After a wild schedule of road games and cross-country flights, the Edmonton Oilers kicked off their six-game home stand against Alex Ovechkin and the red-hot Washington Capitals.

On a day when the Oilers could have been quite easily beaten by the lowly Sabres, Stuart Skinner stepped up with a season-high 39 saves in a 3-2 win.

The Edmonton Oilers have their first losing streak since November, while Stuart Skinner specifically has been ineffective for the team in recent games.

Tom Wilson also scored his 20th of the season last night off a 2-on-1 feed from Aliaksei Protas, and continues to have himself a great year so far. He projects to have 35 goals and 61 points when the season wraps up, which will be career-best numbers for him as well.

Starting Tuesday

The Edmonton Oilers have to get used to life without superstar captian Connor McDavid, who received a three-game suspension from the NHL for his actions over the weekend against the Vancouver Canucks.

Goaltender Logan Thompson made 30 saves & recorded an assist for the league-leading Capitals on Tuesday night in a 3-2 victory over the Oilers at Rogers Place

Skinner stopped 24 of 27 shots in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Canucks. Skinner took just his second loss over six outings in January, though he's allowed at least three goals in three of those games. The 26-year-old gave up all of the goals in the first period,

EDMONTON — Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist as the league-leading Washington Capitals won their fifth game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Tuesday.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist as the league-leading Washington Capitals won their fifth game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Tom Wilson and Matt Roy also scored for the Capitals, who have earned at least a point in an NHL-high 11 straight games, going 8-0-3 in that span.

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Final score: 3-2 Capitals. I try to be as level-headed as possible when talking about Stuart Skinner because I think ... of him did their job by holding Washington to only 14 shots, but to give ...