1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 Edmonton Oilers

Record: 36-38-4, 76 pts
Finish: 5th, Canadian
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Brian Shaw (30-26-3), Bill Hunter (6-12-1)

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1	Oct 18	@ Winnipeg	0-4	L	0-1-0	0	0-4	40	Jan 26	Toronto	5-7	L	22-16-2	46	151-135
2	Oct 30	@ Vancouver	6-8	L	0-2-0	0	6-12	41	Jan 28	Houston	7-5	W	23-16-2	48	158-140
3	Nov 2	@ Cleveland	4-2	W	1-2-0	2	10-14	42	Jan 31	Cleveland	0-2	L	23-17-2	48	158-142
4	Nov 3	@ Indianapolis	3-1	W	2-2-0	4	13-15	43	Feb 2	Chicago	*4-3	W	24-17-2	50	162-145
5	Nov 10	Cleveland	4-1	W	3-2-0	6	17-16	44	Feb 4	@ Baltimore	*1-0	W	25-17-2	52	163-145
6	Nov 13	Winnipeg	5-3	W	4-2-0	8	22-19	45	Feb 5	@ Minnesota	2-4	L	25-18-2	52	165-149
7	Nov 15	Toronto	5-4	W	5-2-0	10	27-23	46	Feb 9	Phoenix	4-6	L	25-19-2	52	169-155
8	Nov 17	Indianapolis	2-1	W	6-2-0	12	29-24	47	Feb 11	@ Toronto	3-4	L	25-20-2	52	172-159
9	Nov 18	Winnipeg	5-3	W	7-2-0	14	34-27	48	Feb 12	@ New England	2-2	T	25-20-3	53	174-161
10	Nov 20	@ Quebec	2-4	L	7-3-0	14	36-31	49	Feb 14	Toronto	8-4	W	26-20-3	55	182-165
11	Nov 22	@ Toronto	8-2	W	8-3-0	16	44-33	50	Feb 16	Phoenix	4-5	L	26-21-3	55	186-170
12	Nov 24	Houston	*3-4	L	8-4-0	16	47-37	51	Feb 18	New England	6-3	W	27-21-3	57	192-173
13	Nov 26	@ San Diego	1-5	L	8-5-0	16	48-42	52	Feb 19	@ Winnipeg	1-4	L	27-22-3	57	193-177
14	Nov 28	@ Houston	0-2	L	8-6-0	16	48-44	53	Feb 21	New England	2-4	L	27-23-3	57	195-181
15	Dec 1	New England	8-4	W	9-6-0	18	56-48	54	Feb 23	Minnesota	6-4	W	28-23-3	59	201-185
16	Dec 4	Vancouver	6-3	W	10-6-0	20	62-51	55	Feb 25	@ Chicago	*3-4	L	28-24-3	59	204-189
17	Dec 6	@ Phoenix	1-3	L	10-7-0	20	63-54	56	Feb 28	Baltimore	6-2	W	29-24-3	61	210-191
18	Dec 8	Michigan	7-0	W	11-7-0	22	70-54	57	Mar 2	Baltimore	7-2	W	30-24-3	63	217-193
19	Dec 11	@ Quebec	*3-4	L	11-8-0	22	73-58	58	Mar 4	Cleveland	1-3	L	30-25-3	63	218-196
20	Dec 13	@ Minnesota	5-4	W	12-8-0	24	78-62	59	Mar 5	@ Vancouver	0-6	L	30-26-3	63	218-202
21	Dec 15	@ Indianapolis	3-1	W	13-8-0	26	81-63	60	Mar 7	Vancouver	4-0	W	31-26-3	65	222-202
22	Dec 17	@ Houston	2-7	L	13-9-0	26	83-70	61	Mar 10	@ Baltimore	3-5	L	31-27-3	65	225-207
23	Dec 19	@ San Diego	*7-6	W	14-9-0	28	90-76	62	Mar 11	@ Chicago	5-1	W	32-27-3	67	230-208
24	Dec 21	@ Chicago	3-0	W	15-9-0	30	93-76	63	Mar 14	@ Cleveland	0-3	L	32-28-3	67	230-211
25	Dec 22	San Diego	6-3	W	16-9-0	32	99-79	64	Mar 15	@ New England	2-6	L	32-29-3	67	232-217
26	Dec 26	Minnesota	1-5	L	16-10-0	32	100-84	65	Mar 16	@ Winnipeg	1-10	L	32-30-3	67	233-227
27	Dec 29	Indianapolis	*5-4	W	17-10-0	34	105-88	66	Mar 18	Quebec	8-5	W	33-30-3	69	241-232
28	Jan 1	San Diego	*3-2	W	18-10-0	36	108-90	67	Mar 20	@ Indianapolis	1-3	L	33-31-3	69	242-235
29	Jan 3	Phoenix	3-3	T	18-10-1	37	111-93	68	Mar 22	@ Cleveland	1-5	L	33-32-3	69	243-240
30	Jan 5	Chicago	2-3	L	18-11-1	37	113-96	69	Mar 23	@ Minnesota	2-4	L	33-33-3	69	245-244
31	Jan 9	Minnesota	3-2	W	19-11-1	39	116-98	70	Mar 25	@ New England	4-5	L	33-34-3	69	249-249
32	Jan 10	Indianapolis	3-3	T	19-11-2	40	119-101	71	Mar 26	@ Quebec	6-4	W	34-34-3	71	255-253
33	Jan 12	Quebec	1-3	L	19-12-2	40	120-104	72	Mar 27	@ Baltimore	2-2	T	34-34-4	72	257-255
34	Jan 15	@ Houston	2-9	L	19-13-2	40	122-113	73	Mar 28	@ Toronto	4-5	L	34-35-4	72	261-260
35	Jan 16	@ San Diego	2-3	L	19-14-2	40	124-116	74	Mar 31	San Diego	2-5	L	34-36-4	72	263-265
36	Jan 17	@ Phoenix	7-1	W	20-14-2	42	131-117	75	Apr 1	Quebec	3-5	L	34-37-4	72	266-270
37	Jan 18	@ Phoenix	1-3	L	20-15-2	42	132-120	76	Apr 4	Vancouver	5-3	W	35-37-4	74	271-273
38	Jan 23	Winnipeg	7-3	W	21-15-2	44	139-123	77	Apr 5	@ Vancouver	2-3	L	35-38-4	74	273-276
39	Jan 24	Houston	7-5	W	22-15-2	46	146-128	78	Apr 6	Chicago	6-3	W	36-38-4	76	279-279

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	19	Baird, Ken	77	30	28	58	151	-19	8	0	173	0.173	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Barrie, Doug	78	12	33	45	122	-11	1	2	152	0.079	-	-	-	-	-
G	27	Brown, Ken	32	0	1	1	2	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	15	Buchanan, Ron	22	6	9	15	4	-	1	-	60	0.100	-	-	-	-	-
D	20	Carlyle, Steve	73	2	25	27	46	-13	0	0	118	0.034	-	-	-	-	-
LW	11	Climie, Ron	49	15	27	42	15	+3	3	0	90	0.167	-	-	-	-	-
LW	10	Gilmore, Tom	74	12	19	31	84	-22	0	0	140	0.086	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Hamilton, Al	25	1	13	14	62	+5	1	0	49	0.020	-	-	-	-	-
LW	8	Herriman, Don	33	1	2	3	21	-6	0	0	24	0.042	-	-	-	-	-
C	16	Joyal, Eddie	78	22	25	47	2	-10	0	2	183	0.120	-	-	-	-	-
D	6/15	Kennett, Murray	50	4	14	18	17	+16	0	0	47	0.085	-	-	-	-	-
RW	23	Kerslake, Doug	10	4	0	4	10	+3	0	0	17	0.235	-	-	-	-	-
C	21	Laing, Bill	43	2	4	6	32	-3	0	0	26	0.077	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Long, Barry	78	20	40	60	116	-8	7	1	167	0.120	-	-	-	-	-
RW	14	MacDonald, Blair	72	22	24	46	14	+4	1	0	155	0.142	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	MacGregor, Bruce	72	24	28	52	10	-11	3	3	151	0.159	-	-	-	-	-
D	22	McCrimmon, Jim	34	1	5	6	50	+9	0	0	27	0.037	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	McKay, Ray	69	8	20	28	47	+18	1	0	208	0.038	-	-	-	-	-
LW	6/11	Morris, Bill	36	4	8	12	6	+5	0	0	34	0.118	-	-	-	-	-
RW	17	Patenaude, Rusty	56	20	16	36	38	+1	3	0	92	0.217	-	-	-	-	-
C	9	Perkins, Ross	76	7	16	23	33	+7	0	1	89	0.079	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Plante, Jacques	31	0	1	1	2	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	18	Rogers, Mike	78	35	48	83	2	+2	4	0	189	0.185	-	-	-	-	-
C	7/15	Sheehan, Bobby	77	19	39	58	8	+7	2	0	178	0.107	-	-	-	-	-
RW	15	Sheehy, Tim	29	8	20	28	4	-5	2	0	81	0.099	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Worthy, Chris	29	0	0	0	7	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Brown, Ken	32	1466	86	2	2	10-11-0	3.49	844	0.899	-	-	-	-	-
Plante, Jacques	31	1592	88	4	1	15-14-1	3.32	803	0.890	-	-	-	-	-
Worthy, Chris	29	1660	99	0	1	11-13-3	3.58	929	0.893	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Barry Long signed to contract, Apr 1974
• Ray McKay acquired from Cleveland for future considerations, signed to contract, May 1974
• Bruce MacGregor, Jacques Plante signed to contracts, Jun 1974
• Steve Andrascik's rights traded to Cincinnati, Jul 1974
• Don Herriman from San Diego for Bob Wall, Aug 1974
• Mike Rogers signed to contract, Aug 1974
• Ron Buchanan from Cleveland for Jim Harrison, Oct 1974
• Jim Harrison to Cleveland for Ron Buchanan, Oct 1974
• Bill Morris signed to contract, Oct 1974
• Ron Buchanan to Indianapolis for Murray Kennett, Jan. 1975
• Ron Climie to New England for Tim Sheehy, Feb 1975
• Doug Kerslake signed to contract, Feb 1975
• Jim McCrimmon sold to St. Louis (NHL), Mar 1975

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-2-0	23-14	2-1-0	12-9	2-1-0	11-5
Cleveland	2-4-0	10-16	1-2-0	5-6	1-2-0	5-10
Houston	2-4-0	21-32	2-1-0	17-14	0-3-0	4-18
Indianapolis	4-1-1	17-13	2-0-1	10-8	2-1-0	7-5
Michigan-Baltimore	4-1-1	26-11	3-0-0	20-4	1-1-1	6-7
Minnesota	3-3-0	19-23	2-1-0	10-11	1-2-0	9-12
New England	2-3-1	24-24	2-1-0	16-11	0-2-1	8-13
Phoenix	1-4-1	20-21	0-2-1	11-14	1-2-0	9-7
Quebec	2-4-0	23-25	1-2-0	12-13	1-2-0	11-12
San Diego	3-3-0	21-24	2-1-0	11-10	1-2-0	10-14
Toronto	3-3-0	33-26	2-1-0	18-15	1-2-0	15-11
Vancouver	3-3-0	23-23	3-0-0	15-6	0-3-0	8-17
Winnipeg	3-3-0	19-27	3-0-0	17-9	0-3-0	2-18
October	0-2-0	6-12	0-0-0	0-0	0-2-0	6-12
November	8-4-0	42-32	5-1-0	24-16	3-3-0	18-16
December	9-4-0	57-44	5-1-0	33-19	4-3-0	24-25
January	6-7-2	53-54	5-4-2	41-38	1-3-0	12-16
February	6-7-1	52-49	5-3-0	40-31	1-4-1	12-18
March	5-12-1	53-74	3-2-0	22-15	2-10-1	31-59
April	2-2-0	16-14	2-1-0	14-11	0-1-0	2-3

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