2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season


The 2019–20 Edmonton Oilers season is the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 48th season including their play in the World Hockey Association.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Oilers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season and are scheduled to face the Chicago Blackhawks in the qualifying round.
The season also saw one of their roster players, Colby Cave die after suffering a brain bleed due to a colloid cyst after being in a coma for four days.

Regular season

The Oilers started their season with a 3–2 win against the Vancouver Canucks on October 2. The Oilers had a 5 game winning streak, where they came back in all those games, that set an NHL record.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

;Tiebreaking procedures
  1. Fewer number of games played.
  2. Greater number of regulation wins.
  3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime.
  4. Greater amount of total wins.
  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.
  7. Greater amount of goals scored.

    Schedule and results

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

Playoffs

The Oilers will face the Chicago Blackhawks in the qualifying round.

Player statistics

As of March 11, 2020

Skaters

Goaltenders

†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.

Roster

Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
Round#PlayerPosNationalityCollege/Junior/Club Team
18Philip BrobergDSwedenAIK
238Raphael LavoieCCanadaHalifax Mooseheads
3851Ilya KonovalovGRussiaLokomotiv Yaroslavl
4100Matej BlümelRWCzech RepublicWaterloo Black Hawks
6162Tomas MazuraCCzech RepublicKimball Union Academy
7193Maxim DenezhkinCRussiaLoko Yaroslavl

Notes:
  1. The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 24, 2018, that sent Brandon Davidon to New York in exchange for this pick.