Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · Nationwide Arena
MNMT · BSOH
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 36-32.
Anthony Mantha scored twice. Cole Sillinger, Egor Chinakhov and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Charlie Lindgren made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anthony Mantha (8)Alex Ovechkin (14), John Carlson (16)1–018:24 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Cole Sillinger (3)Emil Bemstrom (5), Johnny Gaudreau (15)1–115:18 CBJ- Anthony Mantha (9)Aliaksei Protas (12), John Carlson (17)2–117:24 WSH
3rd period
Egor Chinakhov (9)Dmitri Voronkov (11), Erik Gudbranson (9)2–212:49 CBJ
OT period
Alex Ovechkin (6)Dylan Strome (7), John Carlson (18)3–204:07 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHCBJ
32Shots on goal36
54%Faceoff %46%
2/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
9Hits11
15Blocked shots21
2Giveaways3
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 09:20
Beck Malenstyn · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 17:02
David Jiricek · interference2 min - 2nd 06:41Alexandre Texier · tripping2 min
- OT 02:42Elvis Merzlikins · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 26:10 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 21:08 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:36 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 45Matthew PhillipsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 63Ivan MiroshnichenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 64:07 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 4Cole SillingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 11Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:10 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:43 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 25:02 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:58 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer MartinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | O | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 64:07 |