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.

Captain Connor McDavid said he saw positive signs in the team’s game after winning three of the seven games in the 11-day trip. Now the team has to take advantage of having six of their next seven games at home.

“That was a tough trip, a lot of games, a lot of cities,” he said. “The bulk of (our schedule) on the road is done. On the road for two weeks, we didn’t have one practice. That was a tough stretch so we have to take advantage of practice time, and rest time, too.

“Looking forward to finding our best game here at home. We just want to play a solid game, keep our game consistent, rol

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