Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals Prediction: We expect a high-scoring affair

Prediction for the NHL Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals match which will take place on March 14th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Edmonton's chances of making the playoffs seemed small at November's end. The Oilers failed to start the regular season, and even Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl played poorly, which in itself was a damning indictment of the entire team. After that, there was a change in the head coach of the Canadian team, which was beneficial. They began to turn things around. They started with an 8-game winning streak and then went on to win a franchise-record 16 straight games. After that, Kris Knoblauch's wards began to misfire, but that did not stop them from sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference standings.

Washington continues to fight with all their might to make the playoffs. The situation for the Capitals is complicated, as they missed the Cup battles last season, and their roster became even worse after that: Nicklas Backström called it quits, Anthony Mantha went to Vegas, Joel Edmundson to Toronto, and Evgeny Kuznetsov to Carolina. At the same time, there were no personnel additions. Nevertheless, instead of the final crisis and floundering in the group of outsiders, Spencer Carbery's teams began to collect points actively, and their victory over Pittsburgh - 6:0 was impressive. So far, Washington remains in tenth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

After a disastrous start to the regular season, Edmonton is producing results against the best teams in the league. It is especially true at home, where the Oilers have won 11 of their last 14 games. So, they are the favorites in the upcoming matchup. The Capitals are also trying to hang on to points on character, but they have an older roster and less time to prepare and recover for this battle. The statistics also favor the Canadiens, who have won four of the last six meetings between the two teams. The confrontation between Edmonton and Washington has been a high-scoring affair in recent years. In the six previous meetings, the opponents have combined to score 41 goals, averaging 6.83 goals per game. Curiously, the Oilers and the Capitals scored the same goals in four out of six cases.