Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Thu, Dec 21, 2023 · Nationwide Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final/OT

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in overtime on Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. Anthony Mantha scored twice. Charlie Lindgren made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	1	3	32
CBJ	0	1	1	0	2	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	18:24	WSH	PP	Anthony Mantha (8) · tip-in	Alex Ovechkin (14), John Carlson (16)	1–0
2nd	15:18	CBJ	EV	Cole Sillinger (3) · tip-in	Emil Bemstrom (5), Johnny Gaudreau (15)	1–1
2nd	17:24	WSH	EV	Anthony Mantha (9) · wrist	Aliaksei Protas (12), John Carlson (17)	2–1
3rd	12:49	CBJ	EV	Egor Chinakhov (9) · wrist	Dmitri Voronkov (11), Erik Gudbranson (9)	2–2
OT	04:07	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (6) · wrist	Dylan Strome (7), John Carlson (18)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:20	WSH	Beck Malenstyn	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	17:02	CBJ	David Jiricek	interference	2
2nd	06:41	CBJ	Alexandre Texier	tripping	2
OT	02:42	CBJ	Elvis Merzlikins	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.59 · CBJ 2.66 · xG% WSH 57.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	3	3	+1	0	3	0	4		26:10	28
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	-1	0	7	1	0		21:08	21
39	Anthony Mantha	R	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		14:49	17
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	1	55.6	21:36	20
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		13:36	18
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		22:14	24
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		20:06	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1		19:18	20
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:17	20
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	100.0	18:29	22
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		17:40	17
47	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		17:38	22
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	61.1	17:21	22
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		15:28	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	45.5	14:41	17
45	Matthew Phillips	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:11	14
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	57.1	10:28	13
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:36	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	W	36	34	2	.944	64:07

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	5		22:52	26
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		20:05	20
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1		19:15	22
4	Cole Sillinger	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	38.5	17:08	21
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	38.9	16:34	21
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	4		15:26	20
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	8	0	1		25:02	27
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		22:58	23
11	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	58.8	20:10	20
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	100.0	19:22	22
17	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	40.0	18:28	22
2	Andrew Peeke	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		18:24	19
55	David Jiricek	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		18:03	19
22	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		16:18	18
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:59	20
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	33.3	9:53	11
42	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		8:19	11
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		5:43	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	OTL	32	29	3	.906	64:07