Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (21-41-7) at Washington Capitals (33-31-7) – 21 Mar 2023 – 07:00PM EDT

#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (21-41-7) at Washington [](/r/caps) Capitals (33-31-7)

#Capital One Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|##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=2022021121) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021121) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021121)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021121) – [Boxscore](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021121) – [Recap](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021121)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021121)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Dylan Strome|Conor Sheary|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Patrik Laine|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/caps)|T.J. Oshie|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Tom Wilson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|
|[](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Nicklas Backstrom|Craig Smith|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Cole Sillinger|Emil Bemstrom|
|[](/r/caps)|Aliaksei Protas|Nic Dowd|Nicolas Aube-Kubel|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Lane Pederson|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/caps)|Alexander Alexeyev|Martin Fehervary|[](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/caps)|Matt Irwin|Gabriel Carlsson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|
|[](/r/caps)|Zach Fucale|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|19 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Kuznetsov (upper body) is considered day-to-day, Roman Stubbs of The Washington Post reports.|unknown|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|18 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Kuemper (upper body) is considered day-to-day and won’t be in the lineup Sunday against the Minnesota Wild.|unknown|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Nick Jensen|15 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Jensen (upper body) will not play Sunday against the Minnesota Wild, Roman Stubbs of The Washington Post reports.|unknown|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Kody Clark||Quadriceps|IR-NR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Connor Brown|10 Mar 2023|Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Carl Hagelin|16 Feb 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|20 Feb 2023|Head|IR-LT|Carlson, who suffered a fractured skull and a severed temporal artery when he took a slap shot to the face Dec. 23 versus the Winnipeg Jets, could return to action as soon as Thursday versus the Chicago Blackhawks, Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic reports.|23 Mar 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|07 Mar 2023|Personal|DTD|Merzlikins (personal) is on his way to Latvia to be with his seriously ill grandmother on Friday, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Sean Kuraly|03 Mar 2023|Oblique|OUT|Kuraly suffered an oblique injury in practice Thursday and will miss the next six weeks.|14 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|03 Mar 2023|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Capitals](/r/caps)|71|33|31|7|73|51.4|3.0845|3.04225|21.3|83.0|31.43661|30.38028|50.1|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|69|21|41|7|49|35.5|2.62318|3.85507|18.5|76.2|29.73913|35.21739|48.3|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|G|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|39|[](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|23|
|A|[](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|39|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|46|
|P|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|68|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|63|
|+/-|[](/r/caps)|Trevor van Riemsdyk|11|[](/r/bluejackets)|Billy Sweezey|1|
|PIM|[](/r/caps)|T.J. Oshie|57|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|81|
|TOI|[](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|24:56|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

#In-Game Updates

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|Time Clock|
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|1st – 20:00|

###Boxscore

|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
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|[](/r/bluejackets)|0|–|–|0|
|[](/r/caps)|0|–|–|0|

###Team Stats

|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|0|0|0|0.0%|0|0|0/0|
|[](/r/caps)|0|0|0|0.0%|0|0|0/0|

###Goal Summary

|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
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###Penalty Summary

|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
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