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.

As the Edmonton Oilers struggle without their two best players, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, head coach Kris Knoblauch issued an update on the players' potential return dates during the 2024-25 NHL season.

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

Leon Draisaitl notches his second goal of the game in overtime to help the Oilers defeat the Flames. ESPN BET Sportsbook is owned and operated by PENN Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries ('PENN').

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,

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.