Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 1

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1 on Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. John Carlson led the way with 2 points. Logan Thompson made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	4	5	30
CBJ	0	0	1	1	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	18:19	WSH	EV	John Carlson (2) · slap	Connor McMichael (2), Hendrix Lapierre (2)	1–0
3rd	01:36	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (2) · wrist	Dylan Strome (8)	2–0
3rd	02:40	WSH	EV	Justin Sourdif (1) · snap	Ryan Leonard (1), Logan Thompson (1)	3–0
3rd	10:20	CBJ	EV	Denton Mateychuk (2) · wrist	Sean Monahan (2), Dmitri Voronkov (4)	3–1
3rd	15:39	WSH	PP	Tom Wilson (5) · backhand	Ethen Frank (1), John Carlson (5)	4–1
3rd	16:37	WSH	PP	Connor McMichael (1) · bat	Alex Ovechkin (5), Aliaksei Protas (5)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:04	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	slashing	2
1st	19:54	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2
2nd	04:52	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	holding the stick	2
2nd	10:18	WSH	Ethen Frank	slashing	2
3rd	06:19	WSH	Hendrix Lapierre	slashing	2
3rd	12:35	CBJ	Mathieu Olivier	elbowing	5

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 4.71 · CBJ 4.81 · xG% WSH 49.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	1		25:43	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	0		18:15	16
24	Connor McMichael	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	57.1	14:45	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		20:29	22
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	33.3	17:51	22
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	57.1	17:33	18
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	12:31	16
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1		12:18	19
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0		11:37	17
34	Justin Sourdif	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	5	0	71.4	9:52	14
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	+1	0	6	2	0		25:19	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		21:54	20
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3		18:33	21
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:16	21
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	38.5	14:28	22
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1		13:41	22
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		13:05	17
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:50	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	35	34	1	.971	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0		18:25	18
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	60.0	18:09	23
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	0		16:45	20
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		24:33	21
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		24:16	22
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	+1	2	4	1	0		19:06	22
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		17:35	18
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:24	17
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	60.0	15:29	17
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	62.5	15:09	19
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	3	25.0	14:50	17
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:40	16
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-1	5	3	3	0		14:11	18
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:47	18
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	22.2	13:28	18
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		12:46	16
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:47	16
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		9:03	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	L	30	25	5	.833	59:37