Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Thursday, October 5, 2023 · Nationwide Arena

4–2

38–22

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 38–22.

Goals came from Beck Malenstyn, Aliaksei Protas, Brendan Gaunce, Riley Sutter, Hendrix Lapierre and Marcus Bjork.

Charlie Lindgren made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Spencer Martin stopped 34 of 37.

Goals
WSH	2	0	2	4	38
CBJ	0	1	1	2	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Beck Malenstyn (1)Riley Sutter (2), Alexander Alexeyev (1)1–008:14 WSH
Aliaksei Protas (1)Chase Priskie (1)2–012:04 WSH

2nd period

Brendan Gaunce (1)Unassisted2–101:25 CBJ

3rd period

Riley Sutter (1)Connor McMichael (1)3–114:55 WSH ·
Hendrix Lapierre (1)Unassisted4–117:51 WSH ·
Marcus Bjork (1)Stefan Matteau (1)4–218:51 CBJ

Team stats

WSHCBJ

3822

47%53%

0/10/2

1722

2010

Penalties

7:57 into the second periodAlex Limoges · tripping2 min
19:35 into the second periodDylan McIlrath · fighting5 min
19:35 into the second periodMathieu Olivier · fighting5 min
4:59 into the third periodBilly Sweezey · interference2 min
13:50 into the third periodHardy Haman Aktell · slashing2 min

Capitals vs Blue Jackets head-to-head →

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

61Riley SutterR	1	1	2	+2	3	1	2	0	38	0	0	21	14:27
21Aliaksei ProtasC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	33	0	0	19	12:59
24Connor McMichaelC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	79	0	0	18	15:28
29Hendrix LapierreC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	28	0	0	22	17:58
47Beck MalenstynL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	2	0	–	0	0	19	11:58
27Alexander AlexeyevD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	4	0	–	0	0	26	23:12
56Chase PriskieD	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	0	0	23	18:04
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	1	1	21	17:29
39Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	1	17	16:07
45Matthew PhillipsR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	16	15:44
53Ethen FrankC	0	0	0	+2	4	1	1	0	–	1	0	16	12:33
55Alex LimogesC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	0	0	16	11:54
63Ivan MiroshnichenkoL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	18:08
96Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50	0	0	19	13:01
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	1	0	25	21:28
4Hardy Haman AktellD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	0	1	24	20:40
25Dylan McIlrathD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	5	–	0	0	21	16:20
46Lucas JohansenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	22	18:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	.000	00:00
79Charlie LindgrenG	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

16Brendan GaunceC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	55	0	0	21	17:11
25Stefan MatteauC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	15	12:20
47Marcus BjorkD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	23	18:00
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	20	16:34
19Liam FoudyC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	13:14
21Josh DunneC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	43	1	0	16	13:33
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	5	–	1	0	16	13:28
41Hunter McKownC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	22	2	0	16	13:24
43Justin PearsonL	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	0	–	0	1	19	14:27
64Trey Fix-WolanskyR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	20	18:46
67James MalatestaL	0	0	0	−3	6	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	18:29
72Carson MeyerR	0	0	0	−1	3	3	1	0	–	0	0	14	11:06
96Jack RoslovicC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	72	0	3	21	19:24
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	3	0	–	3	0	26	20:45
6Billy SweezeyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	1	1	21	17:55
23Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	21	19:28
27Adam BoqvistD	0	0	0	−3	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	23	20:42
77Nick BlankenburgD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	1	24	20:07

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Spencer MartinG	L	37	34	3	.919	59:07
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	.000	00:00