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The Edmonton Oilers (5-12-1, 11 points, 7th Pacific) visit the nation's capital on Friday to play the Washington Capitals (10-4-2. 22 points, 2nd Metro). Edmonton was defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Wednesday night, allowing four goals over a span of just 5:31 during the first period. The Oilers have lost three straight. Washington defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime for their fifth consecutive victory. Edmonton will play without LW Dylan Holloway and RW Brady Stonehouse. Washington will play without D Martin Fehervary, LW Max Pacioretty and C Nikolas Backstrom
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Edmonton is scoring an average of 2.94 which is 21st in the NHL while taking an average of 34 shots per game which is 4th. Edmonton wins 49.4% of its face-offs which is 22nd and its power play scores 21.7% of the time which is 12th best. Zach Hyman is the leading goal scorer for Edmonton with 10 and Evander Kane has scored eight goals. The leader in assists is Leon Draisailtl with 17 and the center is the points leader with 23, while Evan Bouchard is second with 18. Connor McDavid has six goals and 10 assists which is well below his average from last season through the same number of games.
Edmonton has a goals against average of 4.00, which is 30th in the NHL. The Oilers are 29.4 shots per game which is 9th lowest. Edmonton has a very poor penalty kill unit holding opponents scoreless only 72.7% of the time the Oilers a re short-handed. Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner is 4-7-1 with a 3.66 goals against average and .865 save percentage, while Calvin Pickard is 0-1-0 with a 2.94 goals against average and .891 save percentage
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