The Washington Capitals fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-1, Sunday night time at Capital One Area. The loss drops the Capitals’ file to 50-21-9 (109 factors) on the season. The Capitals have now misplaced seven of their final 10 video games. The Blue Jackets outscored the Capitals 11-1 of their weekend set.
LINEUP
Charlie Lindgren (19-13-3, 2.74 GAA, .896 sv%) received the beginning between the pipes for the Capitals. Jet Greaves (4-2-2, 2.71 GAA, .920 sv%) received the beginning in purpose for the visiting Blue Jackets. The beginning ahead strains and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome —Anthony BeauvillierConnor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom WilsonAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Ryan LeonardBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Rasmus Sandin — Matt RoyJakob Chychrun — Trevor Van RiemsdykMartin Fehervary — Dylan McIlrath
Charlie LindgrenHunter Shepard
Scratches: John Carlson, Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank.
Injured: Logan Thompson (upper-body), Aliaksei Protas (lower-body), Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (again).
1ST PERIOD
The Capitals opened the scoring rapidly with Alex Ovechkin’s forty-third purpose of the season, simply 1:10 into the competition. Dylan Strome (52) had the lone helper.
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— z – Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 13, 2025
Ovechkin has scored a purpose in 35 of the 63 video games (55.6%) he has performed on this season. Ovechkin’s purpose is his first profession purpose in opposition to Jet Greaves, the 184th completely different goaltender he has scored on in his profession. Greaves is the ninth new goaltender Ovechkin has scored on this season.
Strome, who leads Washington in assists and factors, has tallied 10 factors (3g, 7a) in his final eight video games. Strome has assisted on 22 of Ovechkin’s 43 objectives this season and 48 of Ovechkin’s 116 objectives since becoming a member of the Capitals forward of the 2022-23 season, essentially the most of any teammate in that span.
The Jackets tied it up late within the first body on a snipe by Zach Werenski (22) at 14:36. I. Provorov (25) and S. Monahan (35) had the helpers.
Z FINDS A WAY AND WE ARE TIED!
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— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 13, 2025
The rating remained tied 1-1 on the first intermission. The Blue Jackets led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 19-14, and anticipated objectives for, 0.65 to 0.48
2ND PERIOD
The Blue Jackets took their first lead of the night time early within the center body. Adam Fantilli (28) capitalized on a Capitals turnover to provide Columbus a 2-1 lead.
MO CAPITALIZES ON THE TURNOVER!
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— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 13, 2025
And that was it for the center body. The Capitals led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 22-14, and anticipated objectives for, 1.23 to 0.39.
3RD PERIOD
The Blue Jackets prolonged their result in 3-1 early within the closing body. Adam Fantilli (29) notched his second tally of the sport at 1:57. Ok. Johnson (33) and J. van Riemsdyk (19) had the assists.
THAT PASS!
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— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 14, 2025
The Blue Jackets made it 4-1 on a turnover and breakaway by Dmitri Voronkov (22) at 15:48.
BIG BOSS WITH A BIG RIP!
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— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 14, 2025
And that may be the ultimate.
