The Washington Capitals defeated the Edmonton Oilers in a high-scoring outing that saw a number of good guys get back on the score sheet.
It was a hot start, with Aliaksei Protas tipping John Carlson’s pass. Alex Ovechkin deflected Jakob Chychrun’s shot to make it 2-0. For the rest of the night, the Caps and Oilers took turns scoring. Darnell Nurse got the first of his two goals, both from outside, to make it 2-1, then Ryan Leonard beat Skinner short-side, then Darnell Nurse did it again, and only then did we reach first intermission.
In a heroic effort Ryan Leonard extended Washington’s lead, only to have it halved in the third period by David Tomasek, who I don’t know who that is. Anthony Beauvillier scored on the rush, then Leon Draisaitl beat Logan Thompson with a crisp power-play goal.
Tom Wilson sunk two empty-netters.
Caps win!
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- Me, two days ago: “Wednesday night might be the best chance to de-schneid several be-schneided Capitals players.” I know you read these recaps so you can giggle and then go to comments, but please don’t overlook my analytical oracular skills.
- That was a five-goal first period, appropriate for 80s night. Goalies were ornamental.
- Washed-up has-been Alex Ovechkin has four goals in the last five games. RMNB. He’s got 904 now. Haters ➡️ waiters ﹫the table of success.
Alex Ovechkin scores 904th NHL goal, beating Oilers’ Stuart Skinner with a deflection
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- Shut up and look at this Ryan Leonard goal, one of two for the 20 year old. He’s going to be a star. I hope he has a real-estate agent familiar with northern Virginia. He’s here indefinitely.
- Connor McMichael, the highest scoring Connor Mc of November 19, 2025, got the primary assist on both Leonard goals.
- The Caps led by two goals five different times, which sounds more impressive than it is. It just means they scored two first, and then they traded goals with the Oilers.
- Aliaksei “PDOtas” Protas scored four goals in the first five games of the season, but he hadn’t scored from November 1 until tonight. The difference this time? He just happened to get a nice bounce this time. Hockey is stochastic. Or chaotic. I feel like I know the difference, but then I doubt myself. STEM majors can correct me in the comments. My degree was mostly in lesbian poetry; this is not a joke.
- Well played, Caps arena staff.
- The TNT guys kept pronouncing it Car Berry. Like two separate words. Like he’s a Willy Wonka invention that pancakes a ten-year-old scouser with foibles.
No Joe B, happy to have Tarik at least
Two wins in a row! The Caps haven’t done that in nearly a month. Oh, that feels bad. That feels like a bad stat. That feels like a thing we revisit in late March in the ignominious return of #loffswatch.
For tonight, I don’t care. Only the goalies and the coaches and the goalie coaches had a bad time in a high-scoring game featuring two of the greatest players ever to do it: Alex Ovechkin and Connor Mc.