NHL

Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Washington Capitals
22-13-6
Final
6 - 2
Columbus Blue Jackets
11-24-2
Regular Season Series

WSH leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 5:19 Goal scored by Johnny Gaudreau assisted by Emil Bemstrom
Goal 2nd Period 1:51 Goal scored by T.J. Oshie assisted by Nick Jensen and Dmitry Orlov
Goal 2nd Period 11:15 Goal scored by Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Goal 2nd Period 12:59 Goal scored by Gavin Bayreuther assisted by Adam Boqvist and Emil Bemstrom
Goal 2nd Period 17:20 Goal scored by Martin Fehervary assisted by Dylan Strome and Alexander Alexeyev
Goal 2nd Period 18:57 Goal scored by Garnet Hathaway assisted by Anthony Mantha and Aliaksei Protas
Goal 3rd Period 6:41 Goal scored by T.J. Oshie assisted by Dylan Strome and Evgeny Kuznetsov (PPG)
Goal 3rd Period 13:05 Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Dylan Strome and Evgeny Kuznetsov (PPG)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 18
16 Hits 14
6 Takeaways 1
37 Shots 27
2 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 1
100.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
32 Faceoffs Won 17
65.3 Faceoff Win Percent 34.7
6 Giveaways 6
2 Total Penalties 3
4 Penalty Minutes 6
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Erik Gudbranson, D Day-To-Day Mar 15
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
David Kampf, C Day-To-Day Mar 15
Eriks Mateiko, LW Out Jan 13

Game Information

Nationwide Arena

Location: Columbus, OH
Attendance: 17,924 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 42 18 90 6
Pittsburgh 33 18 81 15
NY Islanders 38 24 81 5
Columbus 34 21 79 11
Philadelphia 31 23 74 12
Washington 33 27 74 8
New Jersey 33 31 68 2
NY Rangers 28 30 64 8
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