Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Friday, October 24, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

5–1

Final

SOG 30–35

ColumbusBlue JacketsHome

FDSNOH · MNMT2

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 on Friday, October 24, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 35-30.

Goals came from John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin, Justin Sourdif, Denton Mateychuk, Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael.

Logan Thompson made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 25 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	4	5	30
CBJ	0	0	1	1	35

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

John Carlson (2)Connor McMichael (2), Hendrix Lapierre (2)1–018:19 WSH

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (2)Dylan Strome (8)2–001:36 WSH
Justin Sourdif (1)Ryan Leonard (1), Logan Thompson (1)3–002:40 WSH
Denton Mateychuk (2)Sean Monahan (2), Dmitri Voronkov (4)3–110:20 CBJ
Tom Wilson (5)Ethen Frank (1), John Carlson (5)Fantilli 1:24 into shift4–115:39 WSH · PPG
Connor McMichael (1)Alex Ovechkin (5), Aliaksei Protas (5)5–116:37 WSH · PPG

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:24

4–1 · 3rd 15:39 · Wilson. Fantilli was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 WSH

2nd 18:19 · Carlson

Werenski 0:38

Fresh legsWerenski 0:38

2–0 WSH

3rd 1:36 · Ovechkin

Severson 0:32

Fresh legsSeverson 0:32

3–0 WSH

3rd 2:40 · Sourdif

Gudbranson 0:26

Fresh legsGudbranson 0:26

3–1 CBJ

3rd 10:20 · Mateychuk

Fehérváry 0:49

NormalFehérváry 0:49

4–1 WSH

3rd 15:39 · PP · Wilson

Long shift: Fantilli 1:24

Long shiftFantilli 1:24

5–1 WSH

3rd 16:37 · PP · McMichael

Mateychuk 0:58

NormalMateychuk 0:58

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHCBJ

30Shots on goal35

53%Faceoff %47%

2/5Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes9

23Hits25

11Blocked shots7

18Giveaways12

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 16:04Dmitri Voronkov · slashing2 min
1st 19:54Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
2nd 04:52Kirill Marchenko · holding the stick2 min
2nd 10:18Ethen Frank · slashing2 min
3rd 06:19Hendrix Lapierre · slashing2 min
3rd 12:35Mathieu Olivier · elbowing5 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	–	18:15
24Connor McMichaelC	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	57	14:45
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	25:43
9Ryan LeonardR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	12:31
17Dylan StromeC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	57	17:33
21Aliaksei ProtasC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	33	17:51
29Hendrix LapierreC	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	–	11:37
34Justin SourdifR	1	0	1	+1	1	5	0	0	71	09:52
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	20:29
53Ethen FrankC	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	–	12:18
22Brandon DuhaimeR	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	13:41
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	46	14:28
72Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	13:05
3Matt RoyD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	18:33
6Jakob ChychrunD	0	0	0	+1	6	2	0	0	–	25:19
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	21:54
47Declan ChisholmD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:16
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:50

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48Logan ThompsonG	W	35	34	1	.971	60:00
79Charlie LindgrenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	2	–	16:45
23Sean MonahanC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	55	18:09
5Denton MateychukD	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:25
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	63	15:09
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	13:47
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	60	15:29
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	22	13:28
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	5	–	14:11
27Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	11:47
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-1	1	4	3	0	25	14:50
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	09:03
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	2	–	19:06
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:40
8Zach WerenskiD	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	24:33
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	24:16
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	12:46
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	17:24
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	–	17:35

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG	L	30	25	5	.833	59:37
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		0	0	0	–	00:00