EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid decided there was little risk coming back for the Edmonton Oilers against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday after missing the past eight games with a lower-body injury.

When Connor McDavid found out that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jake Walman were both out against St. Louis, even he couldn't bear to watch the Oilers play without their captain anymore.

Connor McDavid couldn’t have come back to the Edmonton Oilers at a more opportune time — or in a much more dramatic fashion.