EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Edmonton Oilers arent used to this type of start to a season.Benoit Pouliot scored twice, Cam Talbot made 34 saves and the Oilers stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.I think this start is huge for us, Pouliot said after his team improved to 6-1-0. The last couple of years, we havent had good starts and it is tough to climb back. Now we are having a good start, and we just have to keep it going.Patrick Maroon and Milan Lucic also scored for the Oilers, off to their best start since opening 8-1-0 during the 1985-86 season. They have won four of five at Rogers Place, their new downtown arena.Its a big win for us, said captain Connor McDavid, who had two assists to give him 11 points this season.Tonight was kind of a benchmark for us. ... Tonight was a big test. These guys are a giant in the NHL and we were able to play well and get a win, which is huge for our team.Alex Ovechkin scored for the Capitals (3-2-1), who have lost two straight in regulation -- something that did not happen at all last season.We just need a little more push from the whole group, coach Barry Trotz said. Were going to have to get a little more greasy, get some of those greasy goals.Those key moments when were still in the game, we have to recognize those moments and were not recognizing those moments right now. We didnt play well enough to win.The chances were fairly even in a scoreless first period, with the Capitals getting 11 shots on Talbot, and Edmonton directing 10 shots at Washington starter Braden Holtby.Edmonton was badly outplayed to start the second period, but ended up taking the games first lead just more than seven minutes in as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins intercepted a pass, danced around defender Dmitry Orlov and put a long shot on net that Pouliot redirected past Holtby.The Oilers made it 2-0 with 2:52 remaining in the second, as Pouliot scored his third of the season by banking in a shot off Holtby from behind the Washington net.Things got a bit heated late in the period when Talbot had enough of T.J. Oshie hitting him with his stick in front on a power-play scramble and ended up unleashing a couple punches of his own that led to a roughing minor.More or less cross-checking my knee while I was down, Talbot said. I didnt think that was right so I more or less gave him a shot back and it was even after that.Washington cut into the lead 9 seconds into the third as Ovechkin slid a puck under Talbot, scoring in his fourth consecutive game.Edmonton shook off that goal quickly, though, as McDavid set up Jesse Puljujarvi for a glorious opportunity that Maroon finished off a rebound.The Oilers got some insurance midway through the third when Lucic tipped Andrej Sekeras power-play point shot into the net.Game notes It was the first of two meetings this season between the Capitals and Oilers. The next time they play is Feb. 24 in Washington. ... 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Arsenal failed to take full advantage of its main rivals stumbles on Saturday as substitute Gerard Deulofeu levelled with a hard shot from a tight angle in the 84th minute to give Everton a deserved point. Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. Jeev Milkha Singh finished tied-10th, while S Chikkarangappa slipped from the top 10 on the final day of competition at the European Tour Kings Cup in Pattaya, Thailand on Sunday. While this is only Jeevs second top-10 finish in 2016 since the Thailand Classic in March, the best Indian performance of the day came from Shiv Kapur, but it could only help him finish tied-24th and 10 shots behind eventual winner Shih-chang Chan of Taiwan.Jeev continued his good work through the week with an eagle on the 358-yard par-four 3rd, but went back to level-par for the day with successive bogeys on the par-four 8th and 9th holes. He would drop another shot on the 355-yard par-four 14th, but then registered successive birdies on the 453-yard par-four 15th and the 230-yard par-three 16th to eventually score 6-under 274.Chikkarangappa, who began the day tied-6th, began well on the front nine, with a birdie on the par-four 3rd, but he scored a double bogey on the par-five 6th. Though he only shot one further bogey on the par-four 9th, he failed to recover any further shots to end with 4-under 276 overall and a share of the 15th place.Kapur had the best round among the Indians, with a sequence of successive bbirdies on the 339-yard par-four 5th and the 531-yard par-five 6th, and again on the 410-yard par-four 10th and the 562-yard par-five 11th.dddddddddddd He also scored a birdie on the 8th; but for a bogey on the par-four 9th, he would have done better than 4-under 66 to finish at 2-under 278 overall. His spectacular climb of 38 places on the leaderboard, though, saw him finish tied-24th.Chiragh Kumar stayed at his overnight 1-under, with his performance on the final day including three birdies and three bogeys apiece. Rio-bound SSP Chawrasia dropped to a level-par 280 thanks to a 1-over 71, which included three birdies in the front nine, but was badly affected by a double bogey on the 507-yard par-four 9th.Gaganjeet Bhullar, who was tied-2nd after the first round, had a horror final round, shooting 8-over 78. He couldnt register a single birdie and shot six bogeys and also a double bogey on the par-four 8th, bringing his total score to 4-over 284.Shubhankar Sharma was the lowest Indian scorer overall, as a 2-over 72 in the final round took his score to 6-over 286. ' ' '