It will be a light plane that carries the Edmonton Oilers on their last long road trip of the regular season. A host of players on the mend who won’t be packing their bags, initially, at least, including defencemen Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg,

The Edmonton Oilers, under the last four general managers, have traded dozens of draft picks since the spring of 2015. The organization moved all of those picks in an effort to find the road to the Stanley Cup, which has so far eluded them.

The Edmonton Oilers finally have a legitimate top-four defence core with the much-needed addition of Jake Walman, but can they win the Cup?

Leon Draisaitl scored two goals on two dead-eye shots in his return game to the Edmonton Oilers, bossing them to a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames. Leon Draisaitl, 9. Back from a lower led injury, he skated well right from the get-go.

According to reports, a fan behind the Oilers bench suffered a medical emergency, temporarily halting the game for nearly ten minutes. The emergency occurred just minutes into the contest, as Sportsnet's Louie DeBrusk reported a fan had collapsed on the stairs behind Edmonton's bench, requiring immediate medical attention.

Draisaitl scored twice on eight shots, added an assist and went plus-3 in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over the Flames. Draisaitl tied the game at 2-2 with 3:12 left in the third period, then scored 2:25 into overtime to complete the Oilers' comeback against their provincial rivals.