Washington Capitals 3 — 2 Columbus Blue Jackets
2023-12-21 · Nationwide Arena · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | CBJ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins start | CBJ | O | 29 | 32 | 3 | 21/22 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 64:07 |
| Charlie Lindgren start | WSH | W | 34 | 36 | 2 | 32/34 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 64:07 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26:10 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:36 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:18 |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:29 |
| Joel Edmundson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:06 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:14 |
| Matthew Phillips | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:28 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:17 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:38 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17:40 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:21 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
CBJ skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egor Chinakhov | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| Cole Sillinger | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| Emil Bemstrom | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15:26 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Erik Gudbranson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22:52 |
| Zach Werenski | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:02 |
| Adam Fantilli | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| Jake Bean | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| Justin Danforth | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| Kirill Marchenko | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| David Jiricek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 |
| Kent Johnson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:19 |
| Brendan Gaunce | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:43 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22:58 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:53 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18:24 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | 2025-26 | WSH | 2 | CBJ | 1 | |
| 2025-12-07 | 2025-26 | CBJ | 0 | WSH | 2 | |
| 2025-11-24 | 2025-26 | CBJ | 1 | WSH | 5 | |
| 2025-10-24 | 2025-26 | WSH | 5 | CBJ | 1 | |
| 2025-04-13 | 2024-25 | CBJ | 4 | WSH | 1 | |
| 2025-04-12 | 2024-25 | WSH | 0 | CBJ | 7 | |
| 2024-12-12 | 2024-25 | WSH | 2 | CBJ | 1 | OT |
| 2024-11-02 | 2024-25 | CBJ | 2 | WSH | 7 | |
| 2023-12-21 | 2023-24 | WSH | 3 | CBJ | 2 | OT |
| 2023-11-18 | 2023-24 | CBJ | 3 | WSH | 4 |