Game

Capitals at Blue Jackets

Capitals 5, Blue Jackets 1 · first star Logan Thompson (0 GA, .971 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Capitals WSH

5 FINAL 1

Blue Jackets CBJ

Friday, October 24, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	1	4	5	30
Blue Jackets	0	0	1	1	35

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Blue Jackets attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 30, CBJ 35.

WSH in red CBJ in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 30 shots on goal (5 goals, 14 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Blue Jackets 35 shots on goal (1 goal, 19 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT
1st	12	0	21	12	0	23
2nd	2	1	10	10	0	22
3rd	16	4	22	13	1	21
Total	30	5	53	35	1	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	CBJ SOG	CBJ G
Even strength	20	3	30	1
Power play	10	2	4	0
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Blue Jackets took 55.5% of the shot attempts, and 57.8% of the 90 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Blue Jackets and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Blue Jackets
Period	CBJ CF%	CBJ FF%
1st	52.3	52.8
2nd	68.8	70.8
3rd	48.8	47.4
Game	55.5	55.1

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

18:19 John Carlson (2) Connor McMichael (2), Hendrix Lapierre (2) · slap 1–0

3rd period

01:36 Alex Ovechkin (2) Dylan Strome (8) · wrist 2–0
02:40 Justin Sourdif (1) Ryan Leonard (1), Logan Thompson (1) · snap 3–0
10:20 Denton Mateychuk (2) Sean Monahan (2), Dmitri Voronkov (4) · wrist 3–1
15:39 Tom Wilson (5) PP Ethen Frank (1), John Carlson (5) · backhand 4–1
16:37 Connor McMichael (1) PP Alex Ovechkin (5), Aliaksei Protas (5) · bat 5–1

Three stars

Logan Thompson WSH · G #48 · 0 GA, .971 SV%
Alex Ovechkin WSH · L #8 · 1 G, 1 A
John Carlson WSH · D #74 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:04	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	slashing	2	Jakob Chychrun
1st	19:54	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2	Ivan Provorov
2nd	04:52	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	holding the stick	2	Jakob Chychrun
2nd	10:18	WSH	Ethen Frank	slashing	2	Zach Werenski
3rd	06:19	WSH	Hendrix Lapierre	slashing	2	Damon Severson
3rd	12:35	CBJ	Mathieu Olivier	elbowing (major)	5	Declan Chisholm

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	18:15
Connor McMichael #24	L	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	57.1	14:45
John Carlson #74	D	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	0.0	25:43
Justin Sourdif #34	C	1	0	1	+1	1	5	0	0	71.4	09:52
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	20:29
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	57.1	17:33
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	0.0	11:37
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	33.3	17:51
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	12:18
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	12:31
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	46.2	14:28
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0.0	13:41
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	13:05
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:16
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	+1	6	2	0	0	0.0	25:19
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	0.0	21:54
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	0.0	18:33
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	10:50

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	35	34	1	.971	29/30	4/4	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	18:25
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	55.0	18:09
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	2	0.0	16:45
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	60.0	15:29
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	3	0	25.0	14:50
Charlie Coyle #3	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	62.5	15:09
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	13:47
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	22.2	13:28
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:40
Zachary Aston-Reese #27	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:47
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	09:03
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	2	0.0	19:06
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	5	0.0	14:11
Damon Severson #78	D	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	0.0	17:35
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:46
Erik Gudbranson #44	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	17:24
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	24:16
Zach Werenski #8	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0.0	24:33

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jet Greaves #73	L	30	25	5	.833	17/20	8/10	59:37

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.