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The Washington Capitals downed the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night, 3-2. Logan Thompson stopped 30 of 32 shots faced in the win. The victory pushes the Capitals’ record to 32-10-5 (69 Points) on the season.
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The Capitals once again turned to Logan Thompson (21-2-3, 2.09 GAA, .925 SV %, 2 SO) while Edmonton countered with Stuart Skinner (18-10-3, 2.70 Gaa, .901 SV %, 2 SO) in net.
Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Connor McMichael
Aliaksei Protas-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh-Lars Eller-Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Andrew Mangiapane
Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson
Martin Fehervary-Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratches: Alex Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana
Edmonton Oilers
Jeff Skinner-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin-Leon Draisaitl-Viktor Arvidsson
Mattias Janmark-Adam Henrique-Connor Brown
Corey Perry-Noah Philp-Kasperi Kapanen
Mattias Ekholm-Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse-Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak-Ty Emberson
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
1ST PERIOD
Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring three minutes into the opening frame, putting a backhand shot past Logan Thompson to give the Oilers an early lead; Darnell Nurse and Vasily Podkolzin recorded the assists.
Burger flippin’ 🍔 #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/KVOr3YG6EX
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) January 22, 2025
Tom Wilson scored his twentied goal of the season on a 2-on-1 break with Aliaksei Protas, beating Stuart Skinner at 09:01 to tie the game at 1-1; John Carlson also picked up an assist on the play.
Count ’em, Willy’s hit 20 goals for the fourth time in his career pic.twitter.com/MxfAJZNmT9
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 22, 2025
The two clubs ended the opening frame knotted at 1-1, with a 10-3 advantage in Shots on Goal for Edmonton.
2ND PERIOD
Matt Roy opened the scoring in the second moments after the Capitals’ first power play of the night concluded; he fired his second goal of the season past Skinner at 08:12 to give Washington a 2-1 lead. Pierre-Luc Dubois and Connor McMichael recorded the assists.
that had some oomph behind it pic.twitter.com/3gXJR6mhRd
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 22, 2025
And that was it for the middle frame. The shots continued to remain in Edmonton’s favor, 26-9 and neither club failed to convert on their respective power play opportunities (one for Washington, two for Edmonton).
3RD PERIOD
The Capitals stretched their lead to 3-1 on Pierre-Luc Dubois’ ninth goal of the season at 3:49 of the final frame. Lars Eller (8) and Logan Thompson (1) had the helpers.
20 and 80 combine for a nice marker pic.twitter.com/0qi8BxoBl6
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 22, 2025
The Oilers answered with a blast from Corey Perry (8) at 4:50. Leon Draisaitl (37) had the lone assist.
Perry power 💪 #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/YNPDiyyAuR
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) January 22, 2025
Neither club added to their totals, securing a 3-2 victory for Thompson and the Capitals, who finished with 14 shots on net to the Oilers’ 32, and now sits at 32 wins on the season.
Wilson’s goal marked the fourth time in his career that he has reached the 20-goal plateau, and he is now also one assist shy of 200 for his career.
Ice Shavings
- NHL Box Score
- The Capitals are now 16-6-1 on the road this season and their 16 victories away from Capital One Arena are second-best in the league
- Natural Stat Trick