| Pos | Role | Name |
| C | 1 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins  ActiveRyan Nugent-Hopkins scored a goal and added an assist for the Oilers Tuesday as they came from behind to score a 5-4 shootout win over the Capitals. The Nuge has now recorded two multi-point games in his last three outings and has increased his point total to 29 in 45 contests for the year. Because of his poor contributions in the plus/minus and PIM categories, he needs to score even more to be a significant value in rotisserie formats. Derek Roy, Teddy Purcell and Nikita Nikitin all scored goal for Edmonton in the win. Jan 20 |
| 2 | Derek Roy ActiveDerek Roy scored a goal in a 5-4 shootout win against Washington. Roy has three goals and eight points in 11 contests this season. Edmonton is a good fit for him and he should continue to produce there. Jan 21 |
| 3 | Anton Lander ActiveAnton Lander had his first career multi-point game in Edmonton's 3-2 win over Buffalo on Thursday night. Lander finished off a pretty passing play with Teddy Purcell for his first goal of the season, giving the Oilers a 3-1 lead midway through the third period. The goal capped off his three-point evening that included two assists on plays Lander outworked the Sabres in to set up his teammates. He now has six assists and seven points through a dozen games this season. Jan 30 |
| 4 | Leon Draisaitl ActiveOilers GM Craig MacTavish argued that Leon Draisaitl's 37-game (not including scratches) stint in Edmonton this season wasn't a waste. "The games he played here are going to be really valuable," said MacTavish. "He leaves here knowing what he has to do to be more impactful. And he's going to get a great experience there. I think this is going to be extremely important for his development. I don't view his 40 games here as time wasted at all. I think it’s time well spent for him." MacTavish might be right, but that doesn't address where the criticism of his handling of Draisaitl lies. The issue is that by using Draisaitl in 37 games, the Oilers burned the first season of his entry-level contract and that might come back to bite them later. Had they limited him to nine games before returning him to the WHL then they would have delayed his first taste of restricted free agency. Jan 8 |
| 5 | Boyd Gordon ActiveBoyd Gordon scored the lone goal for the Oilers in a 2-1 loss to the Wild on Tuesday. It was Gordon's sixth of the year and second point in three games. He isn't a fantasy option in any format but was the only source of offense for the Oiler who had their chances in this game but got foiled by former teammate Devan Dubnyk. Just another night at the office for the Oilers this season. Jan 28 |
| LW | 1 | Taylor Hall  SidelinedTaylor Hall will not play against the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. It'll be his third straight game in the stands. Hall had this to say after this morning's skate, "It was nice to be out there with the guys again and positive to be able to put a skate on and start moving again. Hopefully I can get a good practice in tomorrow and get ready for San Jose (on Monday) but nothing for sure." He leads the team in assists (18) co-leads the team in points (29). Jan 31 |
| 2 | Benoit Pouliot ActiveBenoit Pouliot remained on the top line with Taylor Hall out of action. Hall has missed the last three games with a bone bruise on his leg and Pouliot has taken his spot on the top line with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle. That could end on Monday as Hall could return to play in San Jose. Pouliot has 11 goals and 17 points in 32 games this season. Feb 1 |
| 3 | Luke Gazdic ActiveLuke Gazdic will lace up the skates Tuesday night against the Minnesota Wild. Gazdic will line up to the right of Matt Fraser and Anton Lander to form their fourth line. He was a prime contributor of PIMs last season with 127 in 62 games, but through 14 games this season he has just 16 PIMs. Making him a non-option for your squad. Jan 27 |
| 4 | Rob Klinkhammer ActiveRob Klinkhammer had 10 hits on Friday. It was a big night for the former Coyote and Penguin as his tough play led the way for the Oilers. Klinkhammer does not have a lot of offensive upside as he has only four goals and seven points in 32 games this season so we cannot recommend him in traditional pools. He now has 100 hits this season, which is tied for 33rd best in the NHL. Jan 10 |
| 5 | Matt Hendricks ActiveMatt Hendricks scored a goal in a 3-2 shootout win over Los Angeles on Tuesday. Hendricks has three goals and eight points in 32 games this season. He's a decent source of hits with 89 so far in 2014-15, but he's not going to get any better offensively. Dec 31 |
| RW | 1 | Jordan Eberle ActiveJordan Eberle’s two-point night wasn’t enough in the Oilers’ 4-2 loss to the Flames on Saturday night. Eberle scored the game’s first goal less than three minutes in, then recorded the primary assist on Benoit Pouliot’s goal at 11:41 of the frame. Eberle has had a very frustrating season, with just 13 goals and 31 points. He has the talent to score 30 and contribute at a point-per-game level. Jeff Petry and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picked up the other helpers. Feb 1 |
| 2 | Teddy Purcell ActiveTeddy Purcell had an assist in a 3-2 win against Buffalo. Purcell has six goals and 21 points in 49 games this season. Don't expect him to do much more than maintain that pace for the remainder of the campaign. Jan 30 |
| 3 | Nail Yakupov ActiveNail Yakupov scored a goal and collected an assist in Edmonton's 5-2 win over Chicago on Friday night. Yakupov's goal was pretty as he walked in 2-0 with Taylor Hall to his left and instead of passing, deked Antti Raanta left and went backhand-shelf to for the dagger goal late in the third. With his two-point effort, he now has as many points as he had in the 25 games prior, and now 11 on the season through 42 games. Jan 10 |
| 4 | Matt Fraser ActiveMatt Fraser scored his sixth goal of season and added in two helpers in Thursday night's 3-2 victory Buffalo. Fraser finished off a pretty passing sequence to tie the game at one ten minutes after Tyler Myers opened the scoring in the first. He also was a key contributor to the Oilers' other two goals for his first career three-point game. In a dozen games he now has three goals seven points. Jan 30 |
| 5 | Tyler Pitlick  I.L.Tyler Pitlick (lacerated spleen) might not return before the end of the 2014-15 campaign. Pitlick will need to wait a month before he can start exercising and is still three months away from being cleared for contact drills. So while it's still theoretically possible that Pitlick will play again this season, given that the Oilers aren't going to make the playoffs, his primary concern should be getting in the best shape possible for the 2015-16 campaign. Jan 6 |
| D | 1 | Justin Schultz ActiveJustin Schultz had an assist in a 4-2 loss to St. Louis Tuesday night. Schultz has recorded a point in back-to-back games. He has three goals and 15 assists in 43 contests this season. Jan 14 |
| 2 | Andrew Ference ActiveIt will be interesting to see if the Edmonton Oilers move Andrew Ference before the trade deadline. Ference, 35, is signed through 2017-18, so there's certainly no urgency for the Oilers to trade him. At the same time, there's been questions about his effectiveness as the team captain and if the Oilers are looking to shake things up without moving any of their core players, trading Ference might accomplish that. He also has plenty of playoff experience, which makes him desirable for contending teams. Jan 23 |
| 3 | Jeff Petry ActiveApparently, Edmonton Oilers' GM Craig MacTavish has been trying to trade defenseman Jeff Petry "for months". The fifth year and right handed 27 year old defender is working his way through a one year $3.075M contract, and has compiled 12 goals and 69 points while averaging over 21 minutes per game through 282 career games. This is certainly good news for Oscar Klefbom's future, but it's unclear what the Oilers could get in return a Petry. Jan 25 |
| 4 | Nikita Nikitin SidelinedEdmonton Oilers defenseman Nikita Nikitin is expected to miss about four-to-six weeks with a shoulder injury. Nikitin hasn't been a good investment for fantasy owners (or the Oilers in reality), so this is really only bad news for Nikitin himself. It's been a rough first season for him in Edmonton, to say the least. Jan 31 |
| 5 | Mark Fayne ActiveMark Fayne leads the Edmonton Oilers with 71 blocked shots. Fayne is playing in his first season with Edmonton after inking a four-year, $14.5 million contract. His willingness to get in front of shots has been valuable as no other Oilers' player has been doing so with any regularly. After Fayne, the next highest Edmonton player is Justin Schultz with 49 blocks in 34 contests. Dec 26 |
| 6 | Keith Aulie ActiveKeith Aulie got into his first game in 12 matches and got into a fight. Aulie had been a healthy scratch for the previous 11 games but he has been feisty when he has played as he now has 49 penalty minutes in 14 games. He has yet to pick up a point this season so you know where his fantasy value lies. Feb 1 |
| 7 | Oscar Klefbom ActiveOscar Klefbom scored his first goal of season Thursday night in Edmonton's 3-2 victory over Buffalo. After Anton Lander outworked the Buffalo defenders to obtain the puck deep in the offensive zone, he came around the net and gave Klefbom a pass he could step into. Klefbom ripped his second career goal late in the first period, giving the Oilers a 2-1 lead. He now has five points through 27 games this season. Jan 30 |
| G | 1 | Ben Scrivens ActiveBen Scrivens gave up four goals on 33 shots in Edmonton’s 4-2 loss to the Flames on Saturday night. A crushing defeat for the Oilers, who had a 2-0 at the start of the third period. The Flames scored four goals on 12 shots in the final frame. Scrivens has one win in his last five games. He has a 3.05 goals-against average and .894 save percentage this season. Feb 1 |
| 2 | Viktor Fasth ActiveViktor Fasth allowed just two goals on 29 shots but was saddled with the loss in a 2-1 defeat to Minnesota on Tuesday. The Oilers had a ton of chances to give Fasth a different result in this game but in keeping with the disastrous season didn't help him out in the end. Fasth has two wins in his last three starts now however and the Oilers have showed some life with him in the crease of late. He is still a very risky play in any format. Jan 28 |