2007–08 Edmonton Oilers season

2007–08 Edmonton Oilers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2007–08
Team=Edmonton Oilers
Conference=Western
ConferenceRank=9th
Division=Northwest
DivisionRank=4th
Record=40–35–6
HomeRecord=23–17–1
RoadRecord=18–18–5
GoalsFor=235
GoalsAgainst=251
GeneralManager=Kevin Lowe
Coach=Craig MacTavish
Captain=Ethan Moreau
AltCaptain=Ales Hemsky
Shawn Horcoff
Steve Staios
Jarret Stoll
Arena=Rexall Place
Attendance=16,839 (100%)
GoalsLeader=Dustin Penner (23)
AssistsLeader=Ales Hemsky (51)
PointsLeader=Ales Hemsky (71)
PlusMinusLeader=Robert Nilsson (+8)
Curtis Glencross (+8)
PIMLeader=Zack Stortini (201)
WinsLeader=Mathieu Garon (26)
GAALeader=Mathieu Garon (2.66)

The 2007–08 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 4, 2007. It was the Oilers' 35th season, 28th in the National Hockey League. This season also marks the debut of the Edmonton Oil Kings, a Western Hockey League expansion team purchased by the Oilers after the team spent several years attempting to buy and relocate any existing WHL team to the Alberta capital. [ [http://whl.ca/news/index.php?id=4574&showToc=1& WHL Officially Awards Expansion Franchise to City of Edmonton for 2007–08 Season] , whl.ca, June 27, 2006.]

2007 off-season

With major rebuilding necessary, the Oilers began the NHL free agency period on July 1st, trading Joffrey Lupul and Jason Smith to the Philadelphia Flyers for defencemen Joni Pitkanen, left winger Geoff Sanderson and a third round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. [http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=326892&page=NewsPage&service=page]

Petr Sykora, having become a free agent, left the Oilers franchise and signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jan Hejda, also a free agent, left for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Oilers made a call to Ryan Smyth's agent early in the morning on July 1st stating they were interested in making an offer. [ [http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=326928&page=NewsPage&service=page Edmonton Oilers - News: Lowe, MacTavish talk about acquiring Pitkanen - 07/01/2007 ] ] Smyth wound up signing with the Colorado Avalanche.

Netminder Mathieu Garon was signed on July 3, 2007, as the backup goaltender to Dwayne Roloson.

It has also been reported that the Oilers had agreed to a contract with free agent Michael Nylander through his agent. While the Oilers were expecting a signed contract from Nylander and his agent, they later found out that he had signed with the Washington Capitals. The Oilers are currently pursuing their legal options on the matter. [http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=327124]

Matt Greene signed a two year contract, Raffi Torres signed for three.

On July 5, the Edmonton Oilers Offered restricted free agent Thomas Vanek from the Buffalo Sabres a 7 year contract worth $50 million. The Buffalo Sabres quickly matched the Oilers offer. [http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212929&hubname=]

On July 12, the Edmonton Oilers signed unrestricted free agent Sheldon Souray to a 5 year deal worth $27 million dollars.

On July 20, the Oilers signed Newly acquired defenceman Joni Pitkanen to a one year, 2.4 million deal.

On July 26, the Oilers offered Anaheim Ducks Forward Dustin Penner, a restricted free agent $21.25 million over 5 years. This is the second restricted free agent the Oilers have attempted to sign this off-season. The Ducks declined to match the offer, officially making Penner an Oiler.

On October 2, 2007, the Oilers announced Ethan Moreau as the 15th Captain in team history.

2007–08 Regular Season

On February 19, 2008, Denis Grebeshkov scored the 8000th goal in the Oilers' franchise history.

On February 26, 2008, the Edmonton Oilers set a new NHL record for 13 shootout wins in a season, previously held by the Dallas Stars at 12 wins. Oilers goalie Mathieu Garon has stopped 30 of 32 shots and is 10 – 0 in shootouts.

On March 4, 2008, Gilbert surpassed Paul Coffey and Marc-Andre Bergeron for the Oilers' franchise record for most goals scored by a rookie defencemen with his 10th goal on the power play against the Nashville Predators goalie Dan Ellis.

On March 18, 2008, the Oilers scored eight goals for the first time in five years in an 8–4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.

April, 2008, Oilers fail to place in the playoffs.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Game log

October

Record: 5–8–0; Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–5–0

January

Record: 7–5–1; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–3–1;

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road: ;

Awards and records

Records

*4: A new NHL record for most consecutive shootouts on December 18, 2007.
*8: A new Oilers record for most consecutive game assist for rookies by Sam Gagner on February 22, 2008.
*15: NHL record for most shootout wins in a season.
**13: A new NHL team record for most shootout wins in a season on February 26, 2008.
*13: Oilers record for mosts goals for a rookie defenseman by Tom Gilbert.
**10: A new Oilers record for most goals for a rookie defenseman on March 4, 2008.
*3: A new NHL record for most consecutive game winning goals by Andrew Cogliano on March 11, 2008.
*33: A new Oilers record for most points for a rookie defenseman by Tom Gilbert on March 28, 2008.

Milestones

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ee also

*2006–07 NHL season

References


*Player stats: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/stats?team=edm Edmonton Oilers player stats] on espn.com
*Game log: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=edm Edmonton Oilers game log] on espn.com
*Team standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings NHL standings] on espn.com


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