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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Florida Panthers will try for their fourth win on a six-game road trip when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for Sundays clash at Rexall Place. The Panthers are 3-1-0 so far on the swing and have won two straight to begin the Western Canada portion of the trip. Florida split games in Buffalo and Washington at the start of the trek before notching consecutive victories against Vancouver and Calgary. Florida rebounded from a loss in D.C. with Thursdays 3-1 win in Vancouver, which fell in Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongos return to Rogers Arena. One night after Luongo anchored a solid defensive effort, the Cats needed six goals to edge the Flames in Fridays battle at the Saddledome. The Panthers saw six different players hit the net in the 6-5 victory over Calgary. Tomas Fleischmann scored with 3:09 remaining in the third period to help Florida pick up the regulation win. Fleischmann backhanded in a rebound from the slot 45 seconds after the Flames had tied it on Matt Stajans second goal of the game. Brad Boyes, who had a goal and an assist for Florida, was then called for slashing with 2:25 left. The Flames pulled Jonas Hiller during the subsequent power play for a 6-on-4 advantage and Brian Campbell, who gave the Panthers a 5-4 lead at 9:29 of the third, bailed out goaltender Al Montoya. The puck sat in the crease, but the veteran defenseman alertly pinned it against Montoya to trigger a whistle. Jonathan Huberdeau, Jimmy Hayes and Sean Bergenheim also scored as Florida improved to 10-6-6 as the road team. Fridays tilt marked the second high-scoring affair between the Cats and Flames in as many meetings this season. The Panthers lost 6-4 at home to Calgary back in November. Its been wild games, both of them. Exciting games, but coaches dont like them, said Florida coach Gerard Gallant. Montoya made 25 saves for the win over Calgary, but Luongo is expected to be back between the pipes in Edmonton. Floridas No. 1 netminder is 26-12-3 with a 2.30 goals against average in his career against the Oilers. Florida, which is only three points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, will complete its road trip Tuesday in Winnipeg. The Oilers are well outside of playoff contention in the West, but the club has been playing well since ending a nine-game losing streak that took up the majority of December. Edmonton has put together a 3-1-2 mark since going 0-7-2 from Dec. 9-27. Edmonton also has won two of three to begin a four-game homestand and is coming off Fridays impressive 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Derek Roy finished with a goal and two assists to help the Oilers beat a Chicago team that entered the game with 29 more points than Edmonton on the season. The Blackhawks also had won the three previous meetings at Rexall Place by a 16-3 margin. I thought we did a good job making plays, getting pucks out and not giving them many chances, Roy said about the way the Oilers handled a third-period lead. Taylor Hall and Nail Yakupov both had one goal and an assist for the Oilers, who got 19 saves from Ben Scrivens. The marked Edmontons first win over a Central Division opponent this season (1-4-5). The Oilers also improved to 3-18-8 within the Western Conference. Following tonights test, the Oilers will head out on a four-game road trip. The swing begins Tuesday in St. Louis. Edmonton has dominated the Panthers in recent years, winning five straight since Floridas last win in the series -- a 2-0 decision at Rexall on Dec. 11, 2008. The Oilers have claimed nine of 10 overall against Florida and owns an all-time 7-3-0 record with a tie on home ice versus the Panthers. Willian Chelsea Jersey . Now, Sarah Burkes legacy will live on in Canadas Sports Hall of Fame. 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Howard had 17 points and a career-high-tying 26 rebounds in his Houston debut, James Harden added 21 points and the Rockets cruised to a 96-83 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.SACRAMENTO - Some say that living well is the best revenge. At least four players on the Raptors roster subscribe to that philosophy. When Torontos Patrick Patterson, John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez and Chuck Hayes return to Sacramentos Sleep Train Arena Wednesday, theyll be feeling a lot better about themselves than when they were last in the building, when they called it home. Its been nearly two full months since that fateful night in Los Angeles when a seven-player trade shook the foundation of the Raptors franchise. As reports began to circulate hours before tip-off, the timing of the deal caught everyone off guard. In exchange for the bloated contract and modest production of Rudy Gay - along with Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray - Toronto took back four veteran wild cards. Each of the four had experienced some level of individual success in the league. Vasquez and Patterson - the youngest of the four - were both coming off career seasons, one in New Orleans, the other in Houston. Hayes - a nine-year vet - had been a starter with the Rockets and Salmons, now in his 12th season, was a key contributor to playoff teams in Chicago and Milwaukee. At 34 and 30 respectfully, Salmons and Hayes immediately became the elder statesmen on a young Raptors squad. Each of them had started in at least one of Sacramentos first 18 games. They were rotation players for a team that was 5-13 at the time of the trade. "Coming from here in Sacramento, things werent that great," Salmons said, candidly reflecting back on the trade after wrapping up practice in the Kings gym Tuesday. "So when we got the opportunity to come here we just wanted to take advantage of it. Losings not fun and this team had a chance to make a run at the playoffs." Without Gay, who was shooting 39 per cent and hoisting just under 19 shots per game, most anticipated there would be at least some addition by subtraction but no one - even internally - knew what to expect from the incoming Kings players. Likewise, they didnt know what to expect from a Raptors team that had a 6-12 record prior to that game in LA on Dec. 8. "I mean you hear stuff about other teams, but the only thing you really know is their record," Salmons added. "You know their record, you know their roster but you dont know the whole story. So coming in all we saw was the record, we didnt know that the locker room was full of good guys." Toronto has gone 19-10 since the trade was made official, 19-9 since the acquired players made their Raptor debuts, good for the third-best record in the Eastern Conference over that stretch. Not only did the trade improve the Raptors bench, it made their bench. On most nights, Dwane Casey has settled into a strict nine-man rotation, using the four ex-Kings as his primary reserves. Torontos bench combined for 35 points on 52 per cent shooting in Mondays win over the Jazz. They have scored 30 or more in three of the last five contests and are averaging 26.6 points since the trade. Casey has entrusted them to be on the floor in key situations. Quite frankly, theyve earned it. "I feeel like we got four veteran, solid players that really helped us in a lot of different ways and gave us some toughness off the bench," the Raptors coach said.dddddddddddd. "Right now, obviously [Toronto is] playing at a very high level," said Kings coach Mike Malone. "I think all four of our guys are helping them at different points." The newcomers have each put their stamp on the teams run. Often the first player off the bench, Patterson is logging fewer minutes than he was in Sacramento, yet averaging three more points per game, contributing nearly 10 as a Raptor. Hayes has carved out a niche as a reliable, savvy and hardworking stopper and rebounder. Salmons, a two-way player, has become Torontos third ball handler. Of the four, Vasquez is the only one who has seen his scoring average dip since coming to the Raptors. Still, hes not complaining. "Im in a different situation right now and Im pretty happy," said Vasquez, who has stepped in as a reliable backup to Kyle Lowry, something the team was desperately searching for early in the season. "I think winning really makes everything so much better. Id rather be in a winning program right now than going through a tough time [in Sacramento]." You would have to be naive to think that Wednesdays return to Sacramento is just another game for those four. The Kings are 11-19 since sending them to Toronto and the statement theyre hoping to make has more to do with their collective success than individual performances. "You always look forward to playing the team that traded you," said Vasquez, averaging seven points and four assists with the Raptors. "More than that its about winning. At the end of the day, whether I play well, whether I dont play well, I just want to go back to Sacramento with a win." Vasquez was only with the Kings for a couple months to begin the season. For Salmons, his connection with the Sacramento franchise goes back seven years. In 2006, the Philadelphia-native pulled out of a deal with the Raptors to sign in Sacramento. After being moved to the Bulls, then to the Bucks, Salmons eventually found his way back to the Kings but became expendable when new ownership decided to take the team in a different direction. The trade to Toronto was Salmons fifth since being drafted out of Miami in 2002 but he took this one more personally than the others. He felt slighted by an organization that he had spent most of his career playing for. "When I got traded I had mixed feelings, strong mixed feelings," he admitted. "Im not going to say I was totally mad at the [Kings] organization it was just, I dont know, it was just a little tougher this time." Now, as he and his teammates get set to make their much-anticipated return, that animosity is water under the bridge, more or less. Salmons, like the other three, is sincerely happy to be a Raptor. Winning is the best medicine. "Guys enjoy winning," said Salmons. "Theres the old saying, winning cures everything so the more we win the more people want to sacrifice to continue winning." ' ' '