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Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals

Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 40-30-12
at Washington Capitals 2 43-30-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 0 1 1
Washington Capitals 0 2 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 10 11 30
Washington Capitals 12 3 7 22

Three stars

  1. L. Thompson, Washington Capitals (goaltender)
  2. D. Chisholm, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
  3. P. Dubois, Washington Capitals (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 02:38 Washington Capitals Declan Chisholm (1) Ivan Miroshnichenko (2), Ryan Leonard (1) Even strength CBJ 0, WSH 1
2nd 10:03 Washington Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) Tom Wilson (2), Dylan McIlrath (1) Even strength CBJ 0, WSH 2
3rd 18:14 Columbus Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier (3) Adam Fantilli (2) Power play CBJ 1, WSH 2

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

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 30 22
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 34 24
Blocked shots 6 19
Giveaways 13 14
Takeaways 3 2
Faceoffs won 21/53 (39.6%) 32/53 (60.4%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 58.3% 17:15
4 C. Sillinger C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:23
10 D. Voronkov L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 0 16.7% 14:13
11 M. Wood L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 11:01
19 A. Fantilli C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 29.4% 19:47
21 I. Lundestrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 11:15
24 M. Olivier R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 6 0 1 15:02
27 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:18
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 100% 18:58
59 E. Chinakhov R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 0 12:43
86 K. Marchenko R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 100% 18:12
91 K. Johnson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 19:13
2 J. Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 15:11
5 D. Mateychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 21:16
9 I. Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 23:03
15 D. Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 16:34
44 E. Gudbranson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:34
78 D. Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 21:29
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
90 E. Merzlikins 22 20 2 .909 56:25 Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 14:04
9 R. Leonard R 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 1 0 14:35
17 D. Strome C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 75% 14:58
21 A. Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:09
22 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 13:13
24 C. McMichael L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 16:12
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 53.8% 14:37
29 H. Lapierre C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 0 54.5% 13:42
34 J. Sourdif C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 14:16
43 T. Wilson R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 16:28
63 I. Miroshnichenko L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 12:16
80 P. Dubois C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 71.4% 16:44
3 M. Roy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19:05
38 R. Sandin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 22:16
42 M. Fehérváry D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 22:58
47 D. Chisholm D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 19:39
52 D. McIlrath D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 1 0 08:34
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 1 3 0 25:33
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
48 L. Thompson 30 29 1 .967 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:12 Columbus Blue Jackets Miles Wood High sticking 2
2nd 05:49 Washington Capitals Ryan Leonard Tripping 2
2nd 14:17 Washington Capitals John Carlson Tripping 2
3rd 16:33 Washington Capitals Brandon Duhaime Holding 2
3rd 19:52 Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner Slashing 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Washington Capitals head coach
Spencer Carbery
Referees
Peter MacDougall, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Dylan Blujus, James Tobias
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Brendan Smith, Peter Quenneville, Sean Monahan, Zach Werenski, Ivan Fedotov, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Nikolai Makarov, Roman Ahcan, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Will MacKinnon, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Riley Bezeau, Tyler Peddle, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Nicholas Sima, Luca Marrelli, Cayden Lindstrom, Tanner Henricks, Luke Ashton, Marcus Kearsey, Ryder Boulton, Malte Vass, Jackson Smith, Ryland Mosley, Pyotr Andreyanov, Owen Griffin, Victor Hedin Raftheim, Jeremy Loranger, Brendan Hoffman, Will Bishop, Evan Van Gorp, Noah Jenken, PJ Fagan, Josh Avery, Mason Vaccari, Jakub Chromiak
Washington Capitals scratches
Aaron Ness, Dalton Smith, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Sonny Milano, Anthony Beauvillier, Charlie Lindgren, Jakob Chychrun, Matthew Strome, Nick Leivermann, Mitchell Gibson, Luke Toporowski, Vincent Iorio, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Brett Hyland, Justin Nachbaur, Ethen Frank, Grant Cruikshank, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald, Zac Funk, Cole Hutson, Seth Eisele, Nicholas Kempf, Petr Sikora, Miroslav Satan, Lynden Breen, Maxim Schafer, Jackson Crowder, Aron Dahlqvist, Nolan Krenzen

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 4

Matchup Status Details
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Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Nashville Predators 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final Preseason Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1 Final Preseason Game page
St. Louis Blues 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 0 Final Preseason Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Florida Panthers 7 Final Preseason Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Detroit Red Wings 6 Final/OT Preseason Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Utah Mammoth 6 Final Preseason Game page

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