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The Washington Capitals downed the Edmonton Oilers by a score of 5-4 Monday night at Capital One Arena. The win improved the Capitals’ record to 6-6-2 and 14 points on the season. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves in the victory.

Lines & Pairs

Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano — Dylan Strome — Marcus Johansson
Anthony Mantha — Lars Eller — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aliaksei Protas — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

Martin Fehervary — Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Lucas Johansen — Matt Irwin

Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper

Notes: After claiming him off the waiver wire on Saturday from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Aube-Kubel made his Capitals debut, slotting in at right wing on the third line. Orlov (lower-body) was deemed a game-time decision and would ultimately not play. Johansen drew into the lineup on the third defensive pairing.

Scratches: Center Connor McMichael and left-wing Joe Snively

Injuries: Right-wing Tom Wilson (ACL), center Nicklas Backstrom (hip), center Carl Hagelin (hip), right-wing Connor Brown (ACL), right-wing T.J. Oshie (lower-body), defenseman John Carlson (lower-body), right-wing Beck Malenstyn (finger), and Orlov

First Period

Strome (3) would open tonight’s scoring, giving the Capitals a late 1-0 lead.

Strome Strip & Score 😱

Caps up 1-0. #CapsOilers pic.twitter.com/KqSWlSaG3g

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 8, 2022

Quick Stats

SOG: 11-9 Capitals

Face-Off Win %: 59% (Capitals), 44% (Oilers)

Hits: 9-4 Oilers

Second Period

Strome (4) would pot his second of the night just 26 seconds into the middle frame during a power play to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead. Kuznetsov (8) and Gustafsson (4) assisted.

Redirection perrrfection pic.twitter.com/iz8WMjgDmk

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 8, 2022

During four-on-four play, the Oilers would get one back to make it a 2-1 game with a goal by captain Connor McDavid at the 8:33 mark.

Celebrating his 500th game in the most McDavid way possible. 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/W7rt3khXCv

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 8, 2022

At the 12:25 mark, Kuznetsov (1) would extend the Capitals’ lead to 3-1 during a five-on-three opportunity for the home team. Strome (8) and Gustafsson (5) had the helpers.

Kuuuzzyy!!! 🦅

Caps up 3-1 #CapsOilers pic.twitter.com/Feo2WBaRRf

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 8, 2022

Edmonton would quickly convert from a goal by center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1:45 after Kuznetsov’s tally to put the game within one.

Nuge with some expert-level hand-eye coordination here. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/WmTn8QYfv4

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 8, 2022

Ovechkin (8) would give the Capitals a 4-2 lead on another man advantage at the 14:36 mark. Gustafsson (6) and Kuznetsov (9) had the assists.

An ELECTRIC power play for the Caps tonight 🔥

Ovi with the goal to put Washington up 4-2#GR8 | #788 pic.twitter.com/OrcexoqnZM

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 8, 2022

Quick Stats

Total SOG: 24-15 Capitals

Face-Off Win %: 52% (Oilers), 48% (Capitals)

Total Hits: 17-11 Oilers

Third Period

Oilers center Leon Draisaitl would make it a 4-3 game 2:54 into the final frame.

This feed from Hyms. 🤌 pic.twitter.com/jjdpp5Y3s8

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 8, 2022

It would be a 5-3 game on a late power play thanks to Kuznetsov’s second goal of the night. Ovechkin (5) had the lone assist.

This pass from Ovechkin… 😱 pic.twitter.com/ZCRHseA0rd

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 8, 2022

Nugent-Hopkins would also get on the board again for Edmonton at the 18:54 mark to make it 5-4 still in favor of the Capitals.

Quick Stats

Total SOG: 31-29 Capitals

Face-Off Win %: 51% (Capitals), 49% (Oilers)

Total Hits: 21-15 Oilers

Notes Through the Game

• Strome’s six power-play points (2g, 4a) are tied with Ovechkin for the most on the Capitals.
• Tonight marks Strome’s seventh career multi-goal game and his fourth multi-point effort in 14 games this season, which is the most on the Capitals.
• Gustafsson’s two assists tonight both came on the power play.
• Ovechkin has scored a goal in three-straight games and has extended his point streak to six games (5g, 1a).
• Ovechkin’s goal marks his first career goal against Stuart Skinner, the 163rd different goaltender Ovechkin has scored on in his career. Ovechkin has scored against a new goaltender in three consecutive games (also Nov. 3 at DET: Ville Husso & Nov. 5 vs. ARI: Karel Vejmelka). It marks the seventh instance in Ovechkin’s career in which he has scored against a new goaltender in three or more consecutive games and the first since Nov. 24-28, 2008 (Niklas Backstrom, Ondrej Pavelec & Jaroslav Halak).
• Kuznetsov has recorded four points tonight (2g, 2a), marking his seventh career four-point game.

The Capitals continue their season-long homestand on Wednesday night hosting the rival Pittsburgh Penguins at Capital One Arena. TNT will have the coverage beginning at 7:30 PM ET.

By Della Young