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.

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.

Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored and Logan Thompson made 30 saves during a 3-2 win in Edmonton.

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.

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.

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.

Washington scored three goals against Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner. It marks just the 12th time in franchise history – and the second time since 2011 – that the Capitals won a game in which ...

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

Starting Tuesday

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,

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 ...