EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid is expected to return before the end of the regular season despite not traveling with the Edmonton Oilers for the start of an upcoming four-game road trip, coach Kris Knoblauch said Sunday.

The Edmonton Oilers will get a boost to their lineup Saturday night against the Flames as Leon Drasiatil is set to return from a four-game absence. The hulking superstar was banged up in the Oilers’ March 18th game against the Utah Hockey Club,

Leon Draisaitl scored his NHL-leading 50th and 51st goals of the season and added an assist to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 overtime win against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place on Saturday. Playing in his first game since sitting out the past four with an undisclosed injury,

Leon Draisaitl's second goal of the night -- his 51st of the season -- in a three-point game was the overtime winner to give the host Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

Leon Draisaitl got his second goal of the night 2:25 into overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 to snap a two-game skid

Draisaitl scored the game-tying goal with under four minutes left in regulation and lit the lamp for the game-winning score in overtime, giving the Oilers the 3-2 win. Not only that, but Draisaitl also became just the second active player to have at least four 50-goal seasons,

Leon Draisaitl was expecting a call from his father in Germany after becoming the first player in the NHL to score 50 goals this season in the Edmonton Oilers’ 3-2 overtime win against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place on Saturday.

Leon Draisaitl returns to the lineup after his four-game injury absence on Saturday, just in time for the final Battle of Alberta of the season. While the Oilers are still far from fully healthy, getting the Hart candidate back in the lineup can only be a good thing.