Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals

Preseason

4-3-1, 1-2-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Blue Jackets CBJ	0	1	3	4
Capitals WSH	0	2	0	2

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

3-2-1, 1-1-1 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Emil BemstromE. Bemstrom#52
Justin DanforthJ. Danforth#17
Adam FantilliA. Fantilli#11
Johnny GaudreauJ. Gaudreau#13
Boone JennerB. Jenner#38
Kent JohnsonK. Johnson#91
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#7
Patrik LaineP. Laine#29
Kirill MarchenkoK. Marchenko#86
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Cole SillingerC. Sillinger#4
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#42
defensemen
Jake BeanJ. Bean#22
Erik GudbransonE. Gudbranson#44
David JiricekD. Jiricek#55
Ivan ProvorovI. Provorov#9
Damon SeversonD. Severson#78
Zach WerenskiZ. Werenski#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	15:18	0:01	0:00	15:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	16	12:55	0:00	0:00	12:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	12:39	0:00	0:00	12:39	2	3	40.0
0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	16:01	1:20	0:00	14:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	20	18:35	1:13	2:10	15:12	6	7	46.2
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:15	0:00	0:00	11:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	14:22	0:00	2:01	12:21	8	4	66.7
1	1	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	18	13:41	1:17	0:00	12:24	5	10	33.3
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14:09	1:10	0:00	12:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	14:36	0:00	2:03	12:33	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	11:58	0:00	0:00	11:58	0	2	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	16:38	0:00	0:57	15:41	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	22	17:46	0:05	0:45	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	1	0	1	19	13:33	0:00	1:31	12:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:45	0:00	0:00	15:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	6	2	4	2	0	0	25	22:36	0:20	0:55	21:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	25:42	0:10	1:50	23:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	24:31	1:09	3:47	19:35	0	0	0.0

goalies
Elvis MerzlikinsE. Merzlikins#90

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	2	25	.926	21	3	1	0	0	60:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#47
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Matthew PhillipsM. Phillips#45
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Hardy Haman AktellH. Haman Aktell#4
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Lucas JohansenL. Johansen#46
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	21	17:31	4:09	0:00	13:22	5	6	45.5
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	12:36	0:07	0:42	11:47	4	5	44.4
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	22:06	4:15	0:22	17:29	6	6	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	15	10:43	0:00	0:49	9:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	13:41	0:08	0:29	13:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	15:03	0:00	0:10	14:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	19:01	4:08	0:00	14:53	3	1	75.0
1	0	-1	4	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	20	18:02	4:06	0:00	13:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:06	0:00	0:00	13:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	12:13	0:00	0:00	12:13	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:46	0:00	0:00	14:46	8	3	72.7
0	0	-2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	18	13:44	0:01	0:10	13:33	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	16:24	0:00	0:39	15:45	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	23:17	4:16	0:00	19:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	24	19:12	0:00	0:39	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	26	19:22	0:10	0:42	18:30	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:28	0:00	0:42	13:46	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	24	21:52	0:00	0:00	21:52	0	0	0.0

goalies
Darcy KuemperD. Kuemper#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	3	21	.875	18	2	1	0	0	58:53	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Blue Jackets	0	1	3	4
	Capitals	0	2	0	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		CBJ	WSH
4:57	Boone Jenner (2) Assists: Emil Bemstrom (4), Alexandre Texier (4)	1	0
6:18	John Carlson (3) Assists: Nic Dowd (1), Rasmus Sandin (1)	1	1
10:34	Alex Ovechkin (1) Assists: Lucas Johansen (2), T.J. Oshie (1)	1	2

3rd Period		CBJ	WSH
6:29	Cole Sillinger (2) Assists: Patrik Laine (4)	2	2
16:17	Adam Fantilli (2) Assists: Kirill Marchenko (3), Damon Severson (5)	3	2
19:04	Patrik Laine (4) (Empty Net) Assists: Cole Sillinger (1)	4	2

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 8 October 2023

Washington, DC

Attendance: 12,961

Referees:
Jon McIsaac
Beau Halkidis

Linesmen:
Matt MacPherson
Libor Suchanek

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

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