5-6-0, 1-3-0 Away

8-4-0, 6-2-0 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	4	0	1	3.29	.884
C. Talbot	3	2	0	0	2.83	.894

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Thompson	5	3	0	0	2.78	.903
C. Lindgren	3	1	0	0	2.98	.887

Capital One Arena

1:00 AM, 27 December 2026

Washington, DC

CBJ

WSH

Points

Kent JohnsonC #91

11PTS

Alex TuchRW #89

12PTS

10G

Goals

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

24S

Alex TuchRW #89

10G

0PPG

33S

Assists

Zach WerenskiD #8

2PPA

5+/-

Dylan StromeC #17

2PPA

4+/-

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Vincent Desharnais D	IR	5 Dec
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-LT	26 Dec
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	14 Nov

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CBJ	2.45	3.27	25.6	28.0	102	4	13.3	9	74.3	0	0
WSH	3.58	3.08	27.8	28.0	115	6	18.2	8	79.5	1	0

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
29/10/26	@CAR	L3-2
27/10/26	@PHI	W4-3 OT
25/10/26	vsVGK	W2-1 OT
21/10/26	vsTOR	L6-2
18/10/26	@MIN	L2-1

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@NSH	W4-3
28/10/26	vsPHI	W5-2
25/10/26	vsBUF	W4-3 OT
21/10/26	vsLA	L5-2
17/10/26	vsNJ	W4-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/26

Blue Jackets
Capitals

Game 1

27/12

Capitals
Blue Jackets

Game 2

31/12

Blue Jackets
Capitals

Game 3

3/4

Capitals
Blue Jackets

Game 4

7/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	11	2	2	24
Washington	8	4	0	16
New Jersey	8	5	0	16
NY Islanders	7	4	2	16
NY Rangers	7	6	1	15
Pittsburgh	5	6	2	12
Columbus	5	6	0	10
Philadelphia	3	8	4	10

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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals

Scoring Leaders

Kent JohnsonC #91

Alex TuchRW #89

Kent JohnsonC #91

Alex TuchRW #89

Zach WerenskiD #8

Dylan StromeC #17

Injury Report

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