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2008–09 Edmonton Oilers season

NHL team season

NHL team season

FieldValue
LeagueNHL
Season2008–09
year2008
TeamEdmonton Oilers
ConferenceWestern
ConferenceRank11th
DivisionNorthwest
DivisionRank4th
Record38–35–9
HomeRecord18–17–6
RoadRecord20–18–3
GoalsFor234
GoalsAgainst248
GeneralManagerSteve Tambellini
CoachCraig MacTavish
CaptainEthan Moreau
AltCaptainAles Hemsky
Shawn Horcoff
Sheldon Souray
Steve Staios
ArenaRexall Place
Attendance16,839 (100%)
MinorLeagueSpringfield Falcons (AHL)
Stockton Thunder (ECHL)
GoalsLeaderAles Hemsky (23)
Sheldon Souray (23)
AssistsLeaderAles Hemsky (43)
PointsLeaderAles Hemsky (66)
PlusMinusLeaderDenis Grebeshkov (+12)
PIMLeaderZack Stortini (181)
WinsLeaderDwayne Roloson (28)
GAALeaderDwayne Roloson (2.77)

Shawn Horcoff Sheldon Souray Steve Staios Stockton Thunder (ECHL) Sheldon Souray (23) The 2008–09 Edmonton Oilers season was the team's 37th season of play, 30th as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nonetheless, the Oilers celebrated their 30th anniversary.

Pre-season

  • The NHL Board of Governors on June 18 approved the sale of the Edmonton Oilers. All 34 members of the Edmonton Investors Group agreed in February to sell the club for $200 million to Rexall pharmacy magnate Daryl Katz. The new owner has promised to keep the team in Edmonton and pursue getting a new arena to replace Rexall Place.
  • On July 31, the Edmonton Oilers promoted Kevin Lowe to become president of hockey operations. They also announced that they have hired Steve Tambellini as their new general manager, and had also moved Kevin Prendergast, who was the vice-president of hockey operations, and named him the new assistant general manager.
  • On Friday August 8, the Edmonton Oilers announced that Rick Olczyk has been promoted to the position of assistant general manager and director of hockey operations/legal affairs.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

October: 4–4–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 2–4–0)
**#**
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

|-

November: 6–7–1 (Home: 0–3–1; Road: 6–4–0)
**#**
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

|-

December: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 3–2–0)
**#**
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36

|-

January: 8–4–0 (Home: 6–3–0; Road: 2–1–0)
**#**
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48

|-

February: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–3–1)
**#**
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62

|-

March: 5–6–4 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 4–3–2)
**#**
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77

|-

April: 2–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 0–1–0)
**#**
78
79
80
81
82

Legend: |- ! colspan=2 style="color:#01285D" | Schedule |}

Player statistics

Skaters

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIM
72234366+132
81233053+198
80173653+739
8254045+626
76162541-151
7273239+1238
82182038-622
78172037+761
5082331+630
6492029+126
‡63161127-363
79111627+421
771412260133
6381220+123
387815-114
8021214-592
465712-610
†197411+26
526511-3181
6001111-657
71279-460
†19246-712
4033+22
11213-312
8033+20
22202-240
710109
200000
100000
15000-159
2000-40

|}

Goaltenders

PlayerGPMinWLOTGAGAASASVSv%SO
633596282491662.7719531787.9151
‡15814890433.17408365.8950
10539430303.34302272.9010

|}

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Oilers. Stats reflect time with Oilers only.

‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Oilers only.

Awards and records

Records

  • 39 Years, 177 Days: an NHL record for the oldest goaltender ever played 60 games or more in a season by Dwayne Roloson.
    • 39 Years, 170 Days: A new NHL record for the oldest goaltender ever played 60 games or more in a season by Dwayne Roloson on March 31, 2009.
  • 36: Oilers record for most consecutive starts by Dwayne Roloson.
    • 21: A new Oilers record for most consecutive starts by Dwayne Roloson on March 7, 2009.

Milestones

Patrick O'Sullivan200th NHL Game

Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2008–09 season.

Trades

March 4, 2009
To Carolina HurricanesErik Cole
5th round pick in [2009](2009-nhl-entry-draft)To Edmonton OilersPatrick O'Sullivan
2nd round pick in [2009](2009-nhl-entry-draft)

Free agents acquired

Datestyle="width: 10em;"Playerstyle="width: 12em;"Former teamstyle="width: 9em;"Contract Terms

Free agents lost

Datestyle="width: 10em;"Playerstyle="width: 12em;"New teamstyle="width: 9em;"Contract Terms

Waivers

DatePlayerTeamRef
Steve MacIntyrefrom Florida Panthers
Jesse Boulericefrom Colorado Avalanche
Jesse Boulericeto Colorado Avalanche

Player signings

Zack Stortini3 years, $2.1 million

Draft picks

Round#PlayerNationalityNHL teamCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
122Jordan Eberle (C)Edmonton Oilers (from Anaheim Ducks)Regina Pats (WHL)
4103Johan Motin (D)Edmonton OilersBofors IK (Sweden-2)
5133Philippe Cornet (LW)Edmonton OilersRimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6163Teemu Hartikainen (C)Edmonton OilersKalPa (Finland Jr.)
7193Jordan Bendfeld (D)Edmonton OilersMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

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

References

  1. (June 18, 2008). "Oilers sale to Daryl Katz approved by NHL". CBC News.
  2. [https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242046&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main Oilers acquire Visnovsky from L.A.; ship Stoll and Greene]
  3. [http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430417 Oilers sign Jason Strudwick]
  4. [http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430420 Oilers sign Carl Corazzini to one-year deal]
  5. [http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430515 Oilers claim Steve MacIntyre off waivers]
  6. [http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430579 Oilers claim Jesse Boulerice off waivers]
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