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2010–11 Edmonton Oilers season

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Division
  
5th Northwest

2010–11 record
  
25–45–12

Road record
  
12–23–6

Conference
  
15th Western

Home record
  
13–22–6

Goals for
  
193

The 2010–11 Edmonton Oilers season was the 32nd season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 39th season of play including their play in the World Hockey Association.

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The Oilers posted a regular season record of 25 wins, 45 losses, and 12 overtime/shootout losses for 62 points and last place in the 30 team league, failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

A documentary on the season was produced for TSN titled Oil Change.

Off season

  • On June 22, Tom Renney was named as the head coach of the Oilers, with Pat Quinn moving onto the role of senior hockey advisor.
  • The Oilers earned the first overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, via selection lottery. On June 25, 2010, the long-awaited anticipation and debates were finally settled when Edmonton selected Taylor Hall as their first-ever first overall pick.
  • On July 15, the Oilers announced the appointments of Kelly Buchberger (retaining the same position the season previous) and Steve Smith as the two assistant coaches to new head coach Tom Renney, as well as the appointment of Todd Nelson, head coach for American Hockey League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons.
  • On July 30, the Oilers announced Ralph Krueger as their associate coach, who replaces Wayne Fleming, who left to work with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

    • Conference standings

    bold - qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)
    CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

    Playoffs

    The Oilers were eliminated from playoffs contention on March 14, 2011, and have not made the post-season since the 2005–06 season.

    Skaters

    Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

    Goaltenders

    Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

    †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Oilers. Stats reflect time with Oilers only.
    ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Oilers only.

    Transactions

    The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

    References

    2010–11 Edmonton Oilers season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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