BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames play the Washington Capitals in a non-conference matchup. Calgary is 24-17-7 overall and 15-6-3 at home. The Flames have gone 7-11-3 in games their opponents serve fewer penalty minutes.

The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

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.

The left wing practiced Monday on a line with Dubois at center and Aliaksei Protas at right wing. Ovechkin, who has 20 goals in 27 games this season and is 22 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky ’s NHL record of 894 goals, has played regularly with Dylan Strome, who practiced on a line with Connor McMichael and Tom Wilson.

For the only time this season, Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals traveled to Edmonton to play the Oilers. Edmonton was without Connor McDavid, as he served game one of his three-game suspension resulting from his cross-check on Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland.

The goal was assisted by Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois. Alex Ovechkin comes one goal closer to the record after scoring an empty-net goal. A day after his hat trick against Vegas ...

The goal was assisted by Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois. Alex Ovechkin nets his second goal of the game to put the Capitals up 4-1 over the Utah HC, and moves within 26 goals of tying Wayne ...

Takeaways Capitals: Trevor van Riemsdyk and Jakob Chychrun assisted on Ovechkin’s empty-net goal with 3:28 left. ... Pierre-Luc Dubois extended his point streak to three games with an assist.

Takeaways Capitals: Trevor van Riemsdyk and Jakob Chychrun assisted on Ovechkin’s empty-net goal with 3:28 left. ... Pierre-Luc Dubois extended his point streak to three games with an assist.

One of the largest trades in recent memory went down last night. On Friday evening, the Colorado Avalanche acquired Martin Nečas, Jack Drury, and picks from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Taylor Hall and Mikko Rantanen at 50% retention.

DETROIT (AP) — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher’s shot at 9:55 of the second period, and Michael Rasmussen scored an empty-netter in the final minute to clinch Detroit’s victory.

On Jan. 23, the Seattle Kraken hosted the Washington Capitals for the two teams’ first meeting of the season. The Capitals were stronger than the Kraken this game, taking more shots on net and making more scoring chances happen.