Welcome to my annual player review series, where I dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player-by-player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here.
Time waits for no man.
And for Adam Henrique, Father Time has started to catch up to him. There was a noticable drop off in Henrique’s game this season for the Edmonton Oilers, despite the fact he still chipped in some decent offence from the bottom-six. He scored nine goals and 17 points at five-on-five this season, ranking eighth on the team in goals per hour.
While was a solid contributor in terms of his ability to generate some scoring chances, and high-danger ones, the overall impact of his game wasn’t strong. According to Hockey Viz, he drove offence at a six percent rate below league average, defence at a two percent rate above league average, and penalty kill play at a one percent rate above league average. Overall, his contributions equalled that of a high-end fourth-line player.
Those defensive impacts he had were more apparent in the playoffs than the regular season, where his scoring chance against per hour rate was second highest among any Oilers regular, also posting strong goal against and expected goal against numbers. His biggest goal in the playoffs came in Game 4 of the Oilers’ second-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights, scoring two goals including the game winner in a key 3-0 win.
He upped his physical play in the postseason, as well as the amount of high-danger chances, seeing a slight uptick in his scoring rate. Those were all solid points and a reason why he can still be a contributor for the Oilers, but his play has dropped from that of the second-to-third-line tweener player he was in 2024-25.
Either way, Henrique wants to be in Edmonton. Now entering the final season of a two-year, $3-million AAV contract, the team reportedly approached him this summer about his willingness to waive a no-movement clause, something he declined to do.
ADAM HENRIQUE’S CAREER SO FAR
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PTS/G | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | S% | ATOI |
| 2013-2014 |
77 25 18 43 3 20 0.56 7 3 4 137 18.2 18:03 2014-2015
75 16 27 43 -6 34 0.57 5 0 3 127 12.6 17:45 2015-2016
80 30 20 50 10 23 0.63 7 2 8 150 20.0 19:50 2016-2017
82 20 20 40 -20 38 0.49 6 2 2 142 14.1 18:10 2017-2018
24 4 10 14 -6 6 0.58 2 0 0 49 8.2 18:15 2017-2018
57 20 16 36 17 14 0.63 4 1 8 102 19.6 17:35 2018-2019
82 18 24 42 -5 24 0.51 8 0 3 122 14.8 16:27 2019-2020
71 26 17 43 -3 22 0.61 5 0 1 169 15.4 16:52 2020-2021
45 12 9 21 -8 11 0.47 1 0 2 77 15.6 16:02 2021-2022
58 19 23 42 -2 14 0.72 6 0 0 141 13.5 17:25 2022-2023
62 22 16 38 -8 22 0.61 4 0 1 132 16.7 18:11 2023-2024
60 18 24 42 3 33 0.70 5 2 3 111 16.2 17:35 2023-2024
22 6 3 9 6 4 0.41 0 0 1 29 20.7 14:50 2024-2025
81 12 15 27 2 16 0.33 2 1 3 104 11.5 14:39 Totals: 876 248 242 490 -17 281 0.56 62 11 39 1592 15.6 241:39
OTHER PLAYER REVIEWS
- Evander Kane
- Connor Brown
- Corey Perry
- Jeff Skinner
- Viktor Arvidsson
- Derek Ryan
- John Klingberg
- Trent Frederic
- Kasperi Kapanen
- Mattias Ekholm
