patrick Russell	St. Cloud State Huskies (NCAA)	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[27]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Richard Bachman	Vancouver Canucks	2 years, $1.15 million	^[28]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Matt Fraser	Winnipeg Jets	1 year, $650,000	^[29]
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09)	Viktor Fasth	CSKA Moscow (KHL)	1 year	^[30]
September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)	Kellan Lain	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	1 year
September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)	Curtis Hamilton	HC Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)	Derek Roy	SC Bern (NLA)	1 year
April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)	Niklas Lundström	IF Björklöven (HockeyAllsvenskan)	1 year

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Adam Clendening	Anaheim Ducks	January 27, 2016	^[31]
Adam Cracknell	Vancouver Canucks	February 29, 2016	^[32]
Adam Pardy	Winnipeg Jets	February 29, 2016	^[32]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Connor McDavid	3 years, $2.875 million entry-level contract	^[33]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	Anders Nilsson	1 year, $1 million	^[15]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Justin Schultz	1 year, $3.9 million	^[34]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Brandon Davidson	1 year, $585,000	^[35]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Tyler Pitlick	1 year, $761,250	^[35]
September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)	Oscar Klefbom	7 years, $29 million contract extension	^[36]
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	Braden Christoffer	3 years, $1.95 million entry-level contract	^[37]
January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17)	Cam Talbot	3 years, $12 million contract extension	^[38]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	Laurent Brossoit	2 years, $1.5 million contract extension	^[39]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	Brandon Davidson	2 years, $2.85 million contract extension	^[40]
April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07)	Caleb Jones	3 years, $2.115 million entry-level contract	^[41]
May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)	Zack Kassian	1 year, $1.5 million	^[42]
June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17)	Tyler Pitlick	1 year, $725,000	^[43]
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)	Jordan Oesterle	1 year, $585,000	^[44]
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)	Iiro Pakarinen	1 year

Draft picks

Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Edmonton Oilers won the 2015 draft lottery that took place on April 18, 2015^[45]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Connor McDavid	Centre	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
4	117^[a]	Caleb Jones	Defense	United States	United States national Under-18 team
5	124	Ethan Bear	Defence	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6	154	John Marino	Defense	United States	South Shore Kings (USPHL)
7	208^[b]	Miroslav Svoboda	Goaltender	Czech Republic	Ocelari Trinec U20 (Jr. A Czech Extraliga)
7	209^[c]	Ziyat Paigin	Defence	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)

Draft notes^[46]

The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent the Rangers' first-round pick in 2015 to the New York Islanders in exchange for Florida's third-round pick in 2015 and this pick. The Islanders previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Griffin Reinhart to Edmonton in exchange for Pittsburgh’s first-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on November 28, 2014 that sent Eric Brewer to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.^[47] Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014 that sent Viktor Fasth to Edmonton in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[48]
The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on July 10, 2013 that sent David Perron and a third-round pick in 2015 to Edmonton in exchange for Magnus Paajarvi, a second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[49]
^a The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Jeff Petry to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[50] The condition – Edmonton will receive a fourth-round pick in 2015 if Montreal advances to the second round of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs^[51] – was converted on April 26, 2015 when Montreal eliminated Ottawa in first-round of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers' seventh-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Cam Talbot and a seventh-round pick in 2015 to Edmonton in exchange for Montreal's second-round pick in 2015, Ottawa's third-round pick in 2015, and this pick.
^b The Anaheim Ducks' seventh-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Dallas' seventh-round pick in 2016 to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
^c The New York Rangers' seventh-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Montreal's second-round pick in 2015, Ottawa's third-round pick in 2015, and seventh-round pick in 2015 to the Rangers in exchange for Cam Talbot and this pick.

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Edmonton Oilers

Founded in 1972 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

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History	NHL–WHA merger Expansion draft History Records Award winners

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