The Associated Press
WASHINGTON–Usually when the Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers meet, Alex Ovechkin or Connor McDavid would be expected to figure in the win.
This time, it was the goalies who stood out until T.J. Oshie came through in the shootout.
Oshie scored the only goal of the tie-breaker to lift the Capitals to a 2-1 victory over the Oilers last night.
Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots through overtime, including a flurry late in the second period, and all three Edmonton attempts in the shootout.
“It was a pretty dead game up to then, kind of both sides,” Holtby noted.
“We knew they were going to come with a push somehow with their talent offensively.”
Dmitry Orlov scored in regulation for the Capitals.
Holtby stopped the only shot in overtime, and admitted he would have liked some more action in the five-minute scramble.
“That was probably the most boring 3-on-3 I’ve played,” he remarked.
Jujhar Khaira scored for the Oilers, who finished 2-1-1 on a four-game trip after winning the first two in overtime.
Laurent Brossoit, starting just his second game of the season and 12th in four NHL seasons, finished with 18 saves.
Brossoit thought he played well, but obviously wasn’t pleased about Orlov’s goal or the one Oshie managed to get by him in the shootout.
“I was prepared for it and he still snuck it through,” Brossoit said.
Elsewhere, New Jersey topped Chicago 7-5, Tampa Bay edged Anaheim 2-1, and San Jose nipped L.A. 2-1.
