With the NHL season wiped out, the Oilers would move their AHL team, the Toronto Roadrunners, to Edmonton, rename the club the Edmonton Roadrunners, and they played out of Rexall Place. The Roadrunners would finish with the 3rd highest attendance figure in the league, averaging 8854 fans per game.
Schedule
The Oilers regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004.[1][2]
2004–05 schedule
Preseason
Game
Date
Opponent
1
September 24
Vancouver Canucks
2
September 28
@ Calgary Flames
3
October 1
Calgary Flames
4
October 3
Calgary Flames
5
October 5
@ Vancouver Canucks
6
October 7
@ Calgary Flames
Regular season
Game
Date
Opponent
1
October 14
Detroit Red Wings
2
October 17
Calgary Flames
3
October 19
@ Minnesota Wild
4
October 21
Minnesota Wild
5
October 23
St. Louis Blues
6
October 26
Columbus Blue Jackets
7
October 29
@ Dallas Stars
8
October 30
@ Minnesota Wild
9
November 2
@ Detroit Red Wings
10
November 4
Nashville Predators
11
November 6
@ Calgary Flames
12
November 9
@ Columbus Blue Jackets
13
November 11
@ Pittsburgh Penguins
14
November 12
@ Buffalo Sabres
15
November 14
@ Chicago Blackhawks
16
November 16
@ Colorado Avalanche
17
November 18
Chicago Blackhawks
18
November 20
Minnesota Wild
19
November 22
Nashville Predators
20
November 24
@ Minnesota Wild
21
November 25
@ Nashville Predators
22
November 27
Colorado Avalanche
23
December 2
Toronto Maple Leafs
24
December 5
Columbus Blue Jackets
25
December 7
@ Calgary Flames
26
December 9
@ San Jose Sharks
27
December 11
@ Los Angeles Kings
28
December 12
@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
29
December 14
Calgary Flames
30
December 18
@ Vancouver Canucks
31
December 21
@ Calgary Flames
32
December 23
Los Angeles Kings
33
December 26
Vancouver Canucks
34
December 28
Minnesota Wild
35
December 30
Philadelphia Flyers
36
January 1
Montreal Canadiens
37
January 2
San Jose Sharks
38
January 4
@ Colorado Avalanche
39
January 6
@ St. Louis Blues
40
January 8
@ Phoenix Coyotes
41
January 11
San Jose Sharks
42
January 13
Dallas Stars
43
January 15
Ottawa Senators
44
January 17
@ San Jose Sharks
45
January 18
@ Los Angeles Kings
46
January 20
New York Islanders
47
January 22
Vancouver Canucks
48
January 24
Anaheim Mighty Ducks
49
January 27
@ Vancouver Canucks
50
January 28
New Jersey Devils
51
February 1
Colorado Avalanche
52
February 3
Detroit Red Wings
53
February 5
New York Rangers
54
February 7
Calgary Flames
55
February 9
Phoenix Coyotes
56
February 15
@ Columbus Blue Jackets
57
February 17
@ Montreal Canadiens
58
February 19
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
59
February 21
@ Ottawa Senators
60
February 23
@ Chicago Blackhawks
61
February 25
Boston Bruins
62
February 27
Phoenix Coyotes
63
March 1
@ Detroit Red Wings
64
March 3
@ St. Louis Blues
65
March 6
@ Nashville Predators
66
March 7
@ Carolina Hurricanes
67
March 9
@ Florida Panthers
68
March 11
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
69
March 13
@ Atlanta Thrashers
70
March 15
St. Louis Blues
71
March 17
@ Colorado Avalanche
72
March 18
@ Dallas Stars
73
March 21
Colorado Avalanche
74
March 23
@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
75
March 24
@ Phoenix Coyotes
76
March 26
Washington Capitals
77
March 29
Chicago Blackhawks
78
April 1
Dallas Stars
79
April 3
Anaheim Mighty Ducks
80
April 5
Los Angeles Kings
81
April 7
@ Vancouver Canucks
82
April 9
Vancouver Canucks
Transactions
The Oilers were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[3]
^"JAN HORACEK". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on September 4, 2005. Retrieved April 18, 2022. 05-Oct-04: NHL lockout: Signed with the Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Republic Extraleague.