Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Friday, October 23, 2015 · Rexall Place

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7–4

Final

SOG 26–23

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 on Friday, October 23, 2015 at Rexall Place. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 26-23.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored a hat trick. Benoit Pouliot, Nicklas Backstrom, Rob Klinkhammer, Marcus Johansson, Connor McDavid, Andre Burakovsky, Justin Williams and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored.

Philipp Grubauer made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 11 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	3	1	7	26
EDM	2	2	0	4	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)T.J. Oshie (3), Alex Ovechkin (3)1–003:05 WSH
Benoit Pouliot (1)Nail Yakupov (5), Connor McDavid (3)1–110:59 EDM
Nicklas Backstrom (4)John Carlson (6), T.J. Oshie (4)2–112:07 WSH · PPG
Rob Klinkhammer (1)Taylor Hall (3), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)2–215:00 EDM
Marcus Johansson (2)Justin Williams (5), Nicklas Backstrom (3)3–219:39 WSH

2nd period

Connor McDavid (5)Andrej Sekera (4), Mark Letestu (2)3–300:36 EDM · PPG
Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)John Carlson (7), Brooks Orpik (2)4–306:17 WSH
Andre Burakovsky (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (7), Alex Ovechkin (4)5–309:26 WSH
Justin Williams (1)Matt Niskanen (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (8)6–311:49 WSH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3)Anton Slepyshev (1)6–414:42 EDM

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)Andre Burakovsky (3), John Carlson (8)7–416:59 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHEDM

26Shots on goal23

52%Faceoff %48%

2/4Power play1/6

12Penalty minutes8

17Hits23

16Blocked shots12

8Giveaways10

2Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 06:11Brooks Orpik · slashing2 min
1st 11:32Andrew Ference · roughing2 min
2nd 00:12Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
2nd 07:23Connor McDavid · tripping2 min
2nd 09:55Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min
2nd 11:29Taylor Hall · holding the stick2 min
2nd 16:16Evgeny Kuznetsov · interference2 min
3rd 08:21Tom Wilson · hooking2 min
3rd 10:13Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
3rd 16:01Andrew Ference · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

92Evgeny KuznetsovC	3	2	5	+4	7	1	1	4	29	17:40
74John CarlsonD	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0	–	25:34
8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+2	4	2	0	0	–	19:33
14Justin WilliamsR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	100	17:49
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	65	16:53
65Andre BurakovskyL	1	1	2	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:01
77T.J. OshieR	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	0	75	20:01
90Marcus JohanssonL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:57
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	–	22:10
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	4	–	19:48
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	50	06:18
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	09:16
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:17
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	14:10
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	69	13:54
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:40
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	12:07
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	5	0	–	21:48

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	23	19	4	.826	59:40
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	0	73	19:24
97Connor McDavidC	1	1	2	-2	1	0	0	2	43	17:30
4Taylor HallL	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	–	18:04
10Nail YakupovR	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	18:29
12Rob KlinkhammerC	1	0	1	-1	3	6	0	0	–	08:52
42Anton SlepyshevL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:52
55Mark LetestuC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50	14:43
67Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:02
2Andrej SekeraD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	20:33
16Teddy PurcellR	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	17:42
20Luke GazdicL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:53
28Lauri KorpikoskiL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	13:56
51Anton LanderC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	38	19:54
5Mark FayneD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:24
19Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	19:59
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	–	15:35
62Eric GrybaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	19:45
77Oscar KlefbomD	0	0	0	-4	0	0	1	0	–	16:51

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Cam TalbotG		9	8	1	.889	28:11
39Anders NilssonG	L	17	11	6	.647	31:48