Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, October 28, 2017 · Rogers Place
CBC · SN1 · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Rogers Place. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 40-31.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Patrick Maroon, Adam Larsson, Devante Smith-Pelly, Lars Eller and Jay Beagle also scored.
Braden Holtby made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Cam Talbot stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Maroon (4)Connor McDavid (6), Leon Draisaitl (6)0–112:16 EDM
Adam Larsson (2)Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2), Ryan Strome (3)0–217:55 EDM
Devante Smith-Pelly (1)John Carlson (7), Alex Ovechkin (3)1–219:42 WSH
2nd period
Lars Eller (1)Madison Bowey (2), Alex Ovechkin (4)2–210:32 WSH
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)Alex Ovechkin (5), Madison Bowey (3)3–200:30 WSH- Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)Unassisted4–215:56 WSH
Jay Beagle (2)Lars Eller (4)5–219:41 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHEDM
31Shots on goal40
39%Faceoff %61%
0/0Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes2
26Hits26
24Blocked shots12
9Giveaways11
6Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 05:53
Anthony Peluso · interference2 min - 1st 13:11
Patrick Maroon · delaying game2 min - 1st 13:11Anthony Peluso · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 14:10Lars Eller · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 05:25Lars Eller · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 17:22Lars Eller · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 5 | 16:22 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 13:30 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 17:24 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 28:51 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 14Anthony PelusoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:45 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:08 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:52 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 59:50 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 19Patrick MaroonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 29Leon DraisaitlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 97Connor McDavidC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:33 |
| 6Adam LarssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 16Jujhar KhairaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 27Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 08:24 |
| 44Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 58Anton SlepyshevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 62Eric GrybaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 77Oscar KlefbomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 6 | 26:12 |
| 83Matt BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laurent BrossoitG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Cam TalbotG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 57:36 |