NHL

Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Washington Capitals
27-20-6
Final
4 - 3
Columbus Blue Jackets
15-32-4
Regular Season Series

WSH leads series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 5:06 Garnet Hathaway Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Lars Eller (9), Nick Jensen (20)
Goal 1st Period 14:28 Trevor van Riemsdyk Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel (5)
Goal 1st Period 14:40 Andrew Peeke Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Patrik Laine (17)
Goal 2nd Period 8:26 Trevor van Riemsdyk Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (36), Erik Gustafsson (21)
Goal 2nd Period 11:03 Eric Robinson Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Mathieu Olivier (5)
Goal 3rd Period 12:44 Johnny Gaudreau Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Gavin Bayreuther (4)
Goal 4th Period 0:26 Evgeny Kuznetsov Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (14), Erik Gustafsson (22)

Statistics

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22 Blocked Shots 18
15 Hits 37
5 Takeaways 12
34 Shots 34
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 1
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
33 Faceoffs Won 28
54.1 Faceoff Win Percent 45.9
6 Giveaways 8
4 Total Penalties 4
8 Penalty Minutes 8
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Erik Gudbranson, D Day-To-Day Mar 13
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
David Kampf, C Day-To-Day Mar 12
Eriks Mateiko, LW Out Jan 13

Game Information

Nationwide Arena

Location: Columbus, OH
Attendance: 17,879 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 41 18 88 6
Pittsburgh 32 18 79 15
NY Islanders 37 23 79 5
Columbus 33 21 77 11
Philadelphia 31 23 73 11
Washington 33 27 73 7
New Jersey 32 31 66 2
NY Rangers 27 30 62 8
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