#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (12-24-2) at Washington [](/r/caps) Capitals (22-14-6)
#Capital One Arena
**[Comment with all tables](/r/caps/comments/106l9ll/game_thread_columbus_blue_jackets_12242_at/j3h24s9/)**
##Time
|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|02:00PM|03:00PM|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:
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|TV|NBCSWA, BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [WSH](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999115)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020639) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020639) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020639)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020639) – [Boxscore](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020639) – [Recap](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020639)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020639)|
#In-Game Updates
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###Projected Lineups
||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Nicklas Backstrom|Tom Wilson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Kent Johnson|Emil Bemstrom|
|[](/r/caps)|Conor Sheary|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Dylan Strome|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gustav Nyquist|Jack Roslovic|Patrik Laine|
|[](/r/caps)|Marcus Johansson|Lars Eller|T.J. Oshie|[](/r/bluejackets)|Carson Meyer|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|
|[](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|Nic Dowd|Garnet Hathaway|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Cole Sillinger|Kirill Marchenko|
||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[](/r/bluejackets)|Vladislav Gavrikov|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/caps)|Dmitry Orlov|Nick Jensen|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|Matt Irwin|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Marcus Bjork|
||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[](/r/bluejackets)|Joonas Korpisalo|
###Injuries
||Player|Injury|Date|Status|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|Hip|18 Jun 2022|Indefinitely|
|[](/r/caps)|Alexander Alexeyev|Shoulder|18 Jun 2022|Day-to-Day|
|[](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|Knee|04 May 2022|Indefinitely|
|[](/r/caps)|Carl Hagelin|Eye|01 Mar 2022|Indefinitely|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|None
###Team Stats
|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Capitals](/r/caps)|42|22|14|6|50|59.5|3.30952|2.7619|22.3|81.3|31.71428|30.23809|49.5|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|38|12|24|2|26|34.2|2.60526|3.94736|16.3|76.1|28.8421|35.52631|48.2|
###Team Leaders
|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|29|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|11|
|A|[](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|30|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|27|
|P|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|48|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|38|
|+/-|[](/r/caps)|Dmitry Orlov|10|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kirill Marchenko|4|
|PIM|[](/r/caps)|Garnet Hathaway|41|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|49|
|TOI|[](/r/caps)|John Carlson|23:23|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|
### Goalie Breakdown
||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|25|25|11|9|4|3|2.55|0.9162|
|[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|19|17|11|5|2|0|2.59|0.91198|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Joonas Korpisalo|17|15|6|7|1|0|3.09|0.91271|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|15|12|4|9|0|0|4.78|0.86136|
###Season Series
|Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|08 Oct 2022|[](/r/bluejackets)|[](/r/caps)|07:00PM EDT|CBJ (3) – WSH (4)|
|05 Jan 2023|[](/r/caps)|[](/r/bluejackets)|07:00PM EST|WSH (6) – CBJ (2)|
|08 Jan 2023|[](/r/bluejackets)|[](/r/caps)|05:00PM EST|NBCSWA, BSOH|
|31 Jan 2023|[](/r/caps)|[](/r/bluejackets)|07:00PM EST|BSOH, NBCSWA|
|21 Mar 2023|[](/r/bluejackets)|[](/r/caps)|07:00PM EDT|NBCSWA+, BSOH|
Mantha, NAK and Irwin are your scratches today. Per Tarik
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1612094212371091459?t=FUZc7OEC1WW7oRD0OmuKzQ&s=19
Scratching Mantha seems nuts, but what do I know. Hopefully it’s just one game/message sender. If Backstrom looks reasonable I’d honestly rather sit Eller and play Strome at C where he’s played well. Love Eller and will never forget the game 5 goal, but my guess is that’s what puts the most complete team on the ice (again assuming Backstrom is at least 60-70% of what he used to be).
Try…
Ovi-Strome-Sheary
Milano-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Mantha-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Dowd-Hathaway
have a game at 5:30 today, gonna miss a huge chunk of Willy’s and Backy’s return and im upset
what a great day for Washington sports. Despite the Commanders being out of it, we get to witness what i hope will be the debut of a real contender for franchise QB in Sam Howell (hope he plays well but not well enough to screw up our draft position) AND THEN we get to witness the return of Wilson and Backstrom
talk about a great double header. Bless the knees
Why is this game at five?