Edmonton's goalie Ben Scrivens (30) stops Toronto's Joffrey Lupul (19) during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Anton Lander (51) looks for a shot as Toronto's Andrew MacWilliam (57) blocks the puck during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Matt Fraser (28) is helped off the ice after being hit during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Nail Yakupov (10) looks for a chance as Toronto's Phil Kessel (81) and goalie James Reimer (34) defend the net during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Anton Lander (51) hassles Toronto's Leo Komarov (47) along the boards during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's goalie Ben Scrivens (30) stops Toronto's Nazem Kadri (43) during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Anton Lander (51) and Ryan Hamilton (48) shove Toronto's Trevor Smith (23) during the third period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. The Oilers won 4-1. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Mark Fayne (5) and goalie Ben Scrivens (30) defend against Toronto's Joffrey Lupul (19) during the second period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Martin Marincin (85) hassles Toronto's Tyler Bozak (42) during the second period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Martin Marincin (85) harasses Toronto's James van Riemsdyk (21) during the second period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's goalie Ben Scrivens (30) defends the net against Toronto's James van Riemsdyk (21) during the second period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Mark Fayne (5) keeps the puck away from Toronto's Joffrey Lupul (19) during the second period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Andrew Ference (21) hits Toronto's Zach Sill (22) during the second period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) can't get past Toronto's goalie James Reimer (34) during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

A Maple Leafs fan celebrates a Toronto goal during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Derek Roy (8) keeps his eyes on the puck as Toronto's goalie James Reimer (34) makes a save during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) and Anton Lander (51) celebrate a goal during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Fisticuffs ensue during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Mark Fayne (5), Nail Yakupov (10) and Benoit Pouliot (67) celebrate Pouliot's goal during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Anton Lander (51) tries to tip the puck past Toronto's goalie Jonathan Bernier (45) during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) is hassled by Toronto's Jake Gardiner (51) and Dion Phaneuf (3) during the first period of the Edmonton Oilers' NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Monday, March 16, 2015. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

Jordan Eberle. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Anton Lander. Nail Yakupov. Benoit Pouloit.

Five Oilers who are all now having good seasons helped create mental health day in Edmonton in an 11-minute span Monday night.

Can you imagine if they surrounded these guys with some fully developed professional hockey players in the near future?

When this season finally comes to an end, the up arrows beside the names of those five players, from such a down-arrow season, will provide hope for next year. And you don’t have anything to sell in sport if you can’t sell hope.

The Oilers 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs was a pretty good example of that.

On a day that the city made news when the under-construction Groat Road Bridge buckled, the Oilers made the Toronto Maple Leafs buckle.

With three goals on the first four shots and four goals in the first 11 minutes, the Oilers ended a seven-game losing streak by beating the team which has only won but one of the last 21 games on the road.

Now that’s hardly a let-the-bells-ring-out-and-let-the-banners-fly occasion. But beating Toronto is always fun in any sport, especially hockey when no matter how bad they are going the Maple Leafs manage to attract thousands of fans wearing Toronto jerseys. Those fans created an unbelievably loud "Go Leafs Go" chant to start the game. The Oilers silenced it 43 seconds in.

For a span of 11 minutes it was fun, fun, fun in the building where fun has came to die for nine straight seasons as the Oilers built up a 4-0 lead.

"I think now that Nellie has taken over, we’re trying to find an identity and play with an identity. But now that Nellie has taken over, hockey is starting to become fun again. The puck has been going in and the power play has been clicking," said Jordan Eberle, an unabashed and vocal believer in new coach Todd Nelson.

Sure the Leafs are 1-18-2 in their last 21 games and 6-21-3 since firing Randy Carlyle (21-16-3 when they pulled the trigger on him, sort of the opposite effect we’ve seen here since Craig MacTavish tied the can to Dallas Eakins).

But the Oilers had lost their previous six to Toronto, including a 5-2 humiliation in the Air Canada Centre. With a seven-game losing streak and one win to show for their previous five games at home, last night counted as a worthy win — especially with the Oilers’ horrid history on the first game back from a multi-game road trip.

"Seemed like there were way more Leaf fans than Oilers fans," said Eberle, who hadn’t scored a goal in 18 games but now has four in the last five games and made it 11 points in his last 13 periods, with three points in the first. Eberle delights in producing points against Toronto and is now only 10 points short of the 65 he put up last season, with a dozen games to go.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins provided a pair of assists in the first period to move his point total to 49 for the season and only five back of the 57 he registered last year. He has 10 points in his last five games. And Nugent-Hopkins, when he scores his next goal, will have his first 20-goal season.

"Obviously, personally, you want to play as well as you can and this is my fourth year. I wanted to have a good year this year," said The Nuge.

"It’s disappointing the start we had to the season. As of late I think the whole team has been playing better and when that happens, you start seeing more gains personally, as well. I think those two things go hand in hand."

Benoit Pouliot provided a pair of goals in the first 8:08 to give him 15 for the season in which he’s missed 24 games, and Anton Lander scored his sixth in the 26 games he’s played, while Nail Yakupov added another point. Yakupov has five points, including two goals, in his last six games.

"There have been a couple of changes and the coach gave me his support," said Yakupov, who is playing his best hockey since Ralph Krueger had him going at the back end of the strike-shortened season.

"The coach gave me a really good chance with his support. He has my back and I think it is really important when the coach believes in you. You just have to go out and play for that coach, play hard and play the system he says," he said of Todd Nelson.

With two power-play goals last night Edmonton has the best power play numbers since the All-Star Break and the Leafs the worst.

Ralph Krueger had the Oilers near the top of the tables in power play when he was fired. Todd Nelson has managed to get them back.