- 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 theEdmonton Oil Kings , aWestern 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 thePhiladelphia Flyers for defencemen Joni Pitkanen, left wingerGeoff Sanderson and a third round pick in the2009 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 theWashington 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 theBuffalo 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 goalieMathieu 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 theNashville Predators goalieDan 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 bySam 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 byTom 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 byAndrew Cogliano on March 11, 2008.
*33: A new Oilers record for most points for a rookie defenseman byTom Gilbert on March 28, 2008.Milestones
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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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