The Washington Capitals will end at three game homestand Wednesday night with the game in Edmonton, AB against the Edmonton Oilers. Washington comes into Wednesday 30-18-9 on the year riding a two game win streak after a 5-2 win over Seattle on Saturday. Conor Sheary was the spark within the Washington offense scoring two goals on three shots in just under 13.5 minutes on the ice. Tom Wilson added one goal and one assist and Alexander Ovechkin added one goal and two assists to round out the Washington scoring.
Offensively this season Washington has been one of the better teams in the NHL averaging 3.21 goals per game on 31.2 shots. Alex Ovechkin leads the team with 68 points to go along with a team high 34 goals on 242 shots. Evgeny Kuznetsov is the top set up man with 36 assists this season.
The Edmonton Oilers will go back home Wednesday night struggling as of late losers of four of the last five games played including three in a row following a 3-1 last two Calgary last came out. Goalie Mikko Koskinen was terrible in the net for Edmonton boasting a .897 save percentage after allowing three goals on 29 shots.
Offensively this season Edmonton has been a strong team averaging 3.19 goals per game but has allowed 3.21 goals from their opponents. Leon Draisaitl is the leader of the Edmonton offense leading the team with 79 points this season to go along with a team high 38 goals on 187 shots.
