The Edmonton Oilers are fully committed to finishing what they believe is their NHL future odds mission of winning the Stanley Cup. Last year, the Oil rallied from 3-0 down to force a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Final. However, Edmonton ran out of gas in the decisive seventh game. So far this season, Edmonton is the team to beat in the Western Conference. Edmonton is loaded and balanced, has good goaltending, and the best player in the game, Connor McDavid. It also helps that head coach Kris Knoblauch looks like the perfect fit behind the bench.
2025 Edmonton Oilers Team Overview
Just past the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Edmonton Oilers were 29-15-3 straight up and 20-26 over/under the sportsbook total. Edmonton was also third in the Western Conference playoff standings, six points behind the Winnipeg Jets. Edmonton had NHL rankings of 7th for goals scored and 7th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Oilers had NHL rankings of 8th for goals against and 26th for penalty killing.
2025 Edmonton Oilers Key Players, Goaltending, and Coach
Number one goaltender Stuart Skinner began his NHL odds career in 2021-22 with Edmonton and became the number one netminder last year. Last year, Skinner had a .905 save percentage. This year, he has a 2.71 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage. His record is 18-11-3 with three shutouts.
C Connor McDavid is known as the best player in hockey. McDavid was the first overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft by the Oilers. McDavid is a seven-time NHL All-Star, five-time Art Ross Trophy winner as the NHL’s top scorer, and three-time Hart Memorial Trophy winner as NHL. He scored 32 goals with 100 assists last year. Now, McDavid has 20 goals, 45 assists, 65 points, and a +14.
C Leon Draisaitl was the third overall pick of the 2014 NHL Draft by Edmonton. He is a five-time NHL All-Star and the winner of the 2020 Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL MVP. Last year, he scored 41 goals with 65 assists. So far this season, he has 34 goals, 37 assists, 71 points, and a +27.
Head coach Kris Knoblauch was a rookie interim coach who went 46-18-5 after taking over Edmonton in 2023-24. Previously, he coached in the Canadian Major Junior ranks and minor leagues.
Edmonton Oilers Team History
The Oilers were born as a member of the World Hockey Association in 1972. Of course, they are best remembered for putting one of the greatest teams in NHL history on the ice in the 1980s. Edmonton won five Stanley Cups from 1984 through 1990. Those teams lit up the marquee with stars such as Paul Coffey, Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, and Mark Messier.
When Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, Canada mourned and burned then-owner Peter Pocklington in effigy. But in 1990, the remaining players rallied to win the franchise’s fifth and final Stanley Cup.
Following that last Stanley Cup, the Oilers suffered the same fate as other Canadian teams in the 1990s. The Canadian dollar was weak then, and there was no salary cap. In 2015, the Oilers drafted a transformational player, Connor McDavid, first overall in the NHL Draft. McDavid was the spark that the franchise needed.