🦅 Away Capitals 3-1-1
1–4
Final
🛢️ Home Oilers 5-1-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0011
🛢️ EDM 0224

Capitals at Oilers

Oilers beat Capitals 4–1 at Rogers Place on October 26, 2016.

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Benoit Pouliot
2 G
3 shots · 16:24 TOI
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2 A
2 shots · 16:42 TOI
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Cam Talbot
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🛢️ Benoit Pouliot Go-ahead 2nd · 07:48
Assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · beat Braden Holtby
0–1
🛢️ Benoit Pouliot 2nd · 17:08
Assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oscar Klefbom · beat Braden Holtby
0–2
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 00:09
Assists: Matt Niskanen, Andre Burakovsky · beat Cam Talbot
1–2
🛢️ Pat Maroon 3rd · 01:25
Assists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Connor McDavid · beat Braden Holtby
1–3
🛢️ Milan Lucic PP 3rd · 09:57
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Connor McDavid · beat Braden Holtby
1–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Johansson · Backstrom 18:02
L2 Burakovsky · Kuznetsov · Williams 16:00
L3 Eller · Oshie · Wilson 13:39
L4 Sanford · Winnik · Beagle 11:15
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 22:37
D2 Alzner · Orlov 18:30
D3 Orpik · Schmidt 16:32
🛢️Oilers
L1 Lucic · McDavid · Draisaitl 17:43
L2 Pouliot · Nugent-Hopkins · Eberle 16:42
L3 Maroon · Letestu · Kassian 14:24
L4 Lander · Pitlick · Puljujarvi 11:10
D1 Sekera · Russell 21:46
D2 Klefbom · Gryba 18:17
D3 Larsson · Nurse 16:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH EDM🛢️
35 Shots on goal 29
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
15 Hits 29
16 Blocked shots 13
9 Takeaways 8
13 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 2.9% (1/35) EDM shooting 13.8% (4/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Cam Talbot
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Benoit Pouliot · 2nd 07:48 · 0–1 Benoit Pouliot · 2nd 17:08 · 0–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 00:09 · 1–2 Pat Maroon · 3rd 01:25 · 1–3 Milan Lucic · 3rd 09:57 · 1–4
WSH EDM
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Oilers lead the season series 1–0
Nov 232015 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 0–1 Oct 232015 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 7–4 Jan 202015 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 5–4 SO Oct 222014 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 2–3 Oct 242013 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 4–1
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❓ WSH vs EDM, answered

Who won Capitals vs Oilers on October 26, 2016?

Oilers won 4–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Oilers 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin.

Who scored for Oilers?

Benoit Pouliot (2), Milan Lucic, Pat Maroon.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Cam Talbot made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Oilers season series?

Oilers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 22 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 4–2 AfterOct 29 🦅WSH @ 🐋VAN 5–2
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeOct 23 🛢️EDM @ ✈️WPG 3–0 AfterOct 28 🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN 2–0
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