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.

Connor McDavid has already missed four matches of the Edmonton Oilers after he sustained a lower body injury at last week’s match against the Winnipeg Jets. It was not just Connor McDavid who was injured,

Head coach Kris Knoblauch said Sunday that McDavid (lower body) won't travel with the Oilers for the start of their road trip that begins Tuesday in Vegas, but the 28-year-old could return at some point during the trip,