2012–13 Edmonton Oilers season

2012–13 Edmonton Oilers
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	12th Western
2012–13 record	19–22–7
Home record	9–11–4
Road record	10–11–3
Goals for	125
Goals against	134
Team information
General manager	Steve Tambellini (Oct.–Apr.) Craig MacTavish (Apr.)
Coach	Ralph Krueger
Captain	Shawn Horcoff
Alternate captains	Jordan Eberle (Jan.–Apr.) Taylor Hall (Jan.–Apr.) Ales Hemsky (Oct.–Jan.) Nick Schultz (Jan.–Apr.) Ryan Whitney (Oct.–Jan.) Ryan Smyth
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	16,839 (100%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Oklahoma City Barons (AHL) Stockton Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nail Yakupov (17)
Assists	Taylor Hall (34)
Points	Taylor Hall (50)
Penalty minutes	Ladislav Smid (55)
Plus/minus	Shawn Horcoff Corey Potter (+8)
Wins	Devan Dubnyk (14)
Goals against average	Nikolai Khabibulin (2.54)

The 2012–13 Edmonton Oilers season was the 34th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979,^[2] and 41st season including their play in the World Hockey Association. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

The Oilers finished the season with a sub-.500 record and failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh year in a row.

Off-season

On June 27, the Oilers named Ralph Krueger as their new head coach.^[3]

Arena Controversy

The Edmonton Oilers have been embroiled in a controversy with the city of Edmonton over a new arena. Oilers owner Daryl Katz has threatened to move the team to Seattle if a new arena is not built, which was panned by fans and politicians.^[4]

In October 2012, Elections Alberta released campaign finance statements which showed Katz, his family and business partners donated substantial amounts of money to the Progressive Conservatives in the closing days of the 2012 Alberta general election. Katz says it was to prevent the Wildrose Party from taking power and did not have to do with the arena.^[5] Contributions from him totalled almost 20% of the total donations during the election campaign for the Progressive Conservatives. Opposition parties in Alberta have asked Elections Alberta to investigate the donations, alleging they were made to ensure the province would kick in 100 million dollars towards a new arena.^[6]

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vancouver Canucks	48	26	15	7	21	127	121	+6	59
2	x – Minnesota Wild	48	26	19	3	22	122	127	−5	55
3	Edmonton Oilers	48	19	22	7	17	125	134	−9	45
4	Calgary Flames	48	19	25	4	19	128	160	−32	42
5	Colorado Avalanche	48	16	25	7	14	116	152	−36	39

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

Western Conference

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	p – Chicago Blackhawks	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	+53	77
2	PA	y – Anaheim Ducks	48	30	12	6	24	140	118	+22	66
3	NW	y – Vancouver Canucks	48	26	15	7	21	127	121	+6	59
4	CE	x – St. Louis Blues	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	+14	60
5	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	48	27	16	5	25	133	118	+15	59
6	PA	x – San Jose Sharks	48	25	16	7	17	124	116	+8	57
7	CE	x – Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	+9	56
8	NW	x – Minnesota Wild	48	26	19	3	22	122	127	−5	55
9	CE	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	+1	55
10	PA	Phoenix Coyotes	48	21	18	9	17	125	131	−6	51
11	PA	Dallas Stars	48	22	22	4	20	130	142	−12	48
12	NW	Edmonton Oilers	48	19	22	7	17	125	134	−9	45
13	NW	Calgary Flames	48	19	25	4	19	128	160	−32	42
14	CE	Nashville Predators	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	−28	41
15	NW	Colorado Avalanche	48	16	25	7	14	116	152	−36	39

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Playoffs

For the seventh consecutive season, the Edmonton Oilers failed to qualify for the NHL Playoffs.^[7]

Schedule and results

Regular season

2013 Game Log
January: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 20 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Vancouver Canucks SO Dubnyk 18,910 1–0–0 2 [1] 2 January 22 San Jose Sharks 6–3 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 1–1–0 2 [2] 3 January 24 Los Angeles Kings 1–2 Edmonton Oilers OT Dubnyk 16,839 2–1–0 4 [3] 4 January 26 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Calgary Flames Dubnyk 19,289 2–2–0 4 [4] 5 January 28 Colorado Avalanche 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 3–2–0 6 [5] 6 January 30 Edmonton Oilers 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes OT Dubnyk 12,955 4–2–0 8 [6] 7 January 31 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 San Jose Sharks SO Dubnyk 17,562 4–2–1 9 [7]
February: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 2 Edmonton Oilers 1–3 Colorado Avalanche Dubnyk 16,119 4–3–1 9 [8] 9 February 4 Vancouver Canucks 3–2 Edmonton Oilers OT Dubnyk 16,839 4–3–2 10 [9] 10 February 6 Dallas Stars 3–2 Edmonton Oilers OT Dubnyk 16,839 4–3–3 11 [10] 11 February 9 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Detroit Red Wings Khabibulin 20,066 4–4–3 11 [11] 12 February 10 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets Dubnyk 14,364 5–4–3 13 [12] 13 February 12 Dallas Stars 4–1 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 5–5–3 13 [13] 14 February 16 Colorado Avalanche 4–6 Edmonton Oilers Khabibulin 16,839 6–5–3 15 [14] 15 February 19 Los Angeles Kings 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Khabibulin 16,839 6–6–3 15 [15] 16 February 21 Minnesota Wild 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 6–7–3 15 [16] 17 February 23 Phoenix Coyotes 2–3 Edmonton Oilers SO Khabibulin 16,839 7–7–3 17 [17] 18 February 25 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks OT Khabibulin 21,127 7–7–4 18 [18] 19 February 28 Edmonton Oilers 5–1 Dallas Stars Dubnyk 17,004 8–7–4 20 [19]
March: 6–6–3 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 20 March 1 Edmonton Oilers 2–4 St. Louis Blues Dubnyk 19,476 8–8–4 20 [20] 21 March 3 Edmonton Oilers 2–4 Minnesota Wild Dubnyk 18,675 8–9–4 20 [21] 22 March 5 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Dubnyk 14,952 8–9–5 21 [22] 23 March 7 Edmonton Oilers 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Dubnyk 20,066 8–10–5 21 [23] 24 March 8 Edmonton Oilers 0–6 Nashville Predators Dubnyk 17,277 8–11–5 21 [24] 25 March 10 Edmonton Oilers 6–5 Chicago Blackhawks Danis 22,020 9–11–5 23 [25] 26 March 12 Edmonton Oilers 4–0 Colorado Avalanche Dubnyk 14,360 10–11–5 25 [26] 27 March 15 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Edmonton Oilers OT Dubnyk 16,839 10–11–6 26 [27] 28 March 17 Nashville Predators 2–3 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 11–11–6 28 [28] 29 March 20 San Jose Sharks 4–3 Edmonton Oilers SO Dubnyk 16,839 11–11–7 29 [29] 30 March 23 St. Louis Blues 3–0 Edmonton Oilers Khabibulin 16,839 11–12–7 29 [30] 31 March 25 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 Nashville Predators Dubnyk 17,113 11–13–7 29 [31] 32 March 26 Edmonton Oilers 3–0 St. Louis Blues Khabibulin 17,260 12–13–7 31 [32] 33 March 28 Columbus Blue Jackets 4–6 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 13–13–7 33 [33] 34 March 30 Vancouver Canucks 0–4 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 14–13–7 35 [34]
April: 5–9–0 (Home: 2–6–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 April 1 Calgary Flames 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 15–13–7 37 [35] 36 April 3 Edmonton Oilers 8–2 Calgary Flames Dubnyk 19,289 16–13–7 39 [36] 37 April 4 Edmonton Oilers 0–4 Vancouver Canucks Khabibulin 18,910 16–14–7 39 [37] 38 April 6 Edmonton Oilers 1–4 Los Angeles Kings Dubnyk 18,118 16–15–7 39 [38] 39 April 8 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Anaheim Ducks Dubnyk 15,148 16–16–7 39 [39] 40 April 10 Phoenix Coyotes 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 16–17–7 39 [40] 41 April 13 Calgary Flames 4–1 Edmonton Oilers Khabibulin 16,839 16–18–7 39 [41] 42 April 16 Minnesota Wild 5–3 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 16–19–7 39 [42] 43 April 19 Edmonton Oilers 4–1 Colorado Avalanche Dubnyk 15,890 17–19–7 41 [43] 44 April 21 Anaheim Ducks 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 17–20–7 41 [44] 45 April 22 Anaheim Ducks 3–0 Edmonton Oilers Khabibulin 16,839 17–21–7 41 [45] 46 April 24 Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 17–22–7 41 [46] 47 April 26 Edmonton Oilers 6–1 Minnesota Wild Khabibulin 19,090 18–22–7 43 [47] 48 April 27 Vancouver Canucks 2–7 Edmonton Oilers Dubnyk 16,839 19–22–7 45 [48] Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats^[8]

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Taylor Hall 45 16 34 50 5 33 Sam Gagner 48 14 24 38 −6 23 Jordan Eberle 48 16 21 37 −4 16 Nail Yakupov 48 17 14 31 −4 24 Justin Schultz 48 8 19 27 −17 8 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 40 4 20 24 3 8 Ales Hemsky 38 9 11 20 −6 16 Magnus Paajarvi 42 9 7 16 −1 14 Ryan Smyth 47 2 11 13 −5 40 Ryan Whitney 34 4 9 13 −7 23 Shawn Horcoff 31 7 5 12 8 24 Jeff Petry 48 3 9 12 1 29 Nick Schultz 48 1 8 9 −13 24 Lennart Petrell 35 3 6 9 −4 4 Ryan Jones 27 2 5 7 0 17 Mark Fistric 25 0 6 6 6 32 Corey Potter 33 3 1 4 8 6 Ladislav Smid 48 1 3 4 −1 55 Eric Belanger 26 0 3 3 −1 10 Teemu Hartikainen 23 1 2 3 −8 6 Ben Eager 14 1 1 2 −4 25 Jerred Smithson^† 10 1 0 1 0 2 Mike Brown 27 1 0 1 −8 53 Anton Lander 11 0 1 1 −4 2 Darcy Hordichuk 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Chris VandeVelde 11 0 0 0 −3 4 Theo Peckham 4 0 0 0 −1 6 Mark Arcobello 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk	38	37	2100:57	14	16	6	90	2.57	1132	.920	2	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	12	11	683:37	4	6	1	29	2.54	376	.923	1	0	0	0
Yann Danis	3	0	110:15	1	0	0	7	3.82	59	.881	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
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Reached
Taylor Hall	NHL 3rd Star of the Week	April 1, 2013
Nail Yakupov	NHL Rookie of the Month	April 2013

Taylor Hall was also third in the voting among left-wingers for All-Star voting. Alexander Ovechkin finished second, despite the fact that Ovechkin played only four games on the left wing, with the remainder being played at right wing, where he was voted to the First All-Star Team. This prompted Professional Hockey Writers' Association President Kevin Allen to state, "We are troubled by the All-Star voting results, and plan to take a closer look at the events that led to Ovechkin winning All-Star acclaim at two positions... We know we got this wrong, and our objective is to make sure it never happens again."^[9]

Records

• 23: Tied Oilers record for most shots on goal in the period (1st period) on February 16, 2013.
• 56: New Oilers record for most shots on goal in the game on February 16, 2013.
• 2:43: New Oilers record for fastest three goals from start of a game by Taylor Hall at 0:16, Ladislav Smid at 2:05, and Taylor Hall at 2:43 on March 30, 2013.
• 3:35: New Oilers record for fastest five goals by Justin Schultz at 13:17, Nail Yakupov at 14:16, Jordan Eberle at 14:37, Nail Yakupov at 15:47, and Jerred Smithson at 16:52 in the 3rd period on April 27, 2013.
• 7:53: New Oilers record for fastest hat-trick from start of a game by Taylor Hall on March 30, 2013.

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Justin Schultz	1st NHL Game	January 20, 2013
Nail Yakupov
Nail Yakupov	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	January 22, 2013
Justin Schultz
Justin Schultz	1st NHL Assist	January 24, 2013
Taylor Hall	100th NHL Point	January 26, 2013
Eric Belanger	800th NHL Game	January 30, 2013
Nail Yakupov	1st NHL Assist	January 31, 2013
Mark Arcobello	1st NHL Game	February 6, 2013
Ryan Smyth	900th NHL PIM
Ben Eager	400th NHL Game	March 8, 2013
Shawn Horcoff	500th NHL PIM	March 25, 2013
Sam Gagner	400th NHL Game	March 30, 2013
Taylor Hall	3rd NHL Hat-trick
Ryan Whitney	1st NHL Gordie Howe hat trick	April 3, 2013
Nick Schultz	800th NHL Game	April 4, 2013
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	100th NHL Game	April 13, 2013
Sam Gagner	200th NHL PIM	April 16, 2013
Corey Potter	100th NHL Game	April 21, 2013
Nail Yakupov	1st NHL Hat-trick	April 27, 2013

Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades

Date	Details
January 14, 2013[10]	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Edmonton Oilers Mark Fistric
March 4, 2013[11]	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th-round pick in 2014	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Brown
March 29, 2013[12]	To Phoenix Coyotes Tobias Rieder	To Edmonton Oilers Kale Kessy
April 2, 2013[13]	To Washington Capitals Dane Byers	To Edmonton Oilers Garrett Stafford
April 3, 2013[14]	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013	To Edmonton Oilers Jerred Smithson

Free agents signed Date Player Former team Contract terms July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01) Justin Schultz[15][16] University of Wisconsin 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract July 5, 2012 (2012-07-05) Dane Byers[17] Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $560,000 April 17, 2013 (2013-04-17) Andrew Miller[18] Yale University 1 year, $842,500 entry-level contract May 30, 2013 (2013-05-30) Anton Belov[19] Avangard Omsk 1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01) Taylor Chorney[20] St. Louis Blues 1 year, $575,000 July 5, 2012 (2012-07-05) Hunter Tremblay[21] St. John's IceCaps undisclosed July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12) Ryan Keller[22] Geneve-Servette HC undisclosed July 20, 2012 (2012-07-20) Josh Green Oklahoma City Barons August 29, 2012 (2012-08-29) Linus Omark[23] EV Zug 1 year January 13, 2013 (2013-01-13) Cam Barker[24] Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $700,000 May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04) Niko Hovinen Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Niko Hovinen[25] Philadelphia Flyers January 25, 2013

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Player signings Player Date Contract terms Lennart Petrell[26] June 19, 2012 1 year, $825,000 contract extension David Musil[27] June 30, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Yann Danis[28] July 1, 2012 1 year, $775,000 Ryan Smyth[29] July 1, 2012 2 years, $4.5 million Darcy Hordichuk[30] July 1, 2012 1 year, $850,000 Devan Dubnyk[31] July 5, 2012 2 years, $7 million Jeff Petry[31] July 5, 2012 2 years, $3.5 million Theo Peckham[32] July 16, 2012 1 year, $1.075 million Sam Gagner[33] July 20, 2012 1 year, $3.2 million Nail Yakupov[34] July 23, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Alex Plante[35] July 26, 2012 1 year, $625,000 Chris VandeVelde[35] July 26, 2012 1 year, $714,000 Taylor Hall[36] August 22, 2012 7 years, $42 million contract extension Jordan Eberle[37] August 30, 2012 6 years, $36 million contract extension Travis Ewanyk[38] March 22, 2013 3 years, $2.14 million entry-level contract Ladislav Smid[39] April 1, 2013 4 years, $14 million contract extension Kale Kessy[40] April 6, 2013 3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract Martin Gernat[41] April 20, 2013 3 years, $2.2375 million entry-level contract Frans Tuohimaa[42] April 25, 2013 2 years, $1.195 million entry-level contract Mark Arcobello[43] May 14, 2013 1 year, $600,000 contract extension

Draft picks

Edmonton's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Oilers possessed the first overall pick for the third-straight season.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Nail Yakupov	(RW)	Russia	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2	32	Mitchell Moroz	(LW)	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
3	63	Jujhar Khaira	(LW)	Canada	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
3	91 (from Los Angeles)	Daniil Zharkov	(LW)	Russia	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4	93	Erik Gustafsson	(D)	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
5	123	Joey LaLeggia	(D)	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
6	153	John McCarron	(RW)	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)

• The Oilers' seventh-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a June 26, 2011, trade that sent Ryan Smyth to the Oilers in exchange for Colin Fraser and this pick.

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season

References

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10. Oilers acquire Mark Fistric
11. Oilers acquire Mike Brown from Toronto
12. Oilers acquire prospect Kale Kessy from the Phoenix Coyotes
13. Oilers acquire Garrett Stafford from Washington
14. Oilers acquire centre Jerred Smithson
15. Oilers agree to terms with Justin Schultz
16. Oilers agree to terms with highly sought-after free agent, Justin Schultz
17. Oilers agree to terms with Dane Byers
18. Oilers agree to terms with Andrew Miller
19. Oilers agree to terms with Anton Belov
20. Blues Sign McKenna, Chorney and Ford
21. "IceCaps agree to terms with four skaters on AHL contracts". Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
22. Ryan Keller rejoint les Vernets
23. OMARK SIGNS ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH SWISS TEAM ZUG
24. Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Cam Barker
25. Oilers claim G Niko Hovinen off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers
26. Oilers Agree to Terms with Petrell on Contract Extension
27. Oilers agree to terms with Musil
28. Oilers sign Yann Danis to a 1-year contract
29. Oilers sign Ryan Smyth to a 2-year contract
30. Oilers Agree to Terms with Darcy Hordichuk
31. Oilers agree to terms with Dubnyk & Petry on 2-year deals
32. Oilers re-sign Peckham
33. Oilers agree to terms with Gagner
34. Oilers sign Nail Yakupov
35. Oilers agree to terms with Plante and VandeVelde
36. Hall agrees to terms on 7-year extension
37. Eberle signs six-year, $36 million extension
38. Oilers Agree to Terms with Travis Ewanyk
39. Oilers sign Smid to four-year extension
40. Oilers agree to terms with Kessy
41. Martin Gernat signs three-year entry-level contract with Oilers
42. Oilers agree to terms with Frans Tuohimaa
43. Oilers agree to terms with Mark Arcobello