The Washington Capitals signed goaltender Logan Thompson to a six-year contract extension worth $35.1 million on Monday, rewarding the young goaltender for a breakout season with his new club.

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.

surviving a late six-on-four penalty kill when Edmonton pulled netminder Stuart Skinner for an extra attacker. Thompson made 30 saves for Washington, posting his 22nd win as the Capitals improved ...

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.

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.

Starting 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.

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.

Logan Thompson made 30 stops in net for the Capitals, while Stuart Skinner recorded just 11 saves in the loss for the Oilers. Washington: Dubois has 38 points in 47 games this season, after ...

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The Edmonton Oilers had a strong 3 game showing in Conner McDavid's absence, going 2-1-0, losing a game they probably should have won and winning a game they probably should have lost. In both of those games,

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers got shafted by the NHL and the Department of Player Safety. Good. They stumbled out of the starting gate two years in a row and looked dead and buried by November.