The Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Rogers Place. The Washington Capitals look to build on their three-game winning streak. The Edmonton Oilers look to snap a three-game losing streak.

The Washington Capitals are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 17 percent of their power play opportunities. Alex Ovechkin leads Washington with 34 goals, Evgeny Kuznetsov has 36 assists and John Carlson has 132 shots on goal. Defensively, the Washington Capitals are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 80.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Vitek Vanecek has given up 55 goals on 694 shots faced, and IIya Samsonov has allowed 83 goals on 841 shots.

The Edmonton Oilers are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 25.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Leon Draisaitl leads Edmonton with 38 goals, Connor McDavid has 50 assists and Darnell Nurse has 163 shots on goal. Defensively, the Edmonton Oilers are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 75.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Mikko Koskinen has allowed 95 goals on 986 shots faced, and Mike Smith has allowed 49 goals on 450 shots.

The Capitals are 1-4 in their last 5 games playing on 0 days rest and 5-2 in their last 7 road games. The Oilers are 5-11 in their last 16 home games and 1-4 in their last 5 overall. The over is 4-1 in Capitals last 5 Wednesday games. The over is 6-2-1 in Oilers last 9 Wednesday games. The home team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Washington Capitals are on the end of a back to back where they haven’t had a ton of recent success, but they have aught fire on the road lately, and they’re simply playing the better hockey overall right now. The Edmonton Oilers are coming off a cold week, and I’m not sure if I want to back them in the favorite role, especially against a team as talented as the Caps. I’ll take the better line in the road dog.