Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals

Saturday, October 7, 2023, 7:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Saturday, October 7, 2023 on the road.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	4	27-43-12
at Washington Capitals	2	40-31-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	1	3	4
Washington Capitals	0	2	0	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	4	8	13	25
Washington Capitals	9	8	10	27

Three stars

A. Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)
J. Carlson, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
A. Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	04:57	Columbus Blue Jackets	Boone Jenner (2)	Emil Bemstrom (4), Alexandre Texier (4)	Even strength	CBJ 1, WSH 0
2nd	06:18	Washington Capitals	John Carlson (3)	Nic Dowd (1), Rasmus Sandin (1)	Even strength	CBJ 1, WSH 1
2nd	10:34	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (1)	Lucas Johansen (2), T.J. Oshie (1)	Even strength	CBJ 1, WSH 2
3rd	06:29	Columbus Blue Jackets	Cole Sillinger (2)	Patrik Laine (4)	Even strength	CBJ 2, WSH 2
3rd	16:17	Columbus Blue Jackets	Adam Fantilli (2)	Kirill Marchenko (3), Damon Severson (5)	Even strength	CBJ 3, WSH 2
3rd	19:04	Columbus Blue Jackets	Patrik Laine (4)	Cole Sillinger (1)	Even strength, Empty net	CBJ 4, WSH 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals
Stat	Columbus Blue Jackets	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	25	27
Power play	0 of 1	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	10	6
Hits	15	14
Blocked shots	16	10
Giveaways	4	6
Takeaways	4	5
Faceoffs won	22/48 (45.8%)	26/48 (54.2%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 C. Sillinger	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0		11:58
Number 7 S. Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	66.7%	14:22
Number 11 A. Fantilli	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	0	40%	12:39
Number 13 J. Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		16:01
Number 17 J. Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		12:55
Number 29 P. Laine	L	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	0	33.3%	13:41
Number 38 B. Jenner	C	1	0	1	+1	2	4	3	1	46.2%	18:35
Number 42 A. Texier	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	100%	16:38
Number 50 E. Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:36
Number 52 E. Bemstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		15:18
Number 86 K. Marchenko	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		14:09
Number 91 K. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:15
Number 8 Z. Werenski	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1		24:31
Number 9 I. Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	6		22:36
Number 22 J. Bean	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2		17:46
Number 44 E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3		13:33
Number 55 D.Jiricek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:45
Number 78 D. Severson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		25:42

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 90 E. Merzlikins	27	25	2	.926	60:00	Win

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	-1	2	4	1	0		18:02
Number 15 S. Milano	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:03
Number 17 D. Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	72.7%	14:46
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	45.5%	17:31
Number 21 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		12:13
Number 24 C. McMichael	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:41
Number 26 N. Dowd	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	44.4%	12:36
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0		13:44
Number 45 M. Phillips	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:06
Number 47 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		10:43
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	3	0	75%	19:01
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	50%	22:06
Number 3 N. Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		19:22
Number 4 H. Haman Aktell	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		19:12
Number 27 A. Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:24
Number 38 R. Sandin	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2		21:52
Number 46 L. Johansen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		14:28
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0		23:17

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Kuemper	24	21	3	.875	58:53	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	19:01	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ivan Provorov	Interference	2
2nd	18:49	Columbus Blue Jackets	Erik Gudbranson	Roughing	2
2nd	18:49	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Roughing	2
2nd	19:56	Columbus Blue Jackets	Boone Jenner	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	19:56	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Roughing	2
3rd	10:18	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jake Bean	Interference	2
3rd	11:13	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ivan Provorov	Cross checking	2
3rd	12:34	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Interference	2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Pascal Vincent
Washington Capitals head coach: Spencer Carbery
Referees: Jon McIsaac, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: Libor Suchanek, Matt MacPherson
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Brendan Gaunce, Peter Quenneville, Jack Roslovic, Andrew Peeke, Mathieu Olivier, Daniil Tarasov, Carson Meyer, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Liam Foudy, Adam Boqvist, Jake Christiansen, Tyler Angle, Dmitri Voronkov, Billy Sweezey, Samuel Knazko, Mikael Pyyhtia, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Josh Dunne, Ben Roger, Corson Ceulemans, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, Stanislav Svozil, James Malatesta, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Jet Greaves, Cameron Butler, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Denton Mateychuk, Nick Blankenburg, Marcus Bjork, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Sean McGurn, Nolan Lalonde, Jakin Smallwood, Hunter McKown, Justin Pearson, Gavin Brindley, Tyler Peddle, Luca Pinelli, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Oiva Keskinen, Kocha Delic, Oasiz Wiesblatt, Nicholas Deangelis, Gunner Kinniburgh
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Max Pacioretty, Dylan McIlrath, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Joel Edmundson, Sergey Kostenko, Anthony Mantha, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Chase Priskie, Nick Leivermann, Riley Sutter, Martin Fehérváry, Mitchell Gibson, Joe Snively, Henrik Rybinski, Hendrix Lapierre, Bogdan Trineyev, Garin Bjorklund, Hunter Shepard, Oskar Magnusson, Alex Limoges, David Gucciardi, Brent Johnson, Vincent Iorio, Haakon Hanelt, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Ryan Hofer, Brett Hyland, Ryan Chesley, Jake Karabela, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alexander Suzdalev, Clay Stevenson, Ethen Frank, Ludwig Persson, Pierrick Dube, Cam Allen, Andrew Cristall, Ryan Leonard, Patrick Thomas, Antoine Keller

2023-2024 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets, Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Washington Capitals 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals, Sat, Oct 7, 2023

Other NHL games on Oct 7

Other NHL games on Saturday, October 7, 2023
Matchup	Status	Details
Vegas Golden Knights 7 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Oct 7, 2023
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Arizona Coyotes 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Arizona Coyotes, Sat, Oct 7, 2023
Dallas Stars 0 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Oct 7, 2023
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Florida Panthers 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Sat, Oct 7, 2023
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Ottawa Senators 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Oct 7, 2023
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Oct 7, 2023
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at St. Louis Blues 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Oct 7, 2023