Dubois paces hot Capitals to 3-2 road win over Oilers

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a extremity and an assistance arsenic the league-leading Washington Capitals won their 5th crippled successful a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 connected Tuesday.

Tom Wilson and Matt Roy besides scored for the Capitals (32-10-5) who person earned astatine slightest a constituent successful an NHL-high 11 consecutive games, going 8-0-3 successful that span.

Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry replied for the Oilers (29-15-3) who person mislaid 2 successful a enactment connected the heels of earning victories successful 8 of their erstwhile nine.

The Oilers were without prima guardant Connor McDavid, serving the archetypal crippled of a three-game suspension for cross-checking Vancouver’s Conor Garland connected Saturday.

Logan Thompson made 31 stops successful nett for the Capitals, portion Stuart Skinner recorded conscionable 11 saves successful the nonaccomplishment for the Oilers.

TAKEAWAYS

Washington: Dubois present has 38 points successful 47 games this play arsenic helium continues to bounce backmost powerfully from a pugnacious twelvemonth successful Los Angeles past season, wherever helium recorded conscionable 40 points successful 82 games with the Kings. Dubois was traded to the Capitals by Los Angeles for Darcy Kuemper past June.

Oilers: Draisaitl scored his league-leading 34th extremity of the season. Draisaitl extended his points streak to 7 games and deed the 70 points mark. It was the 29th clip successful his vocation that Draisaitl has scored a extremity successful the archetypal 5 minutes of a game, passing teammate McDavid’s 28 to determination into a necktie for 2nd in Oilers franchise past with Wayne Gretzky. He is present conscionable 1 extremity backmost of franchise person Mark Messier, who had 30.

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KEY MOMENT

Washington made it a 3-1 crippled little than 4 minutes into the 3rd play arsenic Lars Eller slid a backhand done Skinner’s legs that went disconnected the station but came retired to an untouched Dubois who slammed location his ninth of the season. Edmonton was outshooting the Capitals 27-11 astatine that point.

KEY STAT

Edmonton came into the crippled with a 17-3-3 grounds erstwhile scoring first, but the Capitals person proven to beryllium the champion squad successful the league astatine staging comebacks. They are present 15-5-2 erstwhile allowing the archetypal extremity of the game.

UP NEXT

Capitals: Visit the Seattle Kraken connected Thursday.

Oilers: Host the Vancouver Canucks connected Thursday.