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This article documents a current ice hockey season.
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2008–09 Edmonton Oilers
2008–09 record
Team information
General Manager	Steve Tambellini
Coach	Craig MacTavish
Captain	Ethan Moreau
Alternate captains	Ales Hemsky Shawn Horcoff Sheldon Souray Steve Staios
Arena	Rexall Place
Team leaders

2008 off-season

The NHL board of governors on Wednesday, 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.¹

On Thursday, 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 & Director of Hockey Operations/Legal Affairs.

2008–09 Regular Season

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
Vancouver Canucks	23	14	7	2	72	56	30
Minnesota Wild	21	13	7	1	56	45	27
Calgary Flames	23	13	9	1	69	73	27
Edmonton Oilers	21	9	10	2	54	64	20
Colorado Avalanche	22	10	12	0	54	63	20

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
San Jose Sharks *	23	19	3	1	89	55	39
Detroit Red Wings *	22	15	3	4	81	66	34
Vancouver Canucks *	23	14	7	2	72	56	30
Anaheim Ducks	24	13	8	3	70	69	29
Minnesota Wild	21	13	7	1	56	45	27
Calgary Flames	23	13	9	1	69	73	27
Chicago Blackhawks	21	10	5	6	73	60	26
Nashville Predators	22	11	9	2	66	71	24

Phoenix Coyotes	22	10	10	2	53	60	22
Los Angeles Kings	21	9	9	3	54	58	21
Columbus Blue Jackets	22	9	10	3	65	73	21
St. Louis Blues	20	9	9	2	57	61	20
Edmonton Oilers	21	9	10	2	54	64	20
Colorado Avalanche	22	10	12	0	54	63	20
Dallas Stars	22	7	11	4	61	83	18

* – division leader

Schedule and results

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log

October: 4–0–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 12	Colorado Avalanche	2 – 3	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	1–0–0	2	[1]
2	October 15	Edmonton	3 – 2	Anaheim Ducks		Garon	16,604	2–0–0	4	[2]
3	October 17	Edmonton	4 – 3	Calgary Flames		Deslauriers	19,289	3–0–0	6	[3]
4	October 18	Calgary Flames	2 – 3	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	4–0–0	8	[4]
5	October 22	Chicago Blackhawks		Chicago
6	October 23	Colorado Avalanche		Colorado
7	October 25	Vancouver Canucks		Vancouver
8	October 27	Boston Bruins	1 – 0	Edmonton	OT	Roloson	16,839	4–3–1	9	[5]
9	October 30	Nashville Predators		Nashville

November: 6–0–1 (Home: 0–0–1 ; Road: 6–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10	November 1	Edmonton	3 – 1	Carolina Hurricanes		Roloson	15,016	5–4–1	11	[6]
11	November 2	Edmonton	5 – 4	Philadelphia Flyers		Roloson	19,437	6–4–1	13	[7]
12	November 5	Columbus Blue Jackets		Columbus
13	November 6	Pittsburgh Penguins		Pittsburgh
14	November 9	Edmonton	2 – 1	New Jersey Devils		Deslauriers	14,193	7–6–1	15	[8]
15	November 10	Edmonton	3 – 2	New York Rangers	SO	Deslauriers	18,200	8–6–1	17	[9]
16	November 13	Toronto Maple Leafs		Edmonton
17	November 15	Colorado Avalanche	3 – 2	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	8–7–2	18	[10]
18	November 17	Detroit Red Wings		Detroit
19	November 18	Edmonton	7 – 2	Columbus Blue Jackets		Roloson	12,689	9–8–2	20	[11]
20	November 20	Detroit Red Wings		Edmonton
21	November 26	Los Angeles Kings		Edmonton
22	November 29	Edmonton	4 – 2	St. Louis Blues		Roloson	19,150	10–10–2	22	[12]
23	November 30	Dallas Stars		Dallas

December: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 3	Dallas Stars	2 – 5	Edmonton		Garon	16,839	11–11–2	24	[13]
25	December 5	Los Angeles Kings		Los Angeles
26	December 6	San Jose Sharks		San Jose
27	December 11	Florida Panthers		Edmonton
28	December 13	Vancouver Canucks		Edmonton
29	December 16	Chicago Blackhawks		Edmonton
30	December 17	Vancouver Canucks		Vancouver
31	December 19	Anaheim Ducks		Edmonton
32	December 22	Phoenix Coyotes		Edmonton
33	December 26	Vancouver Canucks		Vancouver
34	December 28	Nashville Predators		Edmonton
35	December 30	Ottawa Senators		Edmonton
36	December 31	Calgary Flames		Calgary

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 3	Dallas Stars		Edmonton
38	January 5	New York Islanders		Edmonton
39	January 7	Vancouver Canucks		Edmonton
40	January 9	San Jose Sharks		Edmonton
41	January 11	St. Louis Blues		Edmonton
42	January 13	Washington Capitals		Washington
43	January 15	Minnesota Wild		Minnesota
44	January 16	Colorado Avalanche		Colorado
45	January 18	Phoenix Coyotes		Edmonton
46	January 20	Columbus Blue Jackets		Edmonton
47	January 27	Buffalo Sabres		Edmonton
48	January 30	Minnesota Wild		Edmonton

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
49	February 1	Nashville Predators		Edmonton
50	February 3	Chicago Blackhawks		Edmonton
51	February 5	St. Louis Blues		St. Louis
52	February 7	Detroit Red Wings		Detroit
53	February 8	Minnesota Wild		Minnesota
54	February 11	Montreal Canadiens		Edmonton
55	February 14	Los Angeles Kings		Los Angeles
56	February 16	Phoenix Coyotes		Phoenix
57	February 17	San Jose Sharks		San Jose
58	February 19	Dallas Stars		Dallas
59	February 21	Calgary Flames		Edmonton
60	February 24	Tampa Bay Lightning		Edmonton
61	February 26	Columbus Blue Jackets		Edmonton
62	February 28	Minnesota Wild		Edmonton

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 3	Nashville Predators		Nashville
64	March 5	Ottawa Senators		Ottawa
65	March 7	Toronto Maple Leafs		Toronto
66	March 10	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal
67	March 12	Atlanta Thrashers		Edmonton
68	March 14	Colorado Avalanche		Edmonton
69	March 17	St. Louis Blues		Edmonton
70	March 19	Colorado Avalanche		Colorado
71	March 20	Chicago Blackhawks		Chicago
72	March 22	Minnesota Wild		Minnesota
73	March 24	Detroit Red Wings		Edmonton
74	March 26	Phoenix Coyotes		Phoenix
75	March 27	Anaheim Ducks		Anaheim
76	March 29	Minnesota Wild		Edmonton
77	March 31	Anaheim Ducks		Edmonton

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	San Jose Sharks		Edmonton
79	April 4	Vancouver Canucks		Edmonton
80	April 7	Los Angeles Kings		Edmonton
81	April 10	Calgary Flames		Edmonton
82	April 11	Calgary Flames		Calgary

Player stats

Regular season

Skaters

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Ales Hemsky	83	21	6	16	22	-2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sheldon Souray	44	20	7	8	15	+3	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Horcoff	10	21	5	7	12	+1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lubomir Visnovsky	71	21	4	8	12	+2	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gilbert	77	21	2	9	11	-2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethan Moreau	18	21	5	5	10	+1	41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Cogliano	13	21	5	4	9	-1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Grebeshkov	37	18	1	7	8	-3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Cole	26	21	3	4	7	-2	29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Nilsson	12	21	3	4	7	-5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fernando Pisani	34	16	2	4	6	-2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dustin Penner	27	19	4	2	6	+7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Gagner	89	20	1	4	5	-3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Pouliot	78	21	1	3	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Strudwick	43	18	0	3	3	-2	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Brodziak	51	19	2	1	3	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Staios	24	19	1	1	2	0	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ladislav Smid	5	10	0	2	2	+1	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liam Reddox	85	5	1	0	1	+1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve MacIntyre	33	10	0	0	0	-1	24	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Sestito	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Peckham	49	1	0	0	0	-2	17	-	-	-	-	-
Zack Stortini	46	11	0	0	0	-3	39	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltenders

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Dwayne Roloson	35	10	556	3	4	2	27	0	.914	2.91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mathieu Garon	32	8	440	3	5	0	25	0	.889	3.41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Deslauriers	38	5	271	3	1	0	11	0	.927	2.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Oilers. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Dustin Penner	100th NHL Point	October 12, 2008
Lubomir Visnovsky	500th NHL Game	October 12, 2008
Steve MacIntyre	1st NHL Game	October 15, 2008
Jeff Deslauriers	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Win	October 17, 2008
Sheldon Souray	200th NHL Point	October 17, 2008
Kyle Brodziak	100th NHL Game	October 18, 2008
Dwayne Roloson	400th NHL Game	October 22, 2008
Ladislav Smid	100th NHL PIM	October 22, 2008
Tom Gilbert	100th NHL Game	October 23, 2008
Ales Hemsky	200th NHL Assist	October 23, 2008
Zach Stortini	100th NHL Game	October 25, 2008
Jeff Deslauriers	1st NHL Assist	November 9, 2008
Jason Strudwick	500th NHL Game	November 10, 2008
Ethan Moreau	900th NHL PIM	November 15, 2008
Liam Reddox	1st NHL Goal	November 15, 2008
Andrew Cogliano	100th NHL Game	November 17, 2008
Dustin Penner	200th NHL Game	November 18, 2008
Shawn Horcoff	500th NHL Game	November 20, 2008
Tim Sestito	1st NHL Game	November 26, 2008
Sam Gagner Marc Pouliot	100th NHL Game	November 29, 2008
Shawn Horcoff	300th NHL Point	November 29, 2008
Steve Staios	1,100th NHL PIM	November 29, 2008
Rob Schremp	1st NHL Assist	December 3, 2008

Transactions

Trades

June 6, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Syvret	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Potulny
June 29, 2008²	To Los Angeles Kings Jarret Stoll Matt Greene	To Edmonton Oilers Lubomir Visnovsky
July 1, 2008	To Carolina Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen	To Edmonton Oilers Erik Cole
July 1, 2008	To Columbus Blue Jackets Raffi Torres	To Edmonton Oilers Gilbert Brule

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
D Jason Strudwick	New York Rangers	1 year, $650,000
F Carl Corazzini	Detroit Red Wings	1 year,

Player	New team
F Ryan Flinn	Montreal Canadiens
F Curtis Glencross	Calgary Flames
F Marty Reasoner	Atlanta Thrashers

From waivers

Player	From
F Steve MacIntyre	Florida Panthers
F Jesse Boulerice	Colorado Avalanche

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	22	Jordan Eberle (C)	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	103	Johan Motin (D)	Sweden	Bofors IK (Sweden-2)
5	133	Philippe Cornet (LW)	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6	163	Teemu Hartikainen (C)	Finland	KalPa (Finland Jr.)
7	193	Jordan Bendfeld (D)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Farm teams

Roster

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#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
51	Canada	Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak	4.0 C	R	24	2003	St. Paul, Alberta
13	Canada	Cogliano, AndrewAndrew Cogliano	4.0 C	L	21	2005	Toronto, Ontario
26	United States	Cole, ErikErik Cole	6.0 LW	L	30	2008	Oswego, New York
38	Canada	Drouin-Deslauriers, JeffJeff Drouin-Deslauriers	1.0 G	R	24	2002	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
89	Canada	Gagner, SamSam Gagner	4.0 C	R	19	2007	London, Ontario
32	Canada	Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon	1.0 G	R	30	2007	Chandler, Quebec
77	United States	Gilbert, TomTom Gilbert	2.0 D	R	25	2004	Minneapolis, Minnesota
37	Russia	Grebeshkov, DenisDenis Grebeshkov	2.0 D	L	25	2007	Yaroslavl, U.S.S.R.
83	Czech Republic	Hemsky, AlesAles Hemsky (A)	7.0 RW	R	25	2001	Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
10	Canada	Horcoff, ShawnShawn Horcoff (A)	4.0 C	L	30	1998	Trail, British Columbia
33	Canada	MacIntyre, SteveSteve MacIntyre	6.0 LW	L	28	2008	Brock, Saskatchewan
18	Canada	Moreau, EthanEthan Moreau (C)	6.0 LW	L	33	1999	Huntsville, Ontario
12	Sweden	Nilsson, RobertRobert Nilsson	6.0 LW	L	23	2007	Calgary, Alberta
27	Canada	Penner, DustinDustin Penner	6.0 LW	L	26	2007	Winkler, Manitoba
34	Canada	Pisani, FernandoFernando Pisani	7.0 RW	L	31	1996	Edmonton, Alberta
78	Canada	Pouliot, MarcMarc Pouliot	4.0 C	R	23	2003	Quebec City, Quebec
85	Canada	Reddox, LiamLiam Reddox	6.0 LW	L	22	2004	Whitby, Ontario
35	Canada	Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	1.0 G	L	39	2006	Simcoe, Ontario
88	United States	Schremp, RobRob Schremp	4.0 C	L	22	2004	Syracuse, New York
5	Czech Republic	Smid, LadislavLadislav Smid	2.0 D	L	22	2006	Frýdlant, Czechoslovakia
44	Canada	Souray, SheldonSheldon Souray (A)	2.0 D	L	32	2007	Elk Point, Alberta
24	Canada	Staios, SteveSteve Staios (A)	2.0 D	R	35	2001	Hamilton, Ontario
46	Canada	Stortini, ZackZack Stortini	7.0 RW	R	23	2003	Elliot Lake, Ontario
43	Canada	Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick	2.0 D	L	33	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
71	Slovakia	Visnovsky, LubomirLubomir Visnovsky	2.0 D	L	32	2008	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia

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

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2008–09 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

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2008–09 Edmonton Oilers season.html

2008 off-season

2008–09 Regular Season

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Player stats

Regular season

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

From waivers

Draft picks

Farm teams

Roster

See also

References