2007–08 Edmonton Oilers season

2007–08 Edmonton Oilers season
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2007–08 Edmonton Oilers
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	9th Western
2007–08 record	40–35–6
Home record	23–17–1
Road record	18–18–5
Goals for	235
Goals against	251
General Manager	Kevin Lowe
Coach	Craig MacTavish
Captain	Ethan Moreau
Alternate captains	Ales Hemsky Shawn Horcoff Steve Staios Jarret Stoll
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	16,839 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Dustin Penner (23)
Assists	Ales Hemsky (51)
Points	Ales Hemsky (71)
Penalties in minutes	Zack Stortini (201)
Plus/Minus	Robert Nilsson (+8) Curtis Glencross (+8)
Wins	Mathieu Garon (26)
Goals against average	Mathieu Garon (2.66)

The 2007–08 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 4, 2007. It was the Oilers' 35th season, 28th in the National Hockey League. This season also marks the debut of the Edmonton Oil Kings, a Western Hockey League expansion team purchased by the Oilers after the team spent several years attempting to buy and relocate any existing WHL team to the Alberta capital.^[1]

2007 off-season

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With major rebuilding necessary, the Oilers began the NHL free agency period on July 1st, trading Joffrey Lupul and Jason Smith to the Philadelphia Flyers for defencemen Joni Pitkanen, left winger Geoff Sanderson and a third round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Petr Sykora, having become a free agent, left the Oilers franchise and signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jan Hedja, also a free agent, left for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Oilers made a call to Ryan Smyth's agent early in the morning on July 1st stating they were interested in making an offer. ^[2] Smyth wound up signing with the Colorado Avalanche.

Netminder Mathieu Garon was signed on July 3, 2007 as the backup goaltender to Dwayne Roloson.

It has also been reported that the Oilers had agreed to a contract with free agent Michael Nylander through his agent. While the Oilers were expecting a signed contract from Nylander and his agent, they later found out that he had signed with the Washington Capitals. The Oilers are currently pursuing their legal options on the matter.[2]

Matt Greene signed a two year contract, Raffi Torres signed for three.

On July 5, the Edmonton Oilers Offered restricted free agent Thomas Vanek from the Buffalo Sabres a 7 year contract worth $50 million. The Buffalo Sabres quickly matched the Oilers offer.[3]

On July 12, the Edmonton Oilers signed unrestricted free agent Sheldon Souray to a 5 year deal worth $27 million dollars.

On July 20, the Oilers signed Newly acquired defenceman Joni Pitkanen to a one year, 2.4 million deal.

On July 26, the Oilers offered Anaheim Ducks Forward Dustin Penner, a restricted free agent $21.25 million over 5 years. This is the second restricted free agent the Oilers have attempted to sign this off-season. The Ducks declined to match the offer, officially making Penner an Oiler.

On October 02, 2007, the Oilers announced Ethan Moreau as the 15th Captain in team history.

2007–08 Regular Season

On February 19th, 2008, Denis Grebeshkov scored the 8000th goal in the Oilers' franchise history.

On February 26th, 2008, the Edmonton Oilers set a new NHL record for 13 shootout wins in a season, previously held by the Dallas Stars at 12 wins. Oilers goalie Mathieu Garon has stopped 30 of 32 shots and is 10 – 0 in shootouts.

On March 4, 2008, Gilbert surpassed Paul Coffey and Marc-Andre Bergeron for the Oilers' franchise record for most goals scored by a rookie defencemen with his 10th goal on the power play against the Nashville Predators goalie Dan Ellis.

On March 18, 2008, the Oilers scored eight goals for the first time in five years in an 8 – 4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.

April, 2008, Oilers fail to place in the playoffs.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

Regular season

Divisional standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
y-Minnesota Wild	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
x-Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
x-Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
e-Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
e-Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
p-Detroit Red Wings *	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
y-San Jose Sharks *	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
y-Minnesota Wild *	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
x-Anaheim Ducks	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
x-Dallas Stars	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
x-Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
x-Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
x-Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91

e-Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
e-Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
e-Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
e-Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
e-Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
e-St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
e-Los Angeles Kings	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, p - clinched Presidents' Trophy and best record in conference, e - eliminated from playoff contention, * - division leader

Game log

October

Record: 5–8–0; Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–5–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	San Jose	2 – 3	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	1–0–0	2
2	October 6	Philadelphia	3 – 5	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	2–0–0	4
3	October 8	Edmonton	2 – 4	Detroit		Roloson	16,913	2–1–0	4
4	October 10	Edmonton	0 – 2	Minnesota		Roloson	18,568	2–2–0	4
5	October 12	Vancouver	5 – 2	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	2–3–0	4
6	October 13	Edmonton	1 – 4	Vancouver		Roloson	18,630	2–4–0	4
7	October 18	Edmonton	4 – 2	Phoenix		Roloson	10,448	3–4–0	6
8	October 20	Edmonton	1 – 4	Calgary		Roloson	19,289	3–5–0	6
9	October 23	Colorado	4 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	3–6–0	6
10	October 25	Minnesota	4 – 5	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	4–6–0	8
11	October 27	Edmonton	1 – 4	Los Angeles		Roloson	16,173	4–7–0	8
12	October 28	Edmonton	3 – 2	Anaheim	SO	Garon	17,174	5–7–0	10
13	October 30	Detroit	2 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	5–8–0	10

November

Record: 6–6–1; Home: 4–4–0; Road: 2–2–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 2	Nashville	4 – 1	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	5–9–0	10
15	November 5	Edmonton	2 – 5	Minnesota		Roloson	18,568	5–10–0	10
16	November 7	Edmonton	3 – 4	Colorado	SO	Roloson	15,877	5–10–1	11
17	November 10	Edmonton	4 – 2	Calgary		Garon	19,289	6–10–1	13
18	November 14	Edmonton	1 – 0	Vancouver	SO	Garon	18,630	7–10–1	15
19	November 15	Minnesota	4 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	7–11–1	15
20	November 17	Calgary	3 – 1	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	7–12–1	15
21	November 20	Vancouver	4 – 5	Edmonton	SO	Garon	16,839	8–12–1	17
22	November 22	Colorado	3 – 2	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	8–13–1	17
23	November 24	Chicago	2 – 3	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	9–13–1	19
24	November 26	Columbus	1 – 3	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	10–13–1	21
25	November 28	Edmonton	2 – 4	Colorado		Roloson	15,128	10–14–1	21
26	November 30	Anaheim	1 – 5	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	11–14–1	23

December

Record: 5–6–3; Home: 1–4–1; Road: 4–2–2;

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 2	Edmonton	4 – 0	Anaheim		Garon	17,174	12–14–1	25
28	December 3	Edmonton	4 – 3	Los Angeles	SO	Garon	14,193	13–14–1	27
29	December 5	Pittsburgh	4 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	13–15–1	27
30	December 7	St. Louis	4 – 3	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	13–16–1	27
31	December 10	Edmonton	4 – 5	Dallas	OT	Garon	17,833	13–16–2	28
32	December 11	Edmonton	5 – 4	St. Louis	SO	Garon	14,329	14–16–2	30
33	December 13	Edmonton	4 – 3	Detroit	SO	Roloson	18,859	15–16–2	32
34	December 15	Vancouver	1 –2	Edmonton	SO	Garon	16,839	16–16–2	34
35	December 18	Dallas	2 – 1	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	16–16–3	35
36	December 21	New Jersey	3 – 1	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	16–17–3	35
37	December 23	Edmonton	2 – 3	Chicago		Garon	20,151	16–18–3	35
38	December 27	Anaheim	2 – 1	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	16–19–3	35
39	December 29	Edmonton	4 – 5	Minnesota	OT	Roloson	18,568	16–19–4	36
40	December 31	Edmonton	2 – 4	Columbus		Garon	16,774	16–20–4	36

January

Record: 7–5–1; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–3–1;

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 2	Edmonton	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Garon	14,465	17–20–4	38
42	January 3	Edmonton	2 – 5	Nashville		Garon	12,676	17–21–4	38
43	January 5	NY Rangers	2 – 3	Edmonton	SO	Garon	16,839	18–21–4	40
44	January 7	NY Islanders	0 – 4	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	19–21–4	42
45	January 10	Phoenix	2 – 5	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	20–21–4	44
46	January 13	Calgary	1 – 2	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	21–21–4	46
47	January 15	Los Angeles	3 – 1	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	21–22–4	46
48	January 17	Edmonton	4 – 5	Washington	SO	Roloson	13,399	21–22–5	47
49	January 18	Edmonton	2 – 7	Carolina		Garon	16,868	21–23–5	47
50	January 20	Edmonton	4 – 2	Atlanta		Roloson	16,683	22–23–5	49
51	January 22	Edmonton	3 – 4	Tampa Bay		Roloson	16,799	22–24–5	49
52	January 24	Edmonton	4 – 3	Florida	SO	Garon	12,322	23–24–5	51
53	January 29	San Jose	3 – 0	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	23–25–5	51

February

Record: 7–5–0; Home: 6–1–0; Road: 1–4–0;

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 1	Dallas	4 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	23–26–5	51
55	February 4	Calgary	0 – 5	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	24–26–5	53
56	February 6	Chicago	1 – 4	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	25–26–5	55
57	February 9	Edmonton	1 – 4	Calgary		Garon	19,289	25–27–5	55
58	February 12	Minnesota	2 – 4	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	26–27–5	57
59	February 14	Edmonton	3 – 2	San Jose		Garon	17,496	27–27–5	59
60	February 16	Edmonton	2 – 4	Vancouver		Garon	18,630	27–28–5	59
61	February 19	Edmonton	4 – 5	Nashville		Garon	13,466	27–29–5	59
62	February 22	Edmonton	2 – 5	Dallas		Garon	18,564	27–30–5	59
63	February 24	Colorado	2 – 3	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	28–30–5	61
64	February 26	Detroit	3 – 4	Edmonton	SO	Garon	16,839	29–30–5	63
65	February 28	Los Angeles	4 – 5	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	30–30–5	65

March

Record: 10–4–1 ; Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–1 ;

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
66	March 2	Columbus	3 – 4	Edmonton	SO	Garon	16,839	31–30–5	67
67	March 4	Nashville	5 – 1	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	31–31–5	67
68	March 7	Edmonton	2 – 1	Columbus	OT	Garon	17,289	32–31–5	69
69	March 9	Edmonton	6 – 5	Chicago	OT	Garon	18,859	33–31–5	71
70	March 11	St. Louis	3 – 4	Edmonton	OT	Garon	16,839	34–31–5	73
71	March 13	Edmonton	1 – 5	Colorado		Garon	18,007	34–32–5	73
72	March 15	Edmonton	5 – 2	Phoenix		Roloson	15,698	35–32–5	75
73	March 16	Edmonton	2 – 1	San Jose	SO	Roloson	16,987	36–32–5	77
74	March 18	Phoenix	4 – 8	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	37–32–5	79
75	March 20	Vancouver	4 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	37–33–5	79
76	March 22	Colorado	5 – 7	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	38–33–5	81
77	March 24	Minnesota	3 – 5	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	39–33–5	83
78	March 26	Edmonton	1 – 3	Minnesota		Roloson	17,978	39–34–5	83
79	March 28	Edmonton	4 – 5	Colorado	SO	Roloson	17,846	39–34–6	84
80	March 29	Edmonton	2 – 1	Calgary		Roloson	16.984	40–34–6	86

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road: ;

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
81	April 1	Calgary	3 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	40–35–6	86
82	April 3	Edmonton	2 – 1	Vancouver		Roloson	18,630	41–35–6	88

Playoffs

The Oilers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

current as of July 1, 2008

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ales Hemsky	74	20	51	71	34
Shawn Horcoff	53	21	29	50	30
Sam Gagner	79	13	36	49	23
Dustin Penner	82	23	24	47	45
Andrew Cogliano	82	18	27	45	20
Robert Nilsson	71	10	31	41	22
Jarret Stoll	81	14	22	36	74
Tom Gilbert	82	13	20	33	20
Kyle Brodziak	80	14	17	31	33
Joni Pitkanen	63	8	18	26	56
Marty Reasoner	82	11	14	25	50
Curtis Glencross	62	15	10	25	53

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Current as of Feb. 24, 2008

	Regular season									Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Mathieu Garon	47	2658	26	18	1	118	4	.913	2.66
Dwayne Roloson	41	2222	14	16	5	115	0	.900	3.11

Awards and records

Records

4: A new NHL record for most consecutive shootouts on December 18, 2007
8: A new Oilers record for most consecutive game assist for rookies by Sam Gagner on February 22, 2008
15: NHL record for most shootout wins in a season
- 13: A new NHL team record for most shootout wins in a season on February 26, 2008
13: Oilers record for mosts goals for a rookie defenseman by Tom Gilbert
- 10: A new Oilers record for most goals for a rookie defenseman on March 4, 2008
3: A new NHL record for most consecutive game winning goals by Andrew Cogliano on March 11, 2008
33: A new Oilers record for most points for a rookie defenseman by Tom Gilbert on March 28, 2008

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Andrew Cogliano Sam Gagner	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 4, 2007
Shawn Horcoff	300th NHL PIM	October 6, 2007
Marty Reasoner	100th NHL Assist	October 6, 2007
Andrew Cogliano	1st NHL Goal	October 8, 2007
Geoff Sanderson	500th NHL PIM	October 13, 2007
Kyle Brodziak	1st NHL Assist	October 18, 2007
Sam Gagner	1st NHL Goal	October 20, 2007
Ales Hemsky	200th NHL Point	October 25, 2007
Marty Reasoner	400th NHL Game	November 10, 2007
Steve Staios	700th NHL Game	November 24, 2007
Ales Hemsky Raffi Torres	300th NHL Game	November 28, 2007
Zach Stortini	1st NHL Assist	November 28, 2007
Liam Reddox	1st NHL Game	December 7, 2007
Ladislav Smid	100th NHL Game	December 11, 2007
Steve Staios	1,000th NHL PIM	December 18, 2007
Jarret Stoll	200th NHL PIM	January 5, 2008
Shawn Horcoff	100th NHL Goal	January 7, 2008
Denis Grebeshkov	1st NHL Goal	January 10, 2008
Zach Stortini	200th NHL PIM	January 10, 2008
Ethan Moreau	700th NHL Game	January 29, 2008
Robert Nilsson	100th NHL Game	January 29, 2008
Jarret Stoll	100th NHL Assist	February 4, 2008
Joni Pitkanen	100th NHL Assist	February 6, 2008
Dustin Penner	100th NHL PIM	February 9, 2008
Fernando Pisani	300th NHL Game	February 12, 2008
Geoff Sanderson	1,100th NHL Game	February 26, 2008
Mathieu Roy	1st NHL Assist	February 28, 2008
Geoff Sanderson	700th NHL Point	February 28, 2008
Theo Peckham	1st NHL Game	March 7, 2008
Matt Greene	200th NHL PIM	March 22, 2008
Denis Grebeshkov	100th NHL Game	March 26, 2008
Zach Stortini	300th NHL PIM	March 29, 2008

Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

June 22, 2007	To Phoenix Coyotes 1st round pick in 2007 - Nick Ross 2nd round pick in 2007 - Joel Gistedt	To Edmonton Oilers 1st round pick in 2007 - Riley Nash
July 1, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Jason Smith Joffrey Lupul	To Edmonton Oilers Geoff Sanderson Joni Pitkanen 3rd round pick in 2009
July 5, 2007	To New York Islanders 2nd round pick in 2008 - Travis Hamonic	To Edmonton Oilers Allan Rourke *3rd round pick in 2008 - Kirill Petrov
February 1, 2008	To Columbus Blue Jackets Dick Tarnstrom	To Edmonton Oilers Curtis Glencross

* Later traded to the New York Islanders

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
G Mathieu Garon	Los Angeles Kings	2 years, $2.2 million
D Sheldon Souray	Montreal Canadiens	5 years, $27 million
F Ryan Flinn	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $0.45 million
F Dustin Penner	Anaheim Ducks	5 years, $21.25 million

Player	New team
F Petr Sykora	Pittsburgh Penguins
D Jan Hejda	Columbus Blue Jackets
F Toby Petersen	Dallas Stars
F Brad Winchester	Dallas Stars

Draft picks

Edmonton's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[3] The Oilers have three first round selections in this draft: 6th overall, the 15th pick, acquired in the Ryan Smyth trade, and the 30th pick, acquired in the Chris Pronger trade.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	6	Sam Gagner (C/W)	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
1	15	Alex Plante (D)	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1	21	Riley Nash (C)	Canada	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
4	97	Linus Omark (W)	Sweden	Lulea HF (SEL)
5	127	Milan Kytnar (C)	Slovakia	Topolcany (Slovak-2)
6	157	William Quist (W)	Sweden	Tingsryd (Sweden-3)

Farm teams

Springfield Falcons

After shipping their prospects out across several clubs, the Oilers have signed a deal with the Springfield Falcons to be their American Hockey League affiliate in 2007–08. The Falcons will be the Oilers first full time AHL affiliate since the Edmonton Road Runners were suspended following the 2004–05 season.

Stockton Thunder

The Stockton Thunder of the ECHL remain Edmonton's secondary affiliate.

Roster

2007–08 Edmonton Oilers

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Goaltenders

GM: Kevin Lowe
Coach: Craig MacTavish

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

References

Player stats: Edmonton Oilers player stats on espn.com
Game log: Edmonton Oilers game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

^ WHL Officially Awards Expansion Franchise to City of Edmonton for 2007–08 Season, whl.ca, June 27, 2006
^ Edmonton Oilers - News: Lowe, MacTavish talk about acquiring Pitkanen - 07/01/2007
^ 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com

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2007–08 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks