Capitals fall in shootout to Flyers

LOS ANGELES - Playing against the Washington Capitals for the first time since getting pulled in last year’s first-round playoff loss, Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Steve Mason turned aside 36 shots en route to a 3-2 shootout victory Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds scored for the Flyers in the shootout and Michael Raffl and Claude Giroux netted goals in regulation. The Flyers snapped a modest 0-1-1 streak and pushed their record to 20-11-4. Andre Burakovsky and Lars Eller scored for the Capitals, whose loss was their second in a row following a six-game win streak. Washington fell to 19-8-4, a drop-off from its 23-6-2 record through 31 games last season. Oilers 3, Coyotes 2 Edmonton Oilers got two goals from their fourth line and Cam Talbot made 34 saves as Edmonton beat Arizona 3-2 at Gila River Arena to snap the longest points streak in the NHL since Philadelphia went 32 straight against the Los Angeles Kings from Oct. 22, 1974 to Feb 5, 1983. Mark Letestu and Milan Lucic scored first-period goals for the Oilers and left-winger Matt Hendricks made it 3-0 with his first goal of the season in the second period. Arizona got goals from Martin Hanzal and Oliver Ekman-Larsson and 19 saves from Mike Smith, but dropped its third straight game while playing its 20th one-goal game of the season. Howard on injured list The Detroit Red Wings placed goaltender Jimmy Howard on seven-day injured reserve Wednesday. Howard injured his right leg stopping a shot in their 4-1 road loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. Howard, who did not put weight on his leg as he was helped off the ice, was replaced by Petr Mrazek. The 32-year-old Howard, who was on IR last month with a groin injury, is 5-7-1 with a 1.96 goals-against average and .934 save percentage in 17 games (15 starts) this season. The Red Wings recalled goaltender Jared Coreau from the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League. The Toronto Maple Leafs also placed forward Ben Smith on injured reserve with an upper-body injury. - Agencies