After halting a season-opening five-game skid the last time out, the Edmonton Oilers will try to add another victory when they host the Washington Capitals in Wednesdays encounter at Rexall Place. Wholesale USA Soccer Jerseys . Edmonton opened the season with an 0-4-1 mark and had dropped three straight in regulation before posting a 3-2 win Monday against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. The win over the Bolts kept the Oilers from setting a new club record for worst ever start to a season. Edmonton had tied the dubious team mark with its five-game winless streak to begin 2014-15. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the game-winning goal with 3:25 to play in the third period on Monday, but earlier in the tilt Taylor Hall had sparked his club with a penalty-shot goal. Hall, who also posted an assist in the win, received a penalty shot opportunity at 14:57 of the second period with the score tied at 1-1. Hall was pulled down from behind by Matt Carle on a breakaway and he converted the ensuing penalty shot by slipping a backhand between Ben Bishops pads. I havent been too good on breakaways or penalty shots or shootouts in my career, said Hall. I would have looked pretty silly if it didnt go in, but luckily it did. Brett Connolly tied the game for Tampa at 6:05 of the third period, but Nugent-Hopkins would tally the decisive goal less than three minutes later. Jordan Eberle picked off a cross-ice pass in the Tampa end and passed it over to the slot where Nugent-Hopkins was able to snap it under the glove of Bishop for a 3-2 lead. Justin Schultz also scored for the Oilers and Ben Scrivens posted 22 stops in the victory. Edmontons Richard Bachman could see his first action between the pipes tonight. He has 35 career NHL games under his belt, but has never faced the Capitals. While the Oilers shoot for their second win of the campaign, Washington is aiming to pick up its third consecutive victory. The Capitals have yet to lose in regulation this season, posting a 3-0-2 record in five tilts under new head coach Barry Trotz. The Caps went 2-0-1 on a recent three-game homestand, ending the stay at Verizon Center with wins over New Jersey and Florida. Alex Ovechkin went without a goal for the first time in four games in Saturdays meeting with the Panthers, but he scored in the shootout to help Washington pick up a 2-1 decision. In fact, all three Capitals skaters beat Al Montoya in the shootout -- Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom with snap shots to the stick side and Ovechkin with a nice shoulder fake that sent the Panthers goalie to the ice. Ovechkin had scored five goals in the previous three games after being shut out by Montreal in the season opener on Oct. 9. He had a chance to end it in overtime but his slap shot from the left circle was stopped by Montoya. Caps netminder Justin Peters had 20 saves in regulation and overtime, while Jason Chimera scored in regulation for the Capitals. You have to scratch out whatever games presented, said Trotz. Tonight was a game (against a team) thats scrappy with a good group of forwards that play a fast game, a hard game and we couldnt get a second goal to pull away. Ovechkin has piled up the points in eight career games against the Oilers, registering seven goals and five assists in those tilts. Meanwhile, Braden Holtby, who expects to start in net tonight for the Caps, is 3-0 with a 1.00 GAA in three lifetime meetings versus Edmonton. The Caps won both encounters with the Oilers in 2013-14, scoring four goals in each tilt to outscore Edmonton 8-3 in the season series. Washington has claimed four of the last five meetings overall and has taken two of the past three at Rexall Place. The home team, however, has won three of four and 16 of the previous 19 meetings in this series and the Caps have eight losses over their last 10 trips to Edmonton. Washington forward Jay Beagle could see his first action of the season tonight after getting injured during the preseason. Beagle expects to take Brooks Laichs spot in the lineup tonight after Laich sustained a shoulder injury in Saturdays win over the Panthers. 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The 26-year-old Boll had two goals and one assist with 126 penalty minutes in 54 games with the Blue Jackets in 2011-12. USA Soccer Shirts . -- Chad Labelle scored the winner 17:36 into the third period to give Medicine Hat a 2-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on Sunday and lift the Tigers into the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/ .J. -- Freshman Eli Carter scored a career-high 31 points and hit the go-ahead basket in the second overtime as Rutgers rallied to stun No. WINNIPEG -- Sherry Middaugh is a Canadian curling veteran with a hard-luck streak getting to the big game, but she will be playing Jennifer Jones Saturday for the right to represent Canada at the Olympics. Middaugh fed off Rachel Homans mistakes to cruise to a 10-4 win at the womens semifinal at the Olympic Curling trials Friday night. "In the past its been normally like a missed shot on my behalf, maybe nerves, but the fact (is) that maybe all those experiences have helped," Middaugh said of her record of stumbling before the finish line was in sight. "Id certainly give all of those away to win tomorrow." On the mens side, Kevin Martin and John Morris will be playing Saturday in the semifinal to see who will compete against Brad Jacobs Sunday. At 47, Middaugh is the oldest female skip at the trials. Shes won many provincial championships but had trouble getting out of the national semifinals. Her biggest national win to date has been the 2003 Canada Cup of Curling. Ironically, although she started with the hammer, she missed her attempt to blank the first end and benefited from the change in tactics that dictated. Homan, the youngest skip at the trials and reigning national champion from Ottawa, threw a disastrous runback attempt that gave Middaugh her second three of the game in the sixth end. She said she didnt even forsee that as a possibility. "It just wasnt our night," she said. "Youve got to sum it up like that. Theres not much to say about it." After exchanging singles in one and two, the first few ends werent the same mistake-free, careful curling that Middaugh and Winnipegs Chelsea Carey played earlier in the day in the tiebreaker. Instead, their front ends traded half shots and misses that opened opportunities and Middaugh took an early lead, thanks to a three she scored in the third end. But Homan came back with a deuce in the fourth to keep it close. The veteran then scored a deuce of her own in five to make it 6-3, with two perfect draws to the button behind cover and a thin hit by Homan that failed to move Middaughs first counter far enough. Then came Homans runback attempt in six that could have netted her two but instead handed Middaugh another three. "I didnt even think we could do that. I thought at worst case . . . wed take one." Middaugh was deadly with her hits and near perfect with her draw. After Middaughs rink scored another point in the eighth, Homan shook hands. Homan said she had trouble with the ice. "The right side of the sheet wass just a mountain . Cheap USA Soccer Jerseys. . . and the other side was just a valley." But Middaugh said she has found the ice consistent all week, which has helped her with her draws. "The ice has been the same all week which is a credit to the ice crew. . . The ice isnt patchy, its consistent right from the first end all the way through to the end," Middaugh said. "That certainly builds the confidence because you just throw what youve been throwing all week." Shes married to three-time world champion Glenn Howards third Wayne Middaugh. They live in Victoria Harbour, Ont. Theyre just one of four couples at the event. Edmonton skip Heather Nedohin is married to Martins third Dave Nedohin. Winnipeg skip Mike McEwen is married to Jennifer Jones lead Dawn Askin and Jones is in a relationship with Glen Howards second Brent Laing. Earlier Friday, Martin defeated Morris 7-6 in an extra end to clinch second in the mens standings. But Morris also advanced to the semifinal after Kevin Koe beat Mike McEwen 5-4, guaranteeing Morris a third-place finish. Martin is hoping he can repeat the feat en route to a fourth Olympics berth. He won gold in 2010 and silver in 2002 and also went to the 1992 Games. "It will be a tight game again but it was good to get through that one and the hammer in the semi and well hopefully play another good game (Saturday)," he said after Fridays win. "I would have to say we have to play a little better than (Friday) as a team. We were a little bit sloppy on a couple of ends." Morris was happy with how his team played. "I think we had a real sound strategy and kept control most of that game," he said. The exception was the sixth end when Martin scored three. "If we can just pick it up maybe just a half notch then we can win this thing . . . I like our chances," said Morris, who was born in Winnipeg but has made his name curling for both Ontario and Alberta. The former two-time world junior champion joined Martins Edmonton-based rink in 2006 but abruptly left in April to sign with skip Jim Cotters squad out of the Vernon and Kelowna curling clubs in B.C. Cotter moved to third. Martin then picked up another Manitoba native, former Randy Ferbys fourth rock Dave Nedohin, to replace Morris. In other mens action, Jacobs completed the round robin with a 7-4 victory over John Epping, who finished last with a 1-6 record. Jeff Stoughton defeated Howard 9-3 but both were already out of playoff contention. Stoughton finished 3-4 and Howard 2-5. ' ' '