Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals

11-9-3, 6-6-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Blue Jackets CBJ	0	0	1	1
Capitals WSH	1	3	1	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

12-9-2, 7-5-1 Home

Chychrun scores twice to lift Capitals over Blue Jackets 5-1

— Jakob Chychrun scored twice and the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 on Monday night.

Nov 25, 2025, 03:00 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Blue Jackets	0	0	1	1
	Capitals	1	3	1	5

1st Period			CBJ	WSH
6:05		Jakob Chychrun (7) Assists: Ryan Leonard (6), Hendrix Lapierre (5)	0	1

2nd Period		WSH
16:29	Tom Wilson (12) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (8), Justin Sourdif (2)	2
19:45	Jakob Chychrun (8) (Power Play) Assists: Tom Wilson (11)	3
19:57	John Carlson (5) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (11), Justin Sourdif (3)	4

3rd Period			CBJ	WSH
4:05		Martin Fehervary (2) Assists: Connor McMichael (9), John Carlson (16)	0	5
5:50		Denton Mateychuk (5) Assists: Brendan Gaunce (1), Jake Christiansen (1)	1	5

Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Justin Sourdif Backhand High and Wide Right
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot Wide Right
Zach Werenski shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Jakob Chychrun Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Leonard (6), Hendrix Lapierre (5)
Ryan Leonard hit Miles Wood
Takeaway by Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Dmitri Voronkov
Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Matt Roy Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Logan Thompson
Dante Fabbro shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
Sonny Milano hit Zach Aston-Reese
Takeaway by Sonny Milano
Anthony Beauvillier hit Denton Mateychuk
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Anthony Beauvillier Backhand saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sean Monahan
Miles Wood shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Justin Sourdif Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot Wide Right
Ivan Provorov shot blocked by Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin hit Isac Lundeström
Adam Fantilli shot blocked by Matt Roy
Brandon Duhaime Tip-In saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Justin Sourdif Tripping against Sean Monahan
Matt Roy Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Anthony Beauvillier hit Dmitri Voronkov
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
Aliaksei Protas faceoff won against Sean Monahan
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Wide Left
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In Wide Left
Jake Christiansen shot blocked by Matt Roy
Brandon Duhaime hit Cole Sillinger
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Aliaksei Protas hit Zach Werenski
Ethen Frank Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sean Monahan
Matt Roy Backhand saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Ivan Provorov shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Tom Wilson Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (8), Justin Sourdif (2)
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Wide Right
Tom Wilson Snap Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Takeaway by Connor McMichael
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sean Monahan
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Left
Jakob Chychrun Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (11)
John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Dmitri Voronkov
John Carlson Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (11), Justin Sourdif (3)
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Tom Wilson Snap Shot Wide Right
John Carlson Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Damon Severson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Ryan Leonard hit Jake Christiansen
Martin Fehervary Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Connor McMichael (9), John Carlson (16)
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sean Monahan
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sean Monahan
Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Tom Wilson hit Denton Mateychuk
Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Wide Right
Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Wide Left
Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Giveaway by Martin Fehérváry
Ethen Frank hit Jake Christiansen
Jakob Chychrun Tripping against Kent Johnson
Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Cole Sillinger shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Jake Christiansen shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
Dante Fabbro shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Giveaway by Sonny Milano
Takeaway by Martin Fehérváry
Adam Fantilli shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Hendrix Lapierre Snap Shot Wide Left
Justin Sourdif hit Denton Mateychuk
Ryan Leonard Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Zach Werenski Slap Shot High and Wide Right
Zach Werenski Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Damon Severson
Hand Pass
Yegor Chinakhov hit John Carlson
Takeaway by Dante Fabbro
Goalie Stopped
Isac Lundeström faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Zach Aston-Reese hit Rasmus Sandin
Ivan Provorov Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Puck in Netting
Sean Monahan faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Zach Werenski
Giveaway by Zach Werenski
Dmitri Voronkov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Adam Fantilli Tip-In Wide Left
High Stick
Zach Werenski Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Damon Severson hit Brandon Duhaime
Giveaway by Dmitri Voronkov
Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Ivan Provorov
Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Mathieu Olivier
Mathieu Olivier hit Declan Chisholm
Puck in Netting
Puck in Crowd
Sean Monahan faceoff won against Brandon Duhaime
Takeaway by Charlie Coyle
Giveaway by Mathieu Olivier
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Damon Severson
Puck in Netting
Cole Sillinger faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Goalie Stopped
Miles Wood Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Ivan Provorov
Ivan Provorov hit Justin Sourdif
Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Adam Fantilli
Adam Fantilli Backhand Wide Right
Dante Fabbro shot blocked by Dmitri Voronkov
Brendan Gaunce hit Jakob Chychrun
Denton Mateychuk Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Dante Fabbro Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Miles Wood Snap Shot Wide Left
Yegor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Puck in Benches
Brendan Gaunce faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Denton Mateychuk
Zach Aston-Reese hit John Carlson
Charlie Coyle Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Ivan Provorov
Denton Mateychuk shot blocked by Sean Monahan
Sean Monahan faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Adam Fantilli Slap Shot Wide Right
Zach Werenski Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Adam Fantilli Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Zach Werenski Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Damon Severson
On-Ice Official
Brendan Gaunce faceoff won against Ethen Frank
Brendan Gaunce hit Ethen Frank
Zach Aston-Reese hit Martin Fehervary
Puck in Benches
Puck in Crowd
Yegor Chinakhov hit Martin Fehervary
Sean Monahan hit Matt Roy
Brendan Gaunce hit Tom Wilson
Giveaway by Zach Werenski
Hendrix Lapierre shot blocked by Ivan Provorov
Goalie Stopped
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Sean Monahan
Adam Fantilli Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Adam Fantilli
Takeaway by Ivan Provorov
Zach Werenski Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Dante Fabbro hit Ethen Frank
Off-side
Icing
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Denton Mateychuk Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Yegor Chinakhov hit Tom Wilson
Icing
Adam Fantilli Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Takeaway by Adam Fantilli
Miles Wood hit Justin Sourdif
Giveaway by Sean Monahan
Sean Monahan hit Rasmus Sandin
Charlie Coyle Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Charlie Coyle Snap Shot Wide Left
Adam Fantilli Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Charlie Coyle
Brendan Gaunce Hooking against Jakob Chychrun
TV Timeout
Goalie Stopped
Adam Fantilli hit Ryan Leonard
Giveaway by Miles Wood
Puck in Netting
Isac Lundeström Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brendan Gaunce Snap Shot Wide Left
Icing
Ivan Provorov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Zach Aston-Reese hit Rasmus Sandin
Jake Christiansen hit Ethen Frank
Brendan Gaunce Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brendan Gaunce Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Denton Mateychuk Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Brendan Gaunce (1), Jake Christiansen (1)
Damon Severson Holding against Ryan Leonard
TV Timeout
Goalie Stopped
Isac Lundeström faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Jake Christiansen Hooking against Ryan Leonard
Brendan Gaunce faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Dante Fabbro hit Dylan Strome
Goalie Stopped
Isac Lundeström faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Elvis Merzlikins
Dante Fabbro shot blocked by Denton Mateychuk
Cole Sillinger Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Takeaway by Damon Severson
Giveaway by Charlie Coyle
Yegor Chinakhov Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Isac Lundeström faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Yegor Chinakhov Snap Shot Wide Right
Jake Christiansen hit John Carlson
Dmitri Voronkov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Sean Monahan faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Yegor Chinakhov Snap Shot Hit Right Post
Giveaway by Zachary Aston-Reese
Giveaway by Ivan Provorov
Giveaway by Kent Johnson
Goalie Stopped
Brendan Gaunce faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Hendrix Lapierre shot blocked by Zach Aston-Reese
Brendan Gaunce Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson

BLUE JACKETS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Capitals
5
Blue Jackets
1

Game 1

25/10

Blue Jackets
1
Capitals
5

Game 2

25/11

Blue Jackets
0
Capitals
2

Game 3

8/12

Capitals
Blue Jackets

Game 4

15/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Jakob ChychrunD - WSH

John CarlsonD - WSH

Tom WilsonRW - WSH

Game Information

Video Highlights

Chychrun scores twice to lift Capitals over Blue Jackets 5-1

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

J.J. Moser secures eight-year deal with Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens will be without Jake Evans 4-6 weeks

Kraken play the Flyers on 3-game winning streak