2016–17 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2016–17 Edmonton Oilers season was the 38th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979,[1] and 45th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). This was the Oilers' first season of play at their new downtown arena, Rogers Place. This season also marked the end of their 11-year playoff drought after they clinched the playoffs on March 28 against the Los Angeles Kings for their first playoff appearance since 2006. This season marked the first time since the 1986-87 season that the Oilers recorded 100 points in a season.

2016–17 Edmonton Oilers
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	4th Western
2016–17 record	47–26–9
Home record	25–12–4
Road record	22–14–5
Goals for	247
Goals against	212
Team information
General Manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Connor McDavid
Alternate captains	Jordan Eberle Milan Lucic Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Arena	Rogers Place
Average attendance	18,369
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bakersfield Condors (AHL) Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Connor McDavid (30)
Assists	Connor McDavid (70)
Points	Connor McDavid (100)
Penalty minutes	Zack Kassian (101)
Plus/minus	Connor McDavid (+27)
Wins	Cam Talbot (42)
Goals against average	Laurent Brossoit (1.99)

Regular season

The Oilers were better than the last several seasons and were compared with the 1980s dynasty.[2] They started with a 7-2-0 record in October.

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	23	13	43	223	200	+23	105
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	47	26	9	43	247	212	+35	103
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	29	7	44	221	201	+20	99
4	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
6	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log
Rookie games: 4–0–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1^[a] September 16 Vancouver Rookies 1–4 Edmonton Rookies Ellis 4,192 1–0–0 Recap 2^[a] September 17 Calgary Rookies 3–4 Edmonton Rookies OT Wells 4,075 2–0–0 Recap 3^[a] September 19 Edmonton Rookies 4–1 Winnipeg Rookies Bouchard 2,789 3–0–0 Recap 4^[b] September 21 University of Alberta 3–6 Edmonton Rookies Ellis 5,125 4–0–0 Recap ^[a]Rookie Tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia ^[b]Game played at Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton
September/October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)[3] # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1^[A] September 26 Calgary 2–4 Edmonton Laurikainen 18,500 1–0–0 Recap 2^[A] September 26 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary Gustavsson 18,114 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 28 Edmonton 3–5 Vancouver Ellis 17,058 2–1–0 Recap 4 September 30 Edmonton 1–5 Winnipeg Talbot 15,294 2–2–0 Recap 5 October 2 Los Angeles 2–3 Edmonton Brossoit 4,272 3–2–0 Recap 6 October 4 Anaheim 1–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,500 4–2–0 Recap 7 October 6 Winnipeg 2–5 Edmonton Gustavsson 18,500 5–2–0 Recap 8 October 8 Vancouver 3–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,500 5–3–0 Recap ^A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2016–17 game log[3]
October: 7–2–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Calgary 4–7 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 14 Edmonton 5–3 Calgary Talbot 19,289 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 16 Buffalo 6–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 18 Carolina 2–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 20 St. Louis 1–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 23 Edmonton 3–0 Winnipeg Talbot 33,240 (outdoors) 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 26 Washington 1–4 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 28 Edmonton 2–0 Vancouver Talbot 18,865 7–1–0 14 Recap 9 October 30 Ottawa 2–0 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 7–2–0 14 Recap
November: 5–8–2 (Home: 1–4–0 ; Road: 4–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Edmonton 2–3 Toronto OT Talbot 19,687 7–2–1 15 Recap 11 November 3 Edmonton 3–5 NY Rangers Talbot 18,006 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 November 5 Edmonton 4–3 NY Islanders SO Talbot 13,862 8–3–1 17 Recap 13 November 6 Edmonton 2–1 Detroit Gustavsson 20,027 9–3–1 19 Recap 14 November 8 Edmonton 3–4 Pittsburgh Talbot 18,576 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 11 Dallas 3–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 9–5–1 19 Recap 16 November 13 NY Rangers 3–1 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 9–6–1 19 Recap 17 November 15 Edmonton 1–4 Anaheim Talbot 15,600 9–7–1 19 Recap 18 November 17 Edmonton 2–4 Los Angeles Gustavsson 18,230 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 19 Edmonton 5–2 Dallas Talbot 14,828 10–8–1 21 Recap 20 November 21 Chicago 0–5 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 11–8–1 23 Recap 21 November 23 Edmonton 6–3 Colorado Talbot 15,185 12–8–1 25 Recap 22 November 25 Edmonton 2–3 Arizona SO Talbot 14,950 12–8–2 26 Recap 23 November 27 Arizona 2–1 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 12–9–2 26 Recap 24 November 29 Toronto 4–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 12–10–2 26 Recap
December: 7–2–5 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 3–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Edmonton 6–3 Winnipeg Talbot 15,294 13–10–2 28 Recap 26 December 3 Anaheim 2–3 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 14–10–2 30 Recap 27 December 4 Minnesota 2–1 Edmonton OT Gustavsson 18,347 14–10–3 31 Recap 28 December 6 Edmonton 3–4 Buffalo OT Talbot 18,149 14–10–4 32 Recap 29 December 8 Edmonton 5–6 Philadelphia Gustavsson 19,346 14–11–4 32 Recap 30 December 9 Edmonton 2–3 Minnesota SO Talbot 19,019 14–11–5 33 Recap 31 December 11 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 15–11–5 35 Recap 32 December 13 Columbus 3–1 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 15–12–5 35 Recap 33 December 17 Tampa Bay 2–3 Edmonton SO Talbot 18,347 16–12–5 37 Recap 34 December 19 Edmonton 3–2 St. Louis OT Talbot 19,357 17–12–5 39 Recap 35 December 21 Edmonton 3–2 Arizona Talbot 11,378 18–12–5 41 Recap 36 December 23 Edmonton 2–3 San Jose OT Talbot 17,562 18–12–6 42 Recap 37 December 29 Los Angeles 1–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 19–12–6 44 Recap 38 December 31 Vancouver 3–2 Edmonton SO Talbot 18,347 19–12–7 45 Recap
January: 9–4–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Edmonton 1–3 Columbus Talbot 17,169 19–13–7 45 Recap 40 January 5 Edmonton 4–3 Boston Talbot 17,565 20–13–7 47 Recap 41 January 7 Edmonton 2–1 New Jersey OT Talbot 14,734 21–13–7 49 Recap 42 January 8 Edmonton 3–5 Ottawa Gustavsson 17,724 21–14–7 49 Recap 43 January 10 San Jose 5–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 21–15–7 49 Recap 44 January 12 New Jersey 2–3 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 22–15–7 51 Recap 45 January 14 Calgary 1–2 Edmonton SO Talbot 18,347 23–15–7 53 Recap 46 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 24–15–7 55 Recap 47 January 18 Florida 3–4 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 25–15–7 57 Recap 48 January 20 Nashville 3–2 Edmonton SO Talbot 18,347 25–15–8 58 Recap 49 January 21 Edmonton 7–3 Calgary Brossoit 19,289 26–15–8 60 Recap 50 January 25 Edmonton 4–0 Anaheim Talbot 17,174 27–15–8 62 Recap 51 January 26 Edmonton 4–1 San Jose Talbot 17,562 28–15–8 64 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 52 January 31 Minnesota 5–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 28–16–8 64 Recap
February: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 4–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Edmonton 0–2 Nashville Talbot 17,113 28–17–8 64 Recap 54 February 3 Edmonton 1–2 Carolina Talbot 12,512 28–18–8 64 Recap 55 February 5 Edmonton 1–0 Montreal SO Talbot 21,288 29–18–8 66 Recap 56 February 11 Chicago 5–1 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 29–19–8 66 Recap 57 February 14 Arizona 2–5 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 30–19–8 68 Recap 58 February 16 Philadelphia 3–6 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 31–19–8 70 Recap 59 February 18 Edmonton 3–1 Chicago Talbot 21,918 32–19–8 72 Recap 60 February 21 Edmonton 1–4 Tampa Bay Brossoit 19,092 32–20–8 72 Recap 61 February 22 Edmonton 4–3 Florida Talbot 15,300 33–20–8 74 Recap 62 February 24 Edmonton 1–2 Washington Talbot 18,506 33–21–8 74 Recap 63 February 26 Edmonton 4–5 Nashville Talbot 17,113 33–22–8 74 Recap 64 February 28 Edmonton 2–1 St. Louis Talbot 18,944 34–22–8 76 Recap
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 8–2–1 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 4 Detroit 3–4 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 35–22–8 78 Recap 66 March 7 NY Islanders 4–1 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 35–23–8 78 Recap 67 March 10 Pittsburgh 3–2 Edmonton SO Talbot 18,347 35–23–9 79 Recap 68 March 12 Montreal 4–1 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 35–24–9 79 Recap 69 March 14 Dallas 1–7 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 36–24–9 81 Recap 70 March 16 Boston 4–7 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 37–24–9 83 Recap 71 March 18 Vancouver 0–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 38–24–9 85 Recap 72 March 20 Los Angeles 0–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 39–24–9 87 Recap 73 March 22 Edmonton 3–4 Anaheim Talbot 15,310 39–25–9 87 Recap 74 March 23 Edmonton 7–4 Colorado Brossoit 14,142 40–25–9 89 Recap 75 March 25 Colorado 1–4 Edmonton Brossoit 18,347 41–25–9 91 Recap 76 March 28 Los Angeles 1–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 42–25–9 93 Recap 77 March 30 San Jose 2–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 43–25–9 95 Recap
April: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Anaheim 2–3 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 44–25–9 97 Recap 79 April 4 Edmonton 4–6 Los Angeles Talbot 18,230 44–26–9 97 Recap 80 April 6 Edmonton 4–2 San Jose Talbot 17,562 45–26–9 99 Recap 81 April 8 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Talbot 18,865 46–26–9 101 Recap 82 April 9 Vancouver 2–5 Edmonton Brossoit 18,347 47–26–9 103 Recap Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks: Edmonton wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 San Jose 3–2 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 0–1 Recap 2 April 14 San Jose 0–2 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 1–1 Recap 3 April 16 Edmonton 1–0 San Jose Talbot 17,562 2–1 Recap 4 April 18 Edmonton 0–7 San Jose Talbot 17,562 2–2 Recap 5 April 20 San Jose 3–4 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 3–2 Recap 6 April 22 Edmonton 3–1 San Jose Talbot 17,562 4–2 Recap Western Conference Second Round vs. (P1) Anaheim Ducks: Anaheim wins 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 Edmonton 5–3 Anaheim Talbot 17,174 1–0 Recap 2 April 28 Edmonton 2–1 Anaheim Talbot 17,174 2–0 Recap 3 April 30 Anaheim 6–3 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 2–1 Recap 4 May 3 Anaheim 4–3 Edmonton OT Talbot 18,347 2–2 Recap 5 May 5 Edmonton 3–4 Anaheim 2OT Talbot 17,358 2–3 Recap 6 May 7 Anaheim 1–7 Edmonton Talbot 18,347 3–3 Recap 7 May 10 Edmonton 1–2 Anaheim Talbot 17,407 3–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of May 10, 2017

Skaters

Regular season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Connor McDavid 82 30 70 100 27 26 Leon Draisaitl 82 29 48 77 7 20 Jordan Eberle 82 20 31 51 3 16 Milan Lucic 82 23 27 50 −3 50 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 82 18 25 43 −10 29 Patrick Maroon 81 27 15 42 13 95 Oscar Klefbom 82 12 26 38 7 6 Mark Letestu 78 16 19 35 −2 17 Andrej Sekera 80 8 27 35 14 18 Zack Kassian 79 7 17 24 4 101 Adam Larsson 79 4 15 19 21 55 Drake Caggiula 60 7 11 18 3 16 Matt Benning 62 3 12 15 8 29 Benoit Pouliot 67 8 6 14 −5 34 Kris Russell 68 1 12 13 5 23 Tyler Pitlick 31 8 3 11 0 6 Darnell Nurse 44 5 6 11 0 33 Anton Slepyshev 41 4 6 10 5 4 Jesse Puljujarvi 28 1 7 8 5 10 Matt Hendricks 42 4 3 7 −3 29 Eric Gryba 40 2 4 6 −5 65 Iiro Pakarinen 14 2 2 4 2 2 David Desharnais^† 18 2 2 4 −1 6 Anton Lander 22 1 3 4 2 6 Mark Fayne 4 0 2 2 1 0 Jujhar Khaira 10 1 0 1 1 2 Brandon Davidson^‡ 28 0 1 1 1 16 Dillon Simpson 3 0 0 0 0 2 Jordan Oesterle 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Taylor Beck^‡ 3 0 0 0 −1 4

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Leon Draisaitl 13 6 10 16 8 19 Mark Letestu 13 5 6 11 −4 2 Connor McDavid 13 5 4 9 3 2 Patrick Maroon 13 3 5 8 2 28 Milan Lucic 13 2 4 6 −5 20 Adam Larsson 13 2 4 6 −4 4 Oscar Klefbom 12 2 3 5 −2 0 David Desharnais 13 1 3 4 3 0 Kris Russell 13 0 4 4 2 4 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 13 0 4 4 −3 2 Zack Kassian 13 3 0 3 1 27 Anton Slepyshev 12 3 0 3 1 4 Drake Caggiula 13 3 0 3 0 25 Andrej Sekera 11 1 2 3 −1 2 Matt Benning 12 0 3 3 3 12 Jordan Eberle 13 0 2 2 −6 2 Darnell Nurse 13 0 2 2 0 6 Griffin Reinhart 1 0 1 1 0 0 Iiro Pakarinen 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Benoit Pouliot 13 0 0 0 −2 4 Eric Gryba 3 0 0 0 −1 4

Goaltenders

Regular season[5]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Talbot	73	73	4294:00	42	22	8	171	2.39	2117	.919	7	0	0	4
Laurent Brossoit	8	4	332:27	4	1	0	11	1.99	153	.928	0	0	0	0
Jonas Gustavsson	7	5	328:58	1	3	1	17	3.10	122	.878	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Talbot	13	13	799:23	7	6	33	2.48	437	.924	2	0	1	0
Laurent Brossoit	1	0	27:08	0	0	2	4.42	8	.750	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

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Jesse Puljujarvi 1st NHL game 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point October 12, 2016 Milan Lucic 400th NHL point October 16, 2016 Anton Slepyshev 1st NHL goal October 18, 2016 Jesse Puljujarvi 1st NHL assist October 26, 2016 Anton Lander 200th NHL game October 28, 2016 Matt Benning 1st NHL game November 1, 2016 Tyler Pitlick 1st NHL assist Matt Benning 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point November 5, 2016 Patrick Maroon 100th NHL point November 8, 2016 Benoit Pouliot 500th NHL game November 13, 2016 Patrick Maroon 300th NHL PIM November 17, 2016 Drake Caggiula 1st NHL game 1st NHL point 1st NHL assist November 19, 2016 Connor McDavid 1st NHL hat-trick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 100th NHL PIM December 1, 2016 Drake Caggiula 1st NHL goal December 3, 2016 Adam Larsson 300th NHL game Jordan Eberle 200th NHL assist December 8, 2016 Andrej Sekera 200th NHL point Dillon Simpson 1st NHL game Andrej Sekera 600th NHL game December 17, 2016 Kris Russell 600th NHL game December 19, 2016 Mark Letestu 1st NHL Gordie Howe hat trick December 21, 2016 Patrick Maroon 1st NHL hat-trick January 5, 2017 Matt Benning 1st NHL goal January 7, 2017 Kris Russell 200th NHL PIM January 12, 2017 Jujhar Khaira 1st NHL goal January 16, 2017 Leon Draisaitl 100th NHL point January 18, 2017 Connor McDavid Eric Gryba 300th NHL PIM Laurent Brossoit 1st NHL win January 21, 2017 Matt Hendricks 500th NHL game Milan Lucic 700th NHL game February 2, 2017 Connor McDavid 100th NHL game February 5, 2017 Zack Kassian 500th NHL PIM February 11, 2017 Matt Hendricks 100th NHL point February 16, 2017 Mark Letestu 100th NHL assist February 18, 2017 Darnell Nurse 100th NHL game March 7, 2017 Zack Kassian 300th NHL game March 14, 2017 Jordan Eberle 500th NHL game March 25, 2017 Adam Larsson 200th NHL PIM March 30, 2017 Milan Lucic 3rd NHL hat-trick 2nd NHL natural hat-trick April 6, 2017 Patrick Maroon 300th NHL game Milan Lucic 900th NHL PIM April 8, 2017 Connor McDavid 100th NHL assist Jordan Eberle 2nd NHL hat-trick April 9, 2017

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Drake Caggiula 1st NHL playoff game April 12, 2017 Leon Draisaitl Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Darnell Nurse Iiro Pakarinen Jordan Eberle 1st NHL playoff game 1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point Connor McDavid Oscar Klefbom 1st NHL playoff game 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point Matt Benning 1st NHL playoff game April 14, 2017 Anton Slepyshev Zack Kassian 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point Patrick Maroon 50th NHL playoff PIM Connor McDavid 1st NHL playoff goal Darnell Nurse 1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point Cam Talbot 1st NHL playoff win 1st NHL playoff shutout 1st NHL playoff assist Laurent Brossoit 1st NHL playoff game April 18, 2017 Matt Benning 1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point April 20, 2017 Leon Draisaitl Andrej Sekera 1st NHL playoff assist Leon Draisaitl 1st NHL playoff goal April 22, 2017 Adam Larsson 1st NHL playoff assist Anton Slepyshev 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point April 26, 2017 Drake Caggiula 1st NHL playoff goal May 3, 2017 David Desharnais 50th NHL playoff game May 7, 2017 Leon Draisaitl 1st NHL playoff hat-trick Griffin Reinhart 1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point

Transactions

Following the end of the Oilers' 2015–16 season, and during the 2016–17 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	To New Jersey Devils Taylor Hall	To Edmonton Oilers Adam Larsson	[6]
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	To St. Louis Blues Nail Yakupov	To Edmonton Oilers Zach Pochiro 3rd-round pick in 2017	[7]
February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)	To Arizona Coyotes Mitchell Moroz	To Edmonton Oilers Henrik Samuelsson	[8]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	To Montreal Canadiens Brandon Davidson	To Edmonton Oilers David Desharnais	[9]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To New York Rangers Taylor Beck	To Edmonton Oilers Justin Fontaine	[10]

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Milan Lucic Los Angeles Kings 7 years, $42 million [11] July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jonas Gustavsson Boston Bruins 1 year, $800,000 [12] July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Mark Fraser Binghamton Senators 1 year, $575,000 [13] July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03) Taylor Beck San Antonio Rampage 1 year, $650,000 [14] August 27, 2016 (2016-08-27) Matt Benning Northeastern University (NCAA) 2 years, $2.15 million entry-level contract [15] October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) Kris Russell Dallas Stars 1 year, 3.1 million [16] March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) Ryan Mantha Niagara IceDogs (OHL) 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [17] March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) Joseph Gambardella University of Massachusetts Lowell (NCAA) 2 years, $1.45 million entry-level contract [18] April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Shane Starrett United States Air Force Academy (NCAA) 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [19]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) Rob Klinkhammer Dinamo Minsk (KHL) 1 year $500,000 [20] July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Adam Clendening New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [21] July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Andrew Miller Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $650,000 [22] July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Brad Hunt St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 [23] July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03) Adam Cracknell Dallas Stars 1 year, $600,000 [24] July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Luke Gazdic New Jersey Devils 1 year, $700,000 [25] September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) Nikita Nikitin Avangard Omsk (KHL) 1 year $1.5 million [26] October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) Kale Kessy Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) 1 year $500,000 [27] October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) Lauri Korpikoski Dallas Stars 1 year, $1 million [28] November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) Adam Pardy Nashville Predators 1 year, $575,000 [29] May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) Jonas Gustavsson Linköpings HC (SHL) 3 years May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) Jere Sallinen Örebro HK (SHL) 2 years May 25, 2017 (2017-05-25) Anton Lander Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 2 years, $1 million [30]

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19) Zack Kassian 1 year, $1.5 million [31] June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) Tyler Pitlick 1 year, $725,000 [32] June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) Jordan Oesterle 1 year, $585,000 [33] June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) Iiro Pakarinen 1 year, $725,000 [34] July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Ethan Bear 3 years, $2.165 million entry-level contract [35] July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13) Jesse Puljujarvi 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [36] July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) David Musil 1 year, $600,000 [37] October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11) Eric Gryba 1 year, $950,000 [38] April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) William Lagesson 3 years, $2.225 million entry-level contract April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Ziyat Paigin 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [19] May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) Dylan Wells 3 years, entry-level contract May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) Iiro Pakarinen 1 year, $725,000 contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Edmonton Oilers draft picks

Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Jesse Puljujarvi	Right Wing	Finland	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)
2	32	Tyler Benson	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
3	63	Markus Niemelainen	Defence	Finland	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
3	84^[a]	Matthew Cairns	Defence	Canada	Georgetown Raiders (OJHL)
3	91^[b]	Filip Berglund	Defence	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK (SuperElit)
5	123	Dylan Wells	Goaltender	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5	149^[c]	Graham McPhee	Left Wing	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program
6	153	Aapeli Rasanen	Centre	Finland	Tappara (Jr. A SM-liiga)
7	183	Vincent Desharnais	Defence	Canada	Providence College (NCAA)

Notes

• ^[a] The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016, that sent Teddy Purcell to Florida in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[39] The condition – Edmonton will receive the lower of Minnesota or Florida's third-round pick in 2016[39] – was converted on April 24, 2016, when Minnesota was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs ensuring that the Florida's pick would be lower than Minnesota's.
• ^[b] The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016, that sent Justin Schultz to Pittsburgh in exchange for this pick.[40]
• The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent Patrick Maroon to Edmonton in exchange for Martin Gernat and this pick.[41]
• ^[c] The St. Louis Blues' fifth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016, that sent Anders Nilsson to St. Louis in exchange for Niklas Lundstrom and this pick.[42]

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