Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist in his 500th NHL game for Edmonton (7-6-0), which has lost three straight (allowed 15 goals in span). Leon Draisaitl also had a goal and an assist, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice, and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves.
"You can't give up four power-play goals in a game an expect to win it. Flat out not good enough on the penalty kill," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "I'd also say we put ourselves in positions to take those penalties that, you know, I didn't think that all of them we needed to take."
Strome gave Washington a 1-0 lead with an individual effort at 18:15 of the first period. He stole the puck from Warren Foegele in Edmonton's zone, skated into the left circle and shot over Skinner's right shoulder.
Strome then scored 26 seconds into the second period to make it 2-0, redirecting a centering pass from Kuznetsov on the power play.
"That ended up being a key moment in the game," Woodcroft said. "We turned it over, it ended up in the net, and then we took a penalty not long after that and we're down 2-0 a minute into the second period."
McDavid cut it to 2-1 at 8:33. With the teams skating at 4-on-4, McDavid received the puck at the point, split two Capitals players on his way to the crease, and tucked the puck past Lindgren's right pad.