54 Facts About Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton.

The Edmonton Oilers compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.

The Edmonton Oilers are one of two NHL franchises based in Alberta, the other being the Calgary Flames; their close proximity to each other has led to a fierce rivalry known as the "Battle of Alberta".

Notably however, the Edmonton Oilers have not won a division title since 1987, a drought that includes their most recent two Stanley Cup wins and is currently the longest division title drought in all of the North American major professional sports.

Edmonton Oilers began to struggle after coming up short in their most recent trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006, missing the playoffs for the subsequent ten seasons.

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The Edmonton Oilers have made twelve first-round selections since 2007: ten within the first ten picks overall, six within the first four picks overall, and four first overall selections.

Edmonton Oilers drew fans with players such as defenceman and team captain Al Hamilton, goaltender Dave Dryden and forwards Blair MacDonald and Bill Flett.

However, Edmonton Oilers failed to win the championship, as they fell to the Winnipeg Jets in the Avco World Trophy Final.

However, because 16 of the 21 NHL teams made the playoffs at the time, the Edmonton Oilers were still able to get their young players experience in the playoffs .

Gretzky's accomplishments helped the Edmonton Oilers become the first team to score 400 goals in a season, a feat they accomplished for five straight years.

The Edmonton Oilers were so determined to win the Stanley Cup that they hired Roger Neilson as a video analyst.

The Oilers split the first two games in Long Island, but then won three in a row in Edmonton to become the first former WHA team to win the Stanley Cup.

Edmonton Oilers lost the first game to Philadelphia, but won the next four to win the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row.

However, the Edmonton Oilers failed to win their third-straight Stanley Cup, as the Calgary Flames defeated them in seven games in the second round.

Edmonton Oilers returned to the Stanley Cup Final and faced the same opponent as they had in 1985, the Philadelphia Flyers.

Several of the Edmonton Oilers considered launching a team-wide strike, and even considered demanding that Pocklington sell the team.

Edmonton Oilers missed the first ten games of the season, and when he returned he suffered a shoulder injury that eventually sidelined him for the remainder of the season.

Four games into the season, Jimmy Carson decided the pressure of playing in Edmonton Oilers was too intense, and he was traded to Detroit with Kevin McClelland in exchange for Petr Klima, Adam Graves, Joe Murphy, and Jeff Sharples.

The Edmonton Oilers improved on their previous season, finishing with 38 wins and 90 points, good for fifth place overall in the NHL.

However, the Edmonton Oilers won the next three games to earn a rematch of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals with Boston.

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Bruins in five games, and won their first Cup without Gretzky.

The Edmonton Oilers even lost their head coach, as John Muckler left to become head coach and general manager of the Buffalo Sabres.

However, the Edmonton Oilers unexpected run in the playoffs came to a crashing halt, as the Blackhawks dominated every game and swept the series.

Dallas and Edmonton Oilers met again in the second round, but this time, the Stars were the victors.

The Edmonton Oilers made the playoffs in four of the next six years, but they were defeated after the first round every time.

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The Edmonton Oilers received support from the NHL for this very reason.

Edmonton Oilers then met the San Jose Sharks in the Conference Semifinals.

Several Edmonton Oilers left via free agency and during the season, long-time Oiler Ryan Smyth was traded to the New York Islanders for Ryan O'Marra, Robert Nilsson, and a first-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft .

However, the Edmonton Oilers were able to re-sign Dwayne Roloson and Fernando Pisani.

The one advantage to such a bad season was that the Edmonton Oilers were able to make the first pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

The Edmonton Oilers selected two-time Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy winner Taylor Hall from the Windsor Spitfires with their pick.

The Edmonton Oilers selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the first overall selection, along with several other "blue chip" prospects.

However, the Edmonton Oilers were again unable to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth-straight season, as they finished 14th in the Western Conference.

The following month, Edmonton Oilers selected Nail Yakupov as the first overall pick at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Three days later, Edmonton Oilers announced they had agreed to terms with sought-after free agent defenceman Justin Schultz.

Some of MacTavish's first player moves as Oilers' general manager came at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, as Edmonton used their seventh overall selection to draft defenceman Darnell Nurse.

Three days later, the Edmonton Oilers released a statement that their affiliation with the Barons would cease at the end of the season.

Edmonton Oilers won the 2015 Draft Lottery on April 18, moving them from the third-overall pick to first, marking their fourth lottery win in six seasons.

The Edmonton Oilers selected Connor McDavid first overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft held in Sunrise, Florida, on June 26.

Edmonton Oilers' alumni, including Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky, skated around the rink one more time.

The Edmonton Oilers made further moves to their roster a few days later, when they traded Nail Yakupov to the St Louis Blues, and signed free-agent defenceman Kris Russell.

The Edmonton Oilers signed both McDavid and Draisaitl to 8-year contracts worth $100 million and $68 million, carrying annual cap hits of $12.

Edmonton Oilers was chosen as one of the two host cities of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, and qualified for the playoffs as the fifth seed in the Western Conference; however, the team was upset by the Chicago Blackhawks in four games in the preliminary round.

The Edmonton Oilers faced the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the playoffs, who finished third in the North Division.

The Edmonton Oilers lost four games in a sweep to the Jets, three of which were overtime losses, including the final game, which went to triple overtime.

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The Edmonton Oilers faced the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.

In 2007, with the NHL's switch to Reebok Edge jerseys, the Edmonton Oilers kept their team colours but changed the style of their jerseys.

In 2008, the Edmonton Oilers introduced a new alternate jersey that closely resembled the blue-and-orange away jersey of the dynasty era.

The Edmonton Oilers wore their midnight blue alternates at home playoff games during the 2021 and 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, despite the popularity of the orange jerseys.

The debut of the cheer-leading team received a mixed reaction from the Edmonton Oilers community, including petitions to keep cheerleading out of the sport of hockey in Canada.

Edmonton Oilers are affiliated with a number of inductees in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Eleven Edmonton Oilers players have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Gretzky who played ten seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, led them to four Stanley cups consecutively throughout the Mid 1980s.

Four Edmonton Oilers builders have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.