1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season

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1995–96 Edmonton Oilers
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	10th Western
1995–96 record	30–44–8
Home record	15–21–5
Road record	15–23–3
Goals for	240 (17th)
Goals against	304 (24th)
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Ron Low
Captain	Kelly Buchberger
Alternate captains	Jason Arnott Luke Richardson Doug Weight
Arena	Edmonton Coliseum
Average attendance	12,335
Team leaders
Goals	Zdeno Ciger (31)
Assists	Doug Weight (79)
Points	Doug Weight (104)
Penalties in minutes	Bryan Marchment (202)
Plus/Minus	Mariusz Czerkawski (+7)
Wins	Curtis Joseph (15)
Goals against average	Curtis Joseph (3.44)

The 1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 17th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 17–27–4 record, earning 38 points, in the lockout shortened 1994–95 season, missing the playoffs for the 3rd straight season.

During the off-season, the Oilers and St. Louis Blues would complete a trade that saw Edmonton acquire goaltender Curtis Joseph and the rights of Mike Grier in exchange for a 1st round draft pick in both 1996 and 1997. Joseph and the Oilers could not come to a contract agreement, and he would start the season with the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL. The Oilers also would bring back Glenn Anderson, whom they traded in 1991, as he signed as a free agent, however, he would be dealt to the Blues midway through the season.

As the Oilers would struggle badly early in the season, sitting with a 14–23–6 record at the time of the signing, the team and Joseph agreed to a contract in early January, and Edmonton would then trade their other #1 goaltender, Bill Ranford, to the Boston Bruins for Sean Brown, Mariusz Czerkawski and the Bruins 1st round pick in 1996. Edmonton would play better defensive hockey after the trade, as Joseph would post a 15–16–2 record, however, it was not enough for the Oilers to make the playoffs, as they finished 10 points behind the 8th place Winnipeg Jets.

Offensively, Doug Weight became the first Oiler since Mark Messier in 1989–90 to reach the 100 point plateau, as Weight would record 104 points. Zdeno Ciger scored a team high 31 goals, while Jason Arnott scored 28 goals and 59 points despite missing 18 games due to injuries. Boris Mironov led the defense with 32 points, while fellow blueliner Jeff Norton would earn 20 points in 30 games after being acquired from St. Louis.

In goal, Bill Ranford would get most of the action until early January, winning 13 games and posting a 3.84 GAA, then Curtis Joseph stepped in and led the Oilers in wins at 15, and posted a team best 3.44 GAA.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 Game log 3 Season stats 3.1 Scoring leaders 3.2 Goaltending 4 Transactions 4.1 Trades 4.2 Free agents 4.3 Draft picks 5 References

[edit] Season standings

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
Anaheim Mighty Ducks	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

[edit] Game log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 8	Detroit Red Wings	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	0–1–0	0
2	October 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–5	St. Louis Blues	0–2–0	0
3	October 13	Edmonton Oilers	0–9	Detroit Red Wings	0–3–0	0
4	October 15	Edmonton Oilers	1–7	Philadelphia Flyers	0–4–0	0
5	October 17	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	New Jersey Devils	1–4–0	2
6	October 18	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	Buffalo Sabres	1–5–0	2
7	October 21	Vancouver Canucks	4–6	Edmonton Oilers	2–5–0	4
8	October 22	San Jose Sharks	1–1	Edmonton Oilers	2–5–1	5
9	October 27	Winnipeg Jets	5–7	Edmonton Oilers	3–5–1	7
10	October 31	New Jersey Devils	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	4–5–1	9
11	November 1	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	Vancouver Canucks	4–5–2	10
12	November 4	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	4–5–3	11
13	November 7	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Detroit Red Wings	4–6–3	11
14	November 9	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Florida Panthers	4–7–3	11
15	November 10	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	5–7–3	13
16	November 12	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Chicago Blackhawks	5–7–4	14
17	November 14	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Calgary Flames	5–8–4	14
18	November 15	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	5–9–4	14
19	November 17	Detroit Red Wings	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	5–10–4	14
20	November 20	Colorado Avalanche	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	5–10–5	15
21	November 22	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	0–2	Edmonton Oilers	6–10–5	17
22	November 24	Edmonton Oilers	5–2	Calgary Flames	7–10–5	19
23	November 26	Edmonton Oilers	0–4	Winnipeg Jets	7–11–5	19
24	November 28	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	Edmonton Oilers	7–12–5	19
25	December 1	Calgary Flames	8–2	Edmonton Oilers	7–13–5	19
26	December 2	St. Louis Blues	7–3	Edmonton Oilers	7–14–5	19
27	December 5	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Vancouver Canucks	7–15–5	19
28	December 7	Edmonton Oilers	5–3	Colorado Avalanche	8–15–5	21
29	December 9	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	San Jose Sharks	9–15–5	23
30	December 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	10–15–5	25
31	December 13	Vancouver Canucks	2–2	Edmonton Oilers	10–15–6	26
32	December 15	Edmonton Oilers	4–9	Winnipeg Jets	10–16–6	26
33	December 18	Ottawa Senators	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	11–16–6	28
34	December 20	Colorado Avalanche	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	11–17–6	28
35	December 22	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Washington Capitals	11–18–6	28
36	December 23	Edmonton Oilers	1–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–19–6	28
37	December 27	Philadelphia Flyers	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	12–19–6	30
38	December 29	Los Angeles Kings	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	13–19–6	32
39	December 30	New York Rangers	8–3	Edmonton Oilers	13–20–6	32
40	January 3	Tampa Bay Lightning	5–0	Edmonton Oilers	13–21–6	32
41	January 5	Florida Panthers	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	13–22–6	32
42	January 7	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	14–22–6	34
43	January 9	Hartford Whalers	5–1	Edmonton Oilers	14–23–6	34
44	January 13	Buffalo Sabres	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	15–23–6	36
45	January 16	Edmonton Oilers	5–1	St. Louis Blues	16–23–6	38
46	January 17	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Dallas Stars	17–23–6	40
47	January 24	Dallas Stars	5–3	Edmonton Oilers	17–24–6	40
48	January 26	New York Islanders	1–4	Edmonton Oilers	18–24–6	42
49	January 30	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Calgary Flames	18–25–6	42
50	January 31	Chicago Blackhawks	4–0	Edmonton Oilers	18–26–6	42
51	February 7	Washington Capitals	2–1	Edmonton Oilers	18–27–6	42
52	February 9	Vancouver Canucks	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	18–28–6	42
53	February 11	Calgary Flames	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	19–28–6	44
54	February 14	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	20–28–6	46
55	February 16	Edmonton Oilers	1–6	Dallas Stars	20–29–6	46
56	February 18	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks	20–30–6	46
57	February 19	Edmonton Oilers	5–7	Colorado Avalanche	20–31–6	46
58	February 21	Los Angeles Kings	2–7	Edmonton Oilers	21–31–6	48
59	February 23	Boston Bruins	7–4	Edmonton Oilers	21–32–6	48
60	February 25	Edmonton Oilers	0–2	New York Islanders	21–33–6	48
61	February 27	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Boston Bruins	22–33–6	50
62	February 28	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Hartford Whalers	22–33–7	51
63	March 1	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	22–34–7	51
64	March 3	St. Louis Blues	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	22–35–7	51
65	March 6	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Los Angeles Kings	22–36–7	51
66	March 8	San Jose Sharks	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	23–36–7	53
67	March 13	Edmonton Oilers	8–3	San Jose Sharks	24–36–7	55
68	March 16	Edmonton Oilers	5–2	Los Angeles Kings	25–36–7	57
69	March 17	Edmonton Oilers	1–8	Colorado Avalanche	25–37–7	57
70	March 19	Edmonton Oilers	4–1	New York Rangers	26–37–7	59
71	March 21	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	26–38–7	59
72	March 23	Edmonton Oilers	6–5	Montreal Canadiens	27–38–7	61
73	March 24	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Ottawa Senators	28–38–7	63
74	March 27	Los Angeles Kings	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	28–38–8	64
75	March 29	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	29–38–8	66
76	March 30	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	29–39–8	66
77	April 1	Edmonton Oilers	6–2	Vancouver Canucks	30–39–8	68
78	April 3	Edmonton Oilers	0–1	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	30–40–8	68
79	April 4	Edmonton Oilers	3–5	San Jose Sharks	30–41–8	68
80	April 8	Calgary Flames	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	30–42–8	68
81	April 10	Dallas Stars	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	30–43–8	68
82	April 13	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	30–44–8	68

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Weight	82	25	79	104	95
Zdeno Ciger	78	31	39	70	41
Jason Arnott	64	28	31	59	87
David Oliver	80	20	19	39	34
Todd Marchant	81	19	19	38	66

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Fred Brathwaite	7	293	0	2	0	12	0	.914	2.46
Curtis Joseph	34	1936	15	16	2	111	0	.886	3.44
Joaquin Gage	16	717	2	8	1	45	0	.871	3.77
Bill Ranford	37	2015	13	18	5	128	1	.875	3.81

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

August 4, 1995	To St. Louis Blues 1st round pick in 1996 - Marty Reasoner *1st round pick in 1997 - Matt Zutlek	To Edmonton Oilers Curtis Joseph Mike Grier
August 24, 1995	To Vancouver Canucks 7th round pick in 1997 - Larry Shapley	To Edmonton Oilers Brett Hauer
December 4, 1995	To Toronto Maple Leafs Peter White 4th round pick in 1996 - Jason Sessa	To Edmonton Oilers Kent Manderville
January 4, 1996	To St. Louis Blues Ken Sutton Igor Kravchuk	To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Norton Donald Dufresne
January 11, 1996	To Boston Bruins Bill Ranford	To Edmonton Oilers Mariusz Czerkawski Sean Brown 1st round pick in 1996 - Matthieu Descoteaux
March 12, 1996	To St. Louis Blues Future considerations	To Edmonton Oilers David Roberts
March 20, 1996	To Detroit Red Wings Kirk Maltby	To Edmonton Oilers Dan McGillis

*Later traded to the Los Angeles Kings

[edit] Free agents

Player Former Team F Rem Murray Los Angeles Kings

Player New Team F Shayne Corson St. Louis Blues F Mike Stapleton Winnipeg Jets F Micah Aivazoff New York Islanders F Davis Payne Boston Bruins F Iain Fraser Winnipeg Jets

[edit] Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	6	Steve Kelly	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	31	Georges Laraque	Canada	St-Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
3	57	Lukas Zib	Czech Republic	Ceske Budejovice HC (Czech.)
4	83	Mike Minard	Canada	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCJHL)
5	109	Jan Snopek	Czech Republic	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	161	Martin Cerven	Czech Republic	Dukla Trencin (Czech.)
8	187	Stephen Douglas	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
9	213	Jiri Antonin	Czech Republic	Pardubice HC (Czech.)

[edit] References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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