Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Thursday, October 24, 2013 · Rexall Place

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4–1

Final

SOG 26–31

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SNET-EDM · CSN-DC

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Rexall Place. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 31-26.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Joel Ward, Nicklas Backstrom, Jason Chimera and Justin Schultz.

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	2	4	26
EDM	0	0	1	1	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–018:13 WSH

2nd period

Joel Ward (1)Jason Chimera (1), John Carlson (1)2–015:35 WSH

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Marcus Johansson (2), Alex Ovechkin (1)3–001:24 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Mikhail Grabovski (1)4–013:23 WSH
Justin Schultz (1)David Perron (1), Anton Belov (1)4–117:56 EDM

Team stats

WSHEDM

26Shots on goal31

40%Faceoff %60%

0/2Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes6

25Hits21

13Blocked shots9

8Giveaways10

6Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 10:40Tom Wilson · elbowing2 min
2nd 01:09Mike Green · hooking2 min
2nd 02:37Anton Belov · slashing2 min
2nd 16:53John Erskine · roughing2 min
3rd 15:32Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 19:08Mike Green · roughing2 min
3rd 19:08David Perron · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	–	15:42
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	18	15:13
25Jason ChimeraL	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	100	17:26
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:42
42Joel WardR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	15:16
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	46	15:31
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	0	–	18:37
10Martin EratR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	25	14:46
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	42	13:03
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	33	15:56
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	56	15:38
24Aaron VolpattiL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	10:01
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	11:36
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	18:13
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	1	0	–	19:07
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	2	4	–	22:40
61Steve OleksyD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	0	–	18:51
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	19:50

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

57David PerronL	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	2	–	20:09
19Justin SchultzD	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	23:36
77Anton BelovD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	–	20:21
14Jordan EberleC	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	–	21:49
20Luke GazdicL	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	06:47
26Mark ArcobelloR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	58	18:51
27Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	69	11:42
28Ryan JonesL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:11
41Will ActonR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	60	07:41
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	07:23
64Nail YakupovR	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	–	19:08
68Tyler PitlickC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:51
83Ales HemskyR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:03
93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC	0	0	0	-4	6	0	0	0	64	22:32
2Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	–	21:39
5Ladislav SmidD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	17:35
15Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	16:06
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:57

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jason LaBarberaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	L	26	22	4	.846	59:47