Washington at Edmonton

Every team has some expectations when the season starts, but those can quickly vanish when a bad team gets off to a bad start. The Edmonton Oilers are 1-4-1 through six games, and this is another bad hockey team as they have been since the start of the 2009 season. During that period the Oilers are a woeful 133-249, winning just about one of every three games, so there is certainly value here on the road chalk at relatively short odds. Washington has to be feeling pretty good about themselves, coming into this contest at 3-0-2 on the season, and knowing they have a very winnable game in this one. The Oilers scramble to score, and over their last four games have been 0-11 on the power play to add to their misery. The Oilers are an even worse 13-43 in their last 56 games vs. a winning team, or taking about one of every four. The Capitals are 4-1 in the last five meetings and own four straight road wins. Play on Washington.