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Photo: @CapitalsThe Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-3 (OT), at Capital One Arena on Saturday to finish the preseason 4-1-1. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper played the whole game, making 36 saves.
Capitals’ Lines vs. Blue Jackets
Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Connor Brown
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Anthony Mantha
Marcus Johansson — Connor McMichael — Conor Sheary
Joe Snively — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Lucas Johansen — Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Injured: RW T.J. Oshie (upper-body, day-to-day), D Dmitry Orlov (lower-body, day-to-day), C Lars Eller (illness, day-to-day)
First Period
Scoring
1-0 WSH, 9:56: Fehervary wristed a shot from out high and Mantha deflected it in front from the slot below the blocker of Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins.
Marty 🤝 Mo pic.twitter.com/QV6PVuCdwS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 8, 2022
1-1, 10:37: Right-wing Patrik Laine shifted forward in the slot after getting a stretch pass from the defensive zone by center Boone Jenner and ripped one under the blocker of Kuemper.
One more look at that Patty goal 🤯 https://t.co/V5NhMpfRWo pic.twitter.com/vsiZOcvW8A
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) October 9, 2022
2-1 CBJ, 14:58 (PPG): Right-wing Yegor Chinakov ripped a shot under the stick of Fehervary in front of him and past the blocker of Kuemper from the right circle.
Sweet Chinny Music 🎶🎶🎶 https://t.co/Syy6sR1Ze3 pic.twitter.com/Qq2xbpEEsg
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) October 8, 2022
2-2, 19:47 (PPG): Ovechkin blasted a slap shot through the arm of Merzlikins from above the left dot after Carlson slowed down Kuznetsov’s cross-ice feed in the slot.
HOLY SHMOLY pic.twitter.com/beSivA5nD8
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 8, 2022
Shots: 15-10 CBJ
Other notable stats: The Blue Jackets (one opportunity) and Capitals (two) each scored on the power-play. Columbus also won 67% of the faceoffs.
Second Period
Scoring
3-2 CBJ, 3:25: Center Sean Kuraly went up the gut after getting a pass from mid-ice before Carlson deflected his wrist shot past the glove of Kuemper.
KURALY FIRES AND SCORES 🔥 pic.twitter.com/AVOhxApwqb
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) October 9, 2022
3-3, 8:34: Dowd wristed one through the wickets of Merzlikins from the right dot after picking up a pass from Hathaway below the blueline and walking into the slot.
Squeaker pic.twitter.com/IJ5Syh6XJi
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 9, 2022
Shots: 26-19 CBJ (each team had 11 in the second)
Other notable stats: The Capitals went one-for-three while the Blue Jackets went one-for-four on the power-play while each team had seven giveaways. The Blue Jackets led 19-9 in hits and 12-11 in blocked shots through 40.
Third Period
Scoring
N/A
Shots: 39-31 CBJ (including 13-12 in third)
Other notable stats: Each team scored once on four power plays while the Capitals led 20-19 in blocked shots. The Blue Jackets led 22-13 in hits.
Overtime
Scoring
39 seconds, 4-3 WSH: Strome finished a cross-ice saucer pass on a two-on-one with Brown from the goal-crease blocker-side on Merzlikins.
strome sweet strome! pic.twitter.com/Jclc0BOFzj
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 9, 2022
Shots: 39-32 CBJ (1-0 WSH in overtime)
Next game: Wednesday vs. Boston Bruins (7 PM ET, TNT)
By Harrison Brown
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