EDMONTON, Alberta — Nic Dowd scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Monday night to snap a two-game skid. Dowd gave Washington its first lead of the game 7:13 into the third as he got a drop pass from Aliaksei Protas and fired it past Skinner for his fourth of the …
Training camp is nearly a week old and there’s been no sign of Nicklas Backstrom, at least not in public view. Here’s what the opening night lineup might look like with McMichael in it: Left wing Center Right wing Alex Ovechkin Evgeny Kuznetsov Anthony Mantha Daniel Sprong Lars Eller Tom Wilson Conor Sheary Connor McMichael T.J. Oshie Carl Hagelin Nic …
