Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 26, 2016 · Rogers Place
SN · SN1 · SN360 · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at Rogers Place. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 35-29.
Benoit Pouliot scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Maroon and Milan Lucic also scored.
Cam Talbot made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Benoit Pouliot (2)Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3)0–107:48 EDM- Benoit Pouliot (3)Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (4), Oscar Klefbom (2)0–217:08 EDM
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (4)Matt Niskanen (4), Andre Burakovsky (1)1–200:09 WSH
Patrick Maroon (2)Jesse Puljujarvi (1), Connor McDavid (6)1–301:25 EDM
Milan Lucic (3)Andrej Sekera (3), Connor McDavid (7)1–409:57 EDM · PPG
Team stats
WSHEDM
35Shots on goal29
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits29
16Blocked shots13
13Giveaways12
9Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 07:37
Benoit Pouliot · cross checking2 min - 1st 10:15
Jay Beagle · holding the stick2 min - 1st 13:02Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:44Daniel Winnik · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:13Benoit Pouliot · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2nd 17:38T.J. Oshie · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 17:38Cam Talbot · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:14Lars Eller · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:34T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:39 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:25 |
| 82Zachary SanfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:15 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 23:19 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 97Connor McDavidC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 19Patrick MaroonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 27Milan LucicL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 98Jesse PuljujarviR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:13 |
| 2Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:04 |
| 77Oscar KlefbomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 14Jordan EberleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:50 |
| 15Tyler PitlickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:06 |
| 29Leon DraisaitlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 44Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 51Anton LanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 6Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 62Eric GrybaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 59:57 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |