Benoit Pouliot had a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
Patrick Maroon and Milan Lucic also scored for the Oilers (6-1-0), who have won four out of five games at Rogers Place, their new downtown arena.
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Alex Ovechkin replied for the Capitals (3-2-1), who lost their second game in a row in regulation time – something that did not happen all of last season.
The chances were fairly even in the scoreless first period, with the Capitals getting 11 shots on Oilers goalie Cam Talbot and Edmonton directing 10 shots on Washington starter Braden Holtby.
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Edmonton was badly outplayed to start the second period, but ended up taking the game’s first lead just over seven minutes in as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins intercepted a pass, danced around defender Dmitry Orlov and put a long shot on net that Pouliot redirected into the Washington net.
The Oilers made it 2-0 with 2:52 remaining in the second, as Pouliot scored his third of the season by banking a shot off of Holtby from behind the Washington net.
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Things got a beat heated late in the period as Talbot had enough of T.J. Oshie hitting him with his stick in front on a power-play scramble and ended up unleashing a couple punches of his own that led to a roughing minor.
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Washington cut into the lead just nine seconds into the third as Ovechkin slid a puck under Talbot, scoring in his fourth consecutive game.
Edmonton shook that goal off quickly, though, as Connor McDavid set up Jesse Puljujarvi for a glorious opportunity and Maroon came in to collect the goal off of the rebound.
The Oilers got some insurance midway through the third as Lucic tipped an Andrej Sekera power-play point shot into the net.
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