January 31 vs Blue Jackets at Nationwide ArenaTime: 7:00 TV: NBCSW Radio: 106.7 FM Washington Capitals 26-20-6 PP% 20.6(19th) PK% 81.3(8th) Faceoff% 49.7(19th) Columbus Blue Jackets 15-32-3 PP% 16.5(28th) PK% 76.7(21st) Faceoff% 47.7(26th)Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Johansson 90 - Backstrom 19 - Oshie(A) 77
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk57
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - Fehervary 42
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Strome, Sheary, Kuznetsov, Orlov, van Riemsdyk
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Wilson 43 - day to day - lower body
IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/ear
Blue Jackets anticipated lines: Gaudreau 13 - Jenner(C) 38 - Laine 29
Johnson 91 - Sillinger 34 - Marchenko 86
Foudy 19 - Roslovic 96 - Bemstrom 52
Robinson 50 - Kuraly 7 - Olivier 24
Gavrikov 4 - Peeke 2
Berni 75 - Gudbranson 44
Bayreuther 15 - Bjork 47
Korpisalo 70
Merzlikins 90 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Garrett Rank 4, Pierre Lambert 37
Justin Johnson 57, Ryan Galloway 82
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-finish-trip-in-columbus/c-340604570scoring summary 1st period: Hathaway(8 from Eller(9) and Jensen(20) at 5:06
van Riemsdyk(5) from Aubé-Kubel(5) at 14:28
Peeke from Laine at 14:40
2nd period: van Riemsdyk(6) from Kuznetsov(36) and Gustafsson(21) at 8:26
Robinson from Olivier at 11:03
3rd period: Gaudreau from Bayreuther at 12:44
OT:Kuznetsov(7) from Johansson(14) and Gustafsson(22) at :26
Caps win 4-3