Photo: @Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets by a score of 3-2 on Monday at Nationwide Arena in the team’s penultimate game of the preseason two nights after Columbus handed them a 7-4 defeat in the District. Washington improved to 2-3-0 in exhibition play. Goaltender Logan Thompson played the entire game, making 24 saves.

Washington’s Lines

Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano — Hendrix Lapierre — Aliaksei Protas
Jakub Vrana — Michael Sgarbossa — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Alexander Alexeyev — Dylan McIlrath

Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

• Scratched
  • N/A
• Notes
  • Sandin made his preseason debut
  • Washington did not dress their top forward line nor defense pairing

Columbus’ Lines

Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson — Luca Del Bel Belluz — James Van Riemsdyk
James Malatesta — Hunter McKown — Gavin Brindley
Mikael Pyythia — Owen Sillinger — Trey Fix-Wolansky

Zach Werenski — Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov — Erik Gudbranson
Denton Mateychuk — Jake Christiansen

Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves

• Scratched
  • N/A

First Period

Scoring

• 6:49, 1-0 Washington: After Duhaime won a battle to the loose puck at the blueline, he chipped it to Dowd on the backhand. Dowd skated to the left circle, stepped in, and ripped one off of the post and in glove side.

no doubt we like dowder’s line pic.twitter.com/4ql8qRt1xa

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) September 30, 2024

• 7:12, 1-1: Marchenko hustled up the gut, fed Mateychuk down the left wing, and Mateychuk ripped a shot under the glove of Thompson.

MATEYCHUK WITH THE EQUALIZER💥@FanaticsBook | #CBJ pic.twitter.com/ozOh803ekP

— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) September 30, 2024

Stats

• 9-7 Washington in shots
• 10-8 Washington in hits
• 8-6 Washington in blocked shots
• 8-6 Washington in giveaways
• 3-0 Washington in takeaways
• no power plays

Screenshots: Natural StatTrick

Second Period

Scoring

• 0:48, 2-1 Washington: Van Riemsdyk’s wrister off of the draw went off of Wilson’s foot and through the five-hole of Tarasov.

nice tip-in from tom pic.twitter.com/QBiAuFAaJr

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 1, 2024

• 19:59, 3-1 (PPG): Dubois hammered a slapper into a wide open net to beat the buzzer after getting a cross-crease feed from Wilson after Miroshnichenko won a loose puck in the left dot.

Backdoor score for the buzzer beater! pic.twitter.com/Dvg8ZPGW2c

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 1, 2024

Stats

• 24-16 Washington in shots
  • Including 15-9 in period
• Washington scored once on three power plays
  • Columbus did not on their only opportunity
• 16-15 Columbus in hits
• 12-7 Washington in blocked shots
• 20-13 Washington in giveaways
• 4-2 Washington in takeaways

Third Period

Scoring

• 14:58, 3-2: Del Bel Belluz snapped a wrister over the blocker of Thompson from the right dot after getting a feed from the top by Van Riemsdyk and Columbus entered the offensive zone.

LDBB buries one! 💥@FanaticsBook | #CBJ pic.twitter.com/sCzFfcNfCf

— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) October 1, 2024

Stats

• 26-26 in shots
  • 10-2 Columbus in the third
• Washington finished with four power plays
  • Columbus one
• 19-18 Columbus in hits
• 18-12 Washington in blocked shots
• 29-16 Washington in giveaways
• 5-4 Columbus in takeaways

Next game: Saturday vs. Boston Bruins (5 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network locally, NHL Network nationally)

By Harrison Brown