NHL team season
The 1991–92 Edmonton Oilers season13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and they were coming off a third-round playoff appearance in 1990–91 , losing to the Minnesota North Stars in the Campbell Conference finals.
Prior to the season, the Oilers were involved in a couple of blockbuster deals, the first one occurring on September 19, as Edmonton traded Grant Fuhr , Glenn Anderson , and Craig Berube to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Vincent Damphousse , Peter Ing , Scott Thornton , and Luke Richardson . A little over two weeks later, the Oilers then dealt Mark Messier to the New York Rangers for Bernie Nicholls , Steven Rice , and Louie DeBrusk . Edmonton also named Ted Green as head coach as John Muckler left the Oilers for a job with the Buffalo Sabres .
Vincent Damphousse was the Oilers leader offensively, scoring a team high 38 goals and 51 assists for 89 points. Joe Murphy had a solid season, earning 82 points. Bernie Nicholls missed 31 games due to injury but recorded 49 points in the 49 games he played in. Defensively, Dave Manson anchored the blueline, leading all defensemen with 15 goals and 47 points and led the club in penalty minutes with 220. Fellow blueliner Norm MacIver earned 40 points in 59 games.
In goal, Bill Ranford appeared in 67 of the Oilers 80 games, winning 27 of them, and he posted a GAA of 3.58, and he earned a shutout along the way.
In the playoffs, the Oilers faced against Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings , who finished two points ahead of Edmonton in the standings. The teams split the first four games, before Edmonton took control of the series, winning Game 5 in LA and taking the series with a solid 3–0 win in Game 6. The Oilers faced the regular season division champion Vancouver Canucks in the second round, and after splitting the opening two games in Vancouver, the Oilers won the next two games at home to take a 3–1 series lead. The Oilers lost Game 5 in Vancouver but won the series at home in the sixth game, setting up a matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks for the Campbell Conference championship. Chicago proved too much for the Oilers to handle, as Chicago swept the series, outscoring Edmonton 21–8.
This was the Oilers' eighth conference final appearance in 10 years, and their third in a row. However, the Oilers did not advance this far in the playoffs again until 2006 .
Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results [ edit ] # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 1 October 4 Edmonton Oilers 2–9 Calgary Flames 0–1–0 0 2 October 6 Los Angeles Kings 2–2 Edmonton Oilers 0–1–1 1 3 October 8 Edmonton Oilers 3–6 Los Angeles Kings 0–2–1 1 4 October 10 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 St. Louis Blues 0–3–1 1 5 October 12 Calgary Flames 1–3 Edmonton Oilers 1–3–1 3 6 October 15 Edmonton Oilers 1–3 Detroit Red Wings 1–4–1 3 7 October 17 Edmonton Oilers 2–4 Chicago Blackhawks 1–5–1 3 8 October 19 Edmonton Oilers 4–2 New York Islanders 2–5–1 5 9 October 20 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 New York Rangers 3–5–1 7 10 October 23 Washington Capitals 6–5 Edmonton Oilers 3–6–1 7 11 October 26 Vancouver Canucks 4–5 Edmonton Oilers 4–6–1 9 12 October 27 Edmonton Oilers 6–3 Vancouver Canucks 5–6–1 11 13 October 30 St. Louis Blues 2–2 Edmonton Oilers 5–6–2 12 14 November 1 New Jersey Devils 3–1 Edmonton Oilers 5–7–2 12 15 November 3 Edmonton Oilers 2–7 Vancouver Canucks 5–8–2 12 16 November 6 New York Islanders 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 6–8–2 14 17 November 8 Edmonton Oilers 2–6 San Jose Sharks 6–9–2 14 18 November 9 Edmonton Oilers 4–4 Los Angeles Kings 6–9–3 15 19 November 13 Edmonton Oilers 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–10–3 15 20 November 14 Edmonton Oilers 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers 6–11–3 15 21 November 16 Edmonton Oilers 6–2 Quebec Nordiques 7–11–3 17 22 November 18 Edmonton Oilers 0–1 Montreal Canadiens 7–12–3 17 23 November 23 Winnipeg Jets 4–0 Edmonton Oilers 7–13–3 17 24 November 27 Chicago Blackhawks 2–6 Edmonton Oilers 8–13–3 19 25 November 29 San Jose Sharks 4–4 Edmonton Oilers 8–13–4 20 26 December 1 Vancouver Canucks 0–7 Edmonton Oilers 9–13–4 22 27 December 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 10–13–4 24 28 December 6 Edmonton Oilers 4–4 Winnipeg Jets 10–13–5 25 29 December 8 San Jose Sharks 1–3 Edmonton Oilers 11–13–5 27 30 December 10 Edmonton Oilers 7–4 Vancouver Canucks 12–13–5 29 31 December 12 Edmonton Oilers 3–6 San Jose Sharks 12–14–5 29 32 December 14 Winnipeg Jets 5–7 Edmonton Oilers 13–14–5 31 33 December 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 Edmonton Oilers 13–15–5 31 34 December 18 Edmonton Oilers 7–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 14–15–5 33 35 December 20 Edmonton Oilers 4–4 Buffalo Sabres 14–15–6 34 36 December 21 Edmonton Oilers 3–6 Boston Bruins 14–16–6 34 37 December 23 Calgary Flames 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 15–16–6 36 38 December 28 Los Angeles Kings 9–4 Edmonton Oilers 15–17–6 36 39 December 29 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Edmonton Oilers 15–18–6 36 40 January 2 Edmonton Oilers 3–5 Los Angeles Kings 15–19–6 36 41 January 4 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Calgary Flames 16–19–6 38 42 January 5 Calgary Flames 3–2 Edmonton Oilers 16–20–6 38 43 January 8 Edmonton Oilers 2–5 Winnipeg Jets 16–21–6 38 44 January 10 Edmonton Oilers 2–8 Buffalo Sabres 16–22–6 38 45 January 11 Edmonton Oilers 5–5 Detroit Red Wings 16–22–7 39 46 January 13 Edmonton Oilers 7–4 Minnesota North Stars 17–22–7 41 47 January 15 Vancouver Canucks 5–3 Edmonton Oilers 17–23–7 41 48 January 21 San Jose Sharks 2–9 Edmonton Oilers 18–23–7 43 49 January 23 New York Rangers 3–1 Edmonton Oilers 18–24–7 43 50 January 25 Edmonton Oilers 2–5 San Jose Sharks 18–25–7 43 51 January 28 Edmonton Oilers 5–3 Vancouver Canucks 19–25–7 45 52 January 29 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 Edmonton Oilers 19–26–7 45 53 January 31 Hartford Whalers 1–4 Edmonton Oilers 20–26–7 47 54 February 2 Quebec Nordiques 2–8 Edmonton Oilers 21–26–7 49 55 February 5 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Edmonton Oilers 22–26–7 51 56 February 7 New York Islanders 2–4 Edmonton Oilers 23–26–7 53 57 February 11 Edmonton Oilers 5–4 Minnesota North Stars 24–26–7 55 58 February 13 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Hartford Whalers 25–26–7 57 59 February 15 Edmonton Oilers 5–8 Philadelphia Flyers 25–27–7 57 60 February 16 Edmonton Oilers 5–7 Toronto Maple Leafs 25–28–7 57 61 February 19 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Edmonton Oilers 26–28–7 59 62 February 21 Boston Bruins 5–3 Edmonton Oilers 26–29–7 59 63 February 23 Buffalo Sabres 2–5 Edmonton Oilers 27–29–7 61 64 February 26 Winnipeg Jets 1–6 Edmonton Oilers 28–29–7 63 65 February 28 Philadelphia Flyers 2–4 Edmonton Oilers 29–29–7 65 66 March 1 Edmonton Oilers 4–2 Winnipeg Jets 30–29–7 67 67 March 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Edmonton Oilers 30–30–7 67 68 March 6 St. Louis Blues 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 31–30–7 69 69 March 11 New Jersey Devils 2–2 Edmonton Oilers 31–30–8 70 70 March 14 Hartford Whalers 1–3 Edmonton Oilers 32–30–8 72 71 March 17 Edmonton Oilers 5–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 32–31–8 72 72 March 19 Edmonton Oilers 5–3 New Jersey Devils 33–31–8 74 73 March 21 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 Boston Bruins 34–31–8 76 74 March 22 Edmonton Oilers 2–6 Washington Capitals 34–32–8 76 75 March 24 Edmonton Oilers 4–4 Calgary Flames 34–32–9 77 76 March 27 Minnesota North Stars 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 35–32–9 79 77 March 29 Los Angeles Kings 2–2 Edmonton Oilers 35–32–10 80 78 March 31 Edmonton Oilers 2–5 Calgary Flames 35–33–10 80 79 April 12 San Jose Sharks 4–6 Edmonton Oilers 36–33–10 82 80 April 14 Winnipeg Jets 6–2 Edmonton Oilers 36–34–10 82
[ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] 1,081: A new Oilers record for most penalty minutes in a career by defenceman by Kevin Lowe on October 8, 1991. May 30, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers Jari Kurri Dave Brown Corey Foster To Edmonton Oilers Scott Mellanby Craig Berube Craig Fisher June 12, 1991 To Winnipeg Jets John LeBlanc 1992 To Edmonton Oilers 1991 September 11, 1991 To Boston Bruins 1992 To Edmonton Oilers Norm Foster September 19, 1991 To Toronto Maple Leafs Glenn Anderson Grant Fuhr Craig Berube To Edmonton Oilers Vincent Damphousse Luke Richardson Peter Ing Scott Thornton October 2, 1991 To Chicago Blackhawks Steve Smith To Edmonton Oilers Dave Manson 1992 October 4, 1991 To New York Rangers Mark Messier To Edmonton Oilers Bernie Nicholls Steven Rice Louie DeBrusk October 7, 1991 To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken Linseman To Edmonton Oilers November 12, 1991 To New York Rangers Jeff Beukeboom To Edmonton Oilers David Shaw January 12, 1992 To New Jersey Devils Troy Mallette To Edmonton Oilers David Maley January 21, 1992 To Minnesota North Stars David Shaw To Edmonton Oilers Brian Glynn February 22, 1992 To Detroit Red Wings Max Middendorf To Edmonton Oilers Bill McDougall March 10, 1992 To Quebec Nordiques Martin Rucinsky To Edmonton Oilers Ron Tugnutt Brad Zavisha
Edmonton's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft , the Oilers had two picks in the first round as part of the Wayne Gretzky trade.
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