The Oilers are back after a long break and are setting their sights on Utah

The Edmonton Oilers will look to make it two wins in a row when they open a three-game road trip against the Utah Hockey Club on Friday in Salt Lake City.

The Oilers, 2-2-1 in their last five games, have not played since a 6-2 win over the New York Rangers last Saturday.

Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Connor Brown, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Janmark all scored multiple points in the win over the Rangers.

Draisaitl, who scored in three straight games, has scored 16 points and scored 30 points in 22 games this season. McDavid has 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in his last eight games.

“Our group played well in all aspects of the game,” said McDavid, who had two goals and an assist against the Rangers. “I thought the penalty shootout was great and they scored a goal. Five-on-five, it seemed like we were able to get a lot out of it, which is good.”

Despite the time out, Edmonton will be without strikers Zach Hyman and Viktor Arvidsson in the game against Utah. Both right wingers are out with unknown injuries.

Both are traveling with the team and could be available when Edmonton completes the road trip against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.

Goalie Stuart Skinner, who is 7-6-2 with an .882 save percentage and 3.23 goals-against average in 15 starts this season, has a 2.65 GAA and .867 save percentage in three Starts a perfect 3-0-0 career appearances against the franchise formerly known as the Arizona Coyotes.

The Coyotes won two of three meetings against Edmonton last season before moving to Utah in the offseason.

After a 3-2 overtime win in Montreal on Tuesday, Utah has two wins in its last six games.

Mikhail Sergachev scored with 27 seconds left in overtime, and Dylan Guenther and Jack McBain scored the other goals for Utah. McBain has scored in three straight games.

“We don’t have to score six goals every time to win the game,” Sergachev said. “We can help our goalies a little bit and give up two, maybe one and still win the game. And we showed it (Tuesday). Now we just have to move on. Sometimes it’s not going to be pretty.” “You’ve got to go to the net and take shots and get an elbow in the face, but you’ve got to get through it and I feel like our guys are doing that right now.”

Utah defenseman Robert Bortuzzo left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and remains day-to-day despite practicing Thursday, according to coach Andre Tourigny.

Utah enters Friday’s contest looking for its first consecutive wins since the start of the season following a three-game winning streak (Oct. 8-12).

Guenther leads all Utah scorers with 10 goals in 22 games this season, while Guenther and captain Clayton Keller share the team lead with 20 points.

Karel Vejmelka, who will start Friday, is 3-6-0 with a .922 save percentage and a 2.25 GAA in 11 games this season. In four career appearances against the Oilers, Vejmelka is 1-3-0 with a save percentage of .875 and a GAA of 4.66.

The first of three meetings between the two clubs will take place on Friday. Utah visits Edmonton on December 31st and the teams conclude the season series on March 18th in Edmonton.