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THE TURNING POINT The Oilers managed to kill the penalty thanks to Deslauriers standing on his head.TOP PERFORMERS - Jeff Deslauriers CAPS- Alex Ovechkin is playing great which is nothing unusual. Since returning from suspension, he has five goals and six assists in his last seven games including tonight picking up a pair of goals. His six multi-goal games tied Mario Lemieux for the most in bcs football rankings October in NHL history. He picked up the first two goals for the Capitals and assisted on the fourth goal. He played 23:38 minutes of hockey tonight, took nine shots on goal and hit three Oilers. Not too shabby. The Oilers found themselves on a five on three penalty kill in the third period. Deslauriers was making saves all over the place until one squeaked through the five hole and ended up t bcs football rankings rickling towards the goal line. Deslauriers didn't know where the puck was but luckily Smid came to the rescue and wacked the puck off of the line just at the last second to keep the Caps from scoring on the power play. Ovi and the Caps continued to crowd the net but Staios and Strudwick blocked four of Ovechkins shots. Even though Jeff Deslauriers The Washington Capitals had not won in Edmonton bcs football rankings since February of 1996....until tonight. QUOTABLE Oilers Head Coach Pat Quinn: -We probably tired that kid out anyway by the time the first one went in. The second one was a great athletic play let's face it. Deslauriers made the stop and it bounced right back to him and he put it in a little tiny spot. Great players can do those things once in awhile.- Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin: bcs football rankings -I'm not happy how I played today. I scored two goals but still it's not my game and it's not how I want to see my line play. The first two periods we were aweful and we looked terrible. Sometimes the coach gives you a hard time and you wake up and realize that enough is enough and you have to get better. It was a good effort in the last period.- BY THE NUMBERS 3- Penner has 11 multi- bcs football rankings point games this year. 286,263- Nicklas Backstrom played in his 200th career game tonight (without missing one). He has seven goals and nine assists with a +9 in his last 10 games. bcs football rankings
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