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.

The Edmonton Oilers have their first losing streak since November, while Stuart Skinner specifically has been ineffective for the team in recent games.

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.

On a day when the Oilers could have been quite easily beaten by the lowly Sabres, Stuart Skinner stepped up with a season-high 39 saves in a 3-2 win.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Final score: 3-2 Capitals. I try to be as level-headed as possible when talking about Stuart Skinner because I think ... of him did their job by holding Washington to only 14 shots, but to give ...

Skinner will patrol the blue paint in Thursday's home game versus Detroit, Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic reports. Skinner has been middling at best since he recorded a 30-save shutout victory over the Kings on Jan.