2015–16 Edmonton Oilers season

NHL team season

2015–16 Edmonton Oilers
Division7th Pacific
Conference14th Western
2015–16 record31–43–8
Home record19–20–2
Road record12–23–6
Goals for203
Goals against245
Team information
General managerPeter Chiarelli
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsJordan Eberle
Andrew Ference
Taylor Hall
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
ArenaRexall Place
Average attendance16,839 (100%)
Minor league affiliate(s)Bakersfield Condors (AHL)
Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsTaylor Hall (26)
AssistsTaylor Hall (39)
PointsTaylor Hall (65)
Penalty minutesZack Kassian (114)
Plus/minusBrandon Davidson (+7)
WinsCam Talbot (21)
Goals against averageCam Talbot (2.55)

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 April 6 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]

Standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
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[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
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[4]
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 [5]
2[a] September 12 Calgary Flames 6–3 Edmonton Oilers Papirny 4,888 2–0–0 [6]
3[a] September 14 Edmonton Oilers 4–5 Winnipeg Jets OT Laurikainen 4,810 2–0–1 [7]
4 September 16 University of Alberta Golden Bears 3–6 Edmonton Oilers Laurikainen 14,434 3–0–1 [8]

[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 3–1 Calgary Scrivens 19,159 1–0–0 [9]
2[b] September 21 Calgary 2–4 Edmonton Brossoit 16,839 2–0–0 [10]
3 September 23 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 3–0–0 [11]
4 September 25 Edmonton 4–3 Winnipeg OT Scrivens 15,294 4–0–0 [12]
5[c] September 26 Edmonton 3–0 Minnesota Nilsson 10,199 5–0–0 [13]
6 September 29 Arizona 0–4 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 6–0–0 [14]
7 October 1 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Talbot 17,699 6–1–0 [15]
8 October 3 Edmonton 2–3 Vancouver OT Talbot 18,379 6–1–1 [16]

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 1–3 St. Louis Talbot 19,327 0–1–0 0 [17]
2 October 10 Edmonton 0–2 Nashville Talbot 17,113 0–2–0 0 [18]
3 October 13 Edmonton 2–4 Dallas Nilsson 16,265 0–3–0 0 [19]
4 October 15 St. Louis 4–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 0–4–0 0 [20]
5 October 17 Edmonton 5–2 Calgary Talbot 19,289 1–4–0 2 [21]
6 October 18 Edmonton 2–1 Vancouver OT Nilsson 18,261 2–4–0 4 [22]
7 October 21 Detroit 1–3 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 3–4–0 6 [23]
8 October 23 Washington 7–4 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 3–5–0 6 [24]
9 October 25 Los Angeles 3–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 3–6–0 6 [25]
10 October 27 Edmonton 3–4 Minnesota Talbot 18,936 3–7–0 6 [26]
11 October 29 Montreal 3–4 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 4–7–0 8 [27]
12 October 31 Calgary 5–4 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 4–8–0 8 [28]
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 2–4 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 5–8–0 10 [29]
14 November 6 Pittsburgh 2–1 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 5–9–0 10 [30]
15 November 8 Edmonton 2–4 Chicago Talbot 21,611 5–10–0 10 [31]
16 November 11 Edmonton 4–3 Anaheim OT Nilsson 16,505 6–10–0 12 [32]
17 November 12 Edmonton 1–4 Arizona Nilsson 15,545 6–11–0 12 [33]
18 November 14 Edmonton 3–4 Los Angeles Talbot 18,230 6–12–0 12 [34]
19 November 18 Chicago 4–3 Edmonton OT Nilsson 16,839 6–12–1 13 [35]
20 November 20 New Jersey 1–5 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 7–12–1 15 [36]
21 November 23 Edmonton 0–1 Washington Nilsson 18,506 7–13–1 15 [37]
22 November 25 Edmonton 1–4 Carolina Nilsson 17,757 7–14–1 15 [38]
23 November 27 Edmonton 3–4 Detroit OT Talbot 20,027 7–14–2 16 [39]
24 November 28 Edmonton 3–2 Pittsburgh SO Nilsson 18,656 8–14–2 18 [40]
25 November 30 Edmonton 0–3 Toronto Nilsson 19,559 8–15–2 18 [41]
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 2–3 Edmonton SO Nilsson 16,839 9–15–2 20 [42]
27 December 4 Dallas 1–2 Edmonton OT Nilsson 16,839 10–15–2 22 [43]
28 December 6 Buffalo 2–4 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 11–15–2 24 [44]
29 December 9 San Jose 3–4 Edmonton OT Nilsson 16,839 12–15–2 26 [45]
30 December 11 NY Rangers 5–7 Edmonton Nilsson 16,839 13–15–2 28 [46]
31 December 14 Edmonton 3–2 Boston OT Talbot 17,565 14–15–2 30 [47]
32 December 15 Edmonton 2–4 NY Rangers Nilsson 18,006 14–16–2 30 [48]
33 December 17 Edmonton 0–4 Chicago Talbot 21,451 14–17–2 30 [49]
34 December 19 Edmonton 1–5 Colorado Nilsson 17,570 14–18–2 30 [50]
35 December 21 Winnipeg 1–3 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 15–18–2 32 [51]
36 December 26 Edmonton 1–2 Vancouver OT Talbot 18,570 15–18–3 33 [52]
37 December 27 Edmonton 3–5 Calgary Nilsson 19,289 15–19–3 33 [53]
38 December 29 Los Angeles 5–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 15–20–3 33 [54]
39 December 31 Anaheim 1–0 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 15–21–3 33 [55]
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 3–4 Edmonton SO Talbot 16,839 16–21–3 35 [56]
41 January 4 Carolina 0–1 Edmonton OT Talbot 16,839 17–21–3 37 [57]
42 January 8 Tampa Bay 3–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 17–22–3 37 [58]
43 January 10 Florida 2–1 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 17–23–3 37 [59]
44 January 12 Edmonton 3–4 Arizona OT Nilsson 11,391 17–23–4 38 [60]
45 January 14 Edmonton 1–2 San Jose SO Talbot 15,379 17–23–5 39 [61]
46 January 16 Calgary 1–2 Edmonton SO Talbot 16,839 18–23–5 41 [62]
47 January 18 Edmonton 4–2 Florida Talbot 14,897 19–23–5 43 [63]
48 January 19 Edmonton 4–6 Tampa Bay Nilsson 19,092 19–24–5 43 [64]
49 January 21 Edmonton 2–3 Dallas Talbot 18,532 19–25–5 43 [65]
50 January 23 Nashville 4–1 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 19–26–5 43 [66]
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 1–5 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 20–26–5 45 [67]
52 February 4 Edmonton 7–2 Ottawa Talbot 18,564 21–26–5 47 [68]
53 February 6 Edmonton 1–5 Montreal Talbot 21,288 21–27–5 47 [69]
54 February 7 Edmonton 1–8 NY Islanders Nilsson 14,030 21–28–5 47 [70]
55 February 9 Edmonton 1–2 New Jersey Talbot 16,514 21–29–5 47 [71]
56 February 11 Toronto 2–5 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 22–29–5 49 [72]
57 February 13 Winnipeg 2–1 Edmonton SO Brossoit 16,839 22–29–6 50 [73]
58 February 16 Anaheim 5–3 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 22–30–6 50 [74]
59 February 18 Minnesota 5–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 22–31–6 50 [75]
60 February 20 Colorado 3–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 22–32–6 50 [76]
61 February 23 Ottawa 4–1 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 22–33–6 50 [77]
62 February 25 Edmonton 1–2 Los Angeles Talbot 18,230 22–34–6 50 [78]
63 February 26 Edmonton 1–2 Anaheim OT Talbot 17,174 22–34–7 51 [79]
64 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 23–34–7 53 [80]
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 2–1 Buffalo OT Talbot 18,467 24–34–7 55 [81]
66 March 3 Edmonton 4–0 Philadelphia Talbot 17,567 25–34–7 57 [82]
67 March 4 Edmonton 3–6 Columbus Brossoit 16,789 25–35–7 57 [83]
68 March 6 Edmonton 2–1 Winnipeg Talbot 15,294 26–35–7 59 [84]
69 March 8 San Jose 3–0 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 26–36–7 59 [85]
70 March 10 Edmonton 2–1 Minnesota Talbot 19,058 27–36–7 61 [86]
71 March 12 Arizona 4–0 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 27–37–7 61 [87]
72 March 14 Nashville 3–2 Edmonton Brossoit 16,839 27–38–7 61 [88]
73 March 16 St. Louis 4–6 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 28–38–7 63 [89]
74 March 18 Vancouver 0–2 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 29–38–7 65 [90]
75 March 20 Colorado 3–2 Edmonton Brossoit 16,893 29–39–7 65 [91]
76 March 22 Edmonton 2–4 Arizona Talbot 13,408 29–40–7 65 [92]
77 March 24 Edmonton 6–3 San Jose Talbot 16,570 30–40–7 67 [93]
78 March 26 Edmonton 4–6 Los Angeles Brossoit 18,230 30–41–7 67 [94]
79 March 28 Anaheim 2–1 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 30–42–7 67 [95]
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 5–0 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 30–43–7 67 [96]
81 April 6 Vancouver 2–6 Edmonton Talbot 16,839 31–43–7 69 [97]
82 April 9 Edmonton 3–4 Vancouver SO Talbot 18,570 31–43–8 70 [98]

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

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[99]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Taylor Hall 82 26 39 65 −4 54
Leon Draisaitl 72 19 32 51 −2 20
Connor McDavid 45 16 32 48 −1 18
Jordan Eberle 69 25 22 47 −12 14
Benoit Pouliot 55 14 22 36 −6 30
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 55 12 22 34 −9 18
Teddy Purcell‡ 61 11 21 32 −9 10
Andrej Sekera 81 6 24 30 −15 12
Mark Letestu 82 10 15 25 −21 10
Nail Yakupov 60 8 15 23 −16 24
Lauri Korpikoski 71 10 12 22 −17 10
Patrick Maroon† 16 8 6 14 6 34
Iiro Pakarinen 63 5 8 13 −10 8
Matt Hendricks 68 5 7 12 2 82
Oscar Klefbom 30 4 8 12 −4 6
Brandon Davidson 51 4 7 11 7 20
Darnell Nurse 69 3 7 10 −13 60
Justin Schultz‡ 45 3 7 10 −22 14
Zack Kassian 36 3 5 8 −7 114
Mark Fayne 69 2 5 7 −6 18
Eric Gryba 53 1 5 6 0 75
Adam Clendening† 20 1 5 6 3 10
Jordan Oesterle 17 0 5 5 1 0
Anton Lander 61 1 2 3 −9 18
Adam Pardy† 9 0 3 3 −4 6
Jujhar Khaira 15 0 2 2 −2 13
Luke Gazdic 29 1 0 1 −6 24
Rob Klinkhammer 14 1 0 1 −6 6
Nikita Nikitin 11 0 1 1 −5 8
Griffin Reinhart 29 0 1 1 −6 20
Anton Slepyshev 11 0 1 1 −5 2
Andrew Ference 6 0 0 0 −4 6
Adam Cracknell† 8 0 0 0 −2 6
Brad Hunt 7 0 0 0 −1 2
Andrew Miller 6 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[100]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Cam Talbot 56 53 3223:52 21 27 5 137 2.55 1648 .917 3 0 1 0
Anders Nilsson‡ 26 24 1413:17 10 12 2 74 3.14 745 .901 0 0 1 4
Laurent Brossoit 5 5 299:31 0 4 1 18 3.60 142 .873 0 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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Taylor Hall NHL Third Star of the Week[101] November 2, 2015
Connor McDavid NHL Rookie of the Month - October[102] November 2, 2015
Taylor Hall NHL Second Star of the Week[103] December 14, 2015
Taylor Hall NHL All-Star game selection[104] 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
Connor McDavid 1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		 October 13, 2015
Benoit Pouliot 100th NHL Assist
Connor McDavid 1st NHL Assist October 17, 2015
Anton Slepyshev 1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point		 October 23, 2015
Nail Yakupov 200th NHL Game
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
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
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
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
2nd-round pick in 2015 		To Edmonton Oilers
Griffin Reinhart 		[105]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To New York Rangers
MTL's 2nd-round pick in 2015
OTT's 3rd-round pick in 2015
7th-round pick in 2015 		To Edmonton Oilers
Cam Talbot
7th-round pick in 2015 		[106]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Martin Marincin 		To Edmonton Oilers
Brad Ross
PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015 		[107]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Ottawa Senators
Travis Ewanyk
PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015 		To Edmonton Oilers
Eric Gryba 		[107]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Tampa Bay Lightning
7th-round pick in 2016 		To Edmonton Oilers
ANA's 7th-round pick in 2015 		[108]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) To Arizona Coyotes
Boyd Gordon 		To Edmonton Oilers
Lauri Korpikoski 		[109]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) To Chicago Blackhawks
Liam Coughlin 		To Edmonton Oilers
Anders Nilsson 		[110]
December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) To Montreal Canadiens
Ben Scrivens 		To Edmonton Oilers
Zack Kassian 		[111]
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24) To Vancouver Canucks
Philip Larsen 		To Edmonton Oilers
5th-round pick in 2017 		[112]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To St. Louis Blues
Anders Nilsson 		To Edmonton Oilers
Niklas Lundstrom
5th-round pick in 2016 		[113]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To Pittsburgh Penguins
Justin Schultz[Note 1] 		To Edmonton Oilers
3rd-round pick in 2016 		[114]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To Florida Panthers
Teddy Purcell 		To Edmonton Oilers
3rd-round pick in 2016 		[115]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Anaheim Ducks
Martin Gernat
4th-round pick in 2016 		To Edmonton Oilers
Patrick Maroon[Note 2] 		[116]
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 [117]
Mark Letestu Columbus Blue Jackets 3 years, $5.4 million [118]
March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13) Jere Sallinen Jokerit (KHL) 1 year, $792,500 entry-level contract [119]
April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07) Nick Ellis Providence Friars (NCAA) 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [120]
May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07) Drake Caggiula University of North Dakota (NCAA) 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [121]
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09) Patrick Russell St. Cloud State University (NCAA) 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [122]

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 [123]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Matt Fraser Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $650,000 [124]
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) Viktor Fasth CSKA Moscow (KHL) 1 year [125]
August 11, 2015 (2015-08-11) Marc-Olivier Roy Bakersfield Condors (AHL)
September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16) Jack Combs Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29) Kellan Lain Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1 year
September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30) Curtis Hamilton Sparta Prague (Czech Extraliga)
October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09) Derek Roy SC Bern (NLA) 1 year
January 3, 2016 (2016-01-03) Keith Aulie HIFK Helsinki (Liiga)
April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29) Niklas Lundstrom IF Björklöven (HockeyAllsvenskan) 1 year

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Adam Clendening Anaheim Ducks January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27) [126]
Adam Cracknell Vancouver Canucks February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) [127]
Adam Pardy Winnipeg Jets [127]

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 [128]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) Anders Nilsson 1 year, $1 million [110]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) Justin Schultz 1 year, $3.9 million [129]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) Brandon Davidson 1 year, $585,000 [130]
Tyler Pitlick 1 year, $761,250 [130]
September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20) Oscar Klefbom 7 years, $29 million contract extension [131]
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) Braden Christoffer 3 years, $1.95 million entry-level contract [132]
January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17) Cam Talbot 3 years, $12 million contract extension [133]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) Laurent Brossoit 2 years, $1.5 million contract extension [134]
Brandon Davidson 2 years, $2.85 million contract extension [135]
April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07) Caleb Jones 3 years, $2.115 million entry-level contract [136]


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[137]

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 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
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 Oceláři Třinec U20 (Jr. A Czech Extraliga)
7 209[c] Ziyat Paigin Defence  Russia Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)

Draft notes[138]

  • 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.[139] 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.[140]
  • 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.[141]
  • 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).[142] The condition – Edmonton will receive a fourth-round pick in 2015 if Montreal advances to the second round of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs[143] – 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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