The only game on the NHL schedule on Tuesday features the best player in the world, as Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers pay a visit to the Dallas Stars. This is a rematch of the past two Western Conference Finals. The Oilers managed to vanquish a veteran-laden Stars team on their quest to back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals.

With the schedule easier, excuses vanish. The Oilers will now face tough decisions and a 30-game audit, with player performance dictating management's next moves.

Mattias Ekholm & Evan Bouchard each record three points, while Jack Roslovic scores a pair of goals as the Oilers close out their seven-game road trip on Saturday with a 6-3 win over the Panthers

The Edmonton Oilers host the Dallas Stars after Jack Roslovic's two-goal game against the Florida Panthers in the Oilers' 6-3 win

Having already played close to half their season allotment of road games, the Edmonton Oilers returned home Monday from another gruelling trip confident there are reasons for optimism looking ahead.

Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is out for the season after undergoing knee surgery during the preseason. Forward Matthew Tkachuk, the emotional heartbeat of the team, hasn’t played since this season undergoing offseason surgery. He’s not expected back until sometime in January.

The Florida Panthers host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday in a rematch of the last Stanley Cup Final. Here's how to watch.

Jake Guentzel scored 1:43 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

Their seven-game road gantlet finished on a winning note, and now the Edmonton Oilers will try to build on that momentum when they play host to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.