Twenty-one hours and 40 minutes after puck drop in Pittsburgh, the Washington Capitals are back on the ice to take on the Connor McDavid-led Edmonton Oilers.
And it could be a tough test. The Oilers sit second in the Pacific Division with a 34-18-4 record after a slow start. McDavid is fresh off winning the 4 Nations Face-Off with Canada after scoring an overtime goal on Team USA. Meanwhile, Leon Draisaitl leads the league in goals with 41.
Tom Wilson will play after leaving Saturday’s game early. Charlie Lindgren will start in goal.
The Capitals-Oilers game is airing at 1 pm on TNT.
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Washington Capitals
Edmonton Oilers
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped.
Connor McMichael to the box for tripping Connor McDavid at 1:08. McDavid danced around several Capitals and nearly scored.
🚨 1-0 Edmonton Oilers. EDM PPG: Leon Draisaitl (42). Assists: R. Nugent-Hopkins (21), C. McDavid (50). Time: 05:13.
Ain’t no one going to stop that.
🚨 1-1 tie. WSH Goal: Tom Wilson (26). Assists: P. Dubois (35), M. Roy (16). Time: 17:15.
A puck bounces off PLD in the netfront over to Wilson who buries it. Wilson is now tied with Ovechkin for the team-lead in goals with 26. Yesterday, he set a new career single season high.
Nic Dowd skates hard right to the goalie, Viktor Arvidsson says nuh uh and cross-checks him through the crease, power play, Washington. The penalty was at 18:09.
🚨 2-1 Washington Capitals. WSH PPG: Jakob Chychrun (16). Assists: T. Wilson (19), D. Strome (39). Time: 19:36.
Matt Roy to the box for cross-checking Leon Draisaitl in the back at 19:48. He broke his stick while doing so.
Wilson and Draisaitl are having words at the buzzer.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 2-1 in what was their best period of the weekend, at least process wise. Washington leads in shots 11 to 6 and 5v5 shot attempts 22 to 11.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped.
Oilers back to the power play after Chychrun trips McDavid at 2:23.
Chychrun out of the box, just misses on a semi-breakaway. He is FEELING it.
No look pass from Wilson springs McMichael on a semi-break, but Pickard stops the backhanded try.
🚨 3-1 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Alex Ovechkin (27). Assists: D. Strome (40), A. Protas (25). Time: 08:53.
No. 880. A wicked wrister from the top of the circles. 15 away from soley owning the record.
Ty Emberson cross-checks Dylan Strome at 16:49. Caps go to the power play. Can Ovi get another?
Unmarked, from the hash marks, Ovechkin shoots, but Pickard appears to make the save.
🚨 4-1 Washington Capitals. WSH PPG: Alex Ovechkin (28). Assists: J. Chychrun (22). Time: 18:39.
No. 881. From the Office.
🚨 5-1 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Connor McMichael (20). Assists: J. Carlson (33), A. Protas (26). Time: 19:45.
What an absurd passing play giving McMichael a gimme goal.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 5-1 and have 13 goals over the last 24 hours. The Capitals are outshooting the Oilers 21 to 16 and out-attempting them at five-on-five, 38 to 21.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped. We’re on an Alex Ovechkin hat trick watch.
Ovi just missed at the far post. OMG.
🚨 5-2 Washington Capitals. EDM Goal: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16). Assists: V. Arvidsson (12), Z. Hyman (14). Time: 06:35.
RNH finds paydirt on his backhand near the net.
🚨 6-2 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Dylan Strome (18). Assists: A. Protas (27), J. Carlson (34). Time: 10:38.
Another golden chance for Ovi but he’s stopped by Pickard on a semi-break.
🚨 6-3 Washington Capitals. EDM Goal: Jeff Skinner (11). Unassisted. Time: 15:05.
Skinner scores on the wraparound.
🚨 7-3 Washington Capitals. WSH ENG: Alex Ovechkin (29). Unassisted. Time: 17:22.
Ovi scores his 32nd career hat trick on the empty netter. He has 882 career goals.
Alex Ovechkin scores 32nd career hat trick against Edmonton Oilers
Capitals win 7-3. They’re first place in the entire NHL. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 33 to 25 and out-attempted them 58 to 38 at five-on-five.
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