Washington 4th Metropolitan40-31-6-5

Columbus 8th Metropolitan27-43-10-2

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Capitals vs Blue Jackets Game Overview

WAS vs CLBRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
WAS	16-9-4	13-16-0	9-19-1	7-5-2	9-4-2
CLB	11-18-5	20-14-0	19-14-1	4-9-3	7-9-2

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

8-2

Over / Under

7-3-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Nov 18, '23	WAS	4 - 3	WAS -149	o6.5	26	36	0-2	0-3
Nov 04, '23	WAS	2 - 1	WAS -143	u6.5	27	35	0-3	0-4
Mar 21, '23	WAS	7 - 6 (OT)	CLB +209	o6.5	37	39	0-1	1-1
Jan 31, '23	CLB	4 - 3 (OT)	WAS -200	o6.5	34	34	0-1	0-1
Jan 08, '23	WAS	1 - 0	WAS -363	u6.5	19	38	0-2	0-2
Jan 05, '23	CLB	6 - 2	WAS -210	o6.5	27	37	0-1	2-2
Mar 17, '22	CLB	7 - 2	WAS -198	o6.5	41	33	1-5	2-5
Feb 08, '22	WAS	5 - 4	CLB +215	o6.5	33	26	1-4	2-3
Dec 04, '21	WAS	3 - 1	WAS -219	u6.0	32	18	0-1	0-0
Nov 12, '21	CLB	4 - 3	WAS -137	o5.5	29	28	0-2	0-1

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-3-0-2

Over / Under

4-5-1

$118

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 20, '23	NYI	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -115	u6.0	36	32	1-3	0-3
Dec 17, '23	@ CAR	W 2 - 1 (SO)	W +205	u6.0	21	29	0-2	0-5
Dec 16, '23	@ NAS	L 1 - 3	L +120	u6.0	22	23	1-4	1-3
Dec 14, '23	@ PHI	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L +114	o6.0	30	32	1-3	0-5
Dec 10, '23	@ CHI	W 4 - 2	W -165	p6.0	27	34	0-3	0-6
Dec 09, '23	NYR	W 4 - 0	W +176	u6.0	29	31	0-3	0-1
Dec 07, '23	DAL	L 4 - 5 (SO)	L +128	o6.0	27	38	1-3	1-1
Dec 04, '23	@ ARI	L 0 - 6	L +113	o5.5	26	27	0-4	2-4
Dec 02, '23	@ VEG	L 1 - 4	L +169	u5.5	22	35	0-1	1-4
Nov 30, '23	@ ANA	W 5 - 4	W -111	o6.0	26	32	2-6	0-5

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 23, '23	TB	L 1-3	L -103	u6.0
Dec 27, '23	@ NYR	W 3-2 (OT)	W -101	u6.0
Dec 29, '23	@ NYI	W 3-1	W -100	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-5-1-0

Over / Under

7-3-0

$48

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 19, '23	@ BUF	W 9 - 4	W +166	o7.0	34	29	1-2	1-3
Dec 16, '23	NJ	L 3 - 6	L +200	o7.0	26	29	1-4	1-2
Dec 14, '23	@ TOR	W 6 - 5 (OT)	W +203	o6.5	35	48	1-2	1-2
Dec 10, '23	FLA	L 2 - 5	L +211	o6.5	19	33	0-2	1-2
Dec 08, '23	STL	W 5 - 2	W +135	o6.5	22	43	1-2	0-3
Dec 07, '23	@ NYI	L 3 - 7	L +162	o6.5	35	36	0-1	1-2
Dec 05, '23	LA	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +184	o6.0	29	39	1-1	0-2
Dec 03, '23	@ BOS	L 1 - 3	L +223	u6.5	25	28	0-4	2-6
Dec 01, '23	OTT	W 4 - 2	W +144	u6.5	23	43	2-2	1-5
Nov 29, '23	MON	L 2 - 4	L -127	u6.5	28	30	0-1	0-0

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 23, '23	TOR	L 0-5	L +153	u6.5
Dec 27, '23	@ NJ	L 1-2	L +112	u5.5
Dec 29, '23	TOR	L 0-5	L +153	u6.5

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WAS vs CLBInjury report

Washington's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
N. Backstrom	C	Out - Hip( Nov 07, '23)	Nov 07, '23
The Washington Capitals placed F Nicklas Backstrom on Injured Reserve.

Washington Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	0	T.J. Oshie

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	0	Hardy Haman Aktell
D	2	Vincent Iorio
D	3	Nick Jensen
G	35	Darcy Kuemper
D	38	Rasmus Sandin
D	42	Martin Fehervary
D	52	Dylan McIlrath
D	56	Alexander Alexeyev
D	57	Trevor van Riemsdyk
D	74	John Carlson
D	78	Lucas Johansen
G	79	Charlie Lindgren

Columbus's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
K. Johnson	F	Out - Shoulder( Mar 02, '24)	Mar 02, '24
The Columbus Blue Jackets placed F Kent Johnson on injured reserve.
P. Laine	F	Out - Personal( Jan 27, '24)	Jan 27, '24
Laine entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and will be out indefinitely.

Columbus Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	0	Johnny Gaudreau
C	52	Sean Kuraly
RW	86	Kirill Marchenko

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Zach Werenski
D	9	Ivan Provorov
D	24	Jake Bean
D	34	Adam Boqvist
D	37	Nick Blankenburg
D	44	Erik Gudbranson
D	55	David Jiricek
G	73	Jet Greaves
D	78	Damon Severson
G	90	Elvis Merzlikins

W/L

3-1-0-1

GAA

2.20

Save %

.924

Washington Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Kuemper	Dec 20, 2023	WAS 3 - NYI 2 (OT)	W	2	32	.938	-	W -115	u6.0
D.Kuemper	Dec 17, 2023	CAR 1 - WAS 2 (SO)	W	1	29	.966	-	W +205	u6.0
C.Lindgren	Dec 16, 2023	NAS 3 - WAS 1	L	3	23	.870	-	L +120	u6.0
C.Lindgren	Dec 14, 2023	PHI 4 - WAS 3 (SO)	-	3	32	.906	-	L +114	o6.0
D.Kuemper	Dec 10, 2023	CHI 2 - WAS 4	W	2	34	.941	-	W -165	p6.0

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

3.80

Save %

.890

Columbus Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Tarasov	Dec 19, 2023	BUF 4 - CLB 9	W	4	29	.862	-	W +166	o7.0
D.Tarasov	Dec 16, 2023	CLB 3 - NJ 6	L	5	29	.828	-	L +200	o7.0
E.Merzlikins	Dec 14, 2023	TOR 5 - CLB 6 (OT)	W	5	48	.896	-	W +203	o6.5
J.Greaves	Dec 10, 2023	CLB 2 - FLA 5	L	3	33	.909	-	L +211	o6.5
J.Greaves	Dec 8, 2023	CLB 5 - STL 2	W	2	43	.953	-	W +135	o6.5

WAS vs CLBStats

Offense vs Defense

WASWashington Offense
CLBColumbus Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.45	Total	3.62
0.76	1st Period	0.85
0.93	2nd Period	0.94
0.66	3rd Period	1.71
0.07	OT	0.12

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.79	Total	34.15
9.10	1st Period	10.18
9.76	2nd Period	11.47
8.45	3rd Period	12.09
0.48	OT	0.41

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.09	Total	0.89
0.08	1st Period	0.92
0.10	2nd Period	0.92
0.08	3rd Period	0.86
0.14	OT	0.71

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
9 - 85	G/Att vs. GA/Att	15 - 93
10.59	PP % vs. PK %	83.87

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Washington Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Darcy Kuemper	449	404	0.900	8-6-2
Charlie Lindgren	387	358	0.925	6-3-2
Hunter Shepard	59	54	0.915	2-0-0
Clay Stevenson	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Capitals vs Blue Jackets Game Overview

WAS vs CLBRecords

WAS vs CLBRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

WAS vs CLB Preview

WAS vs CLBInjury report

Washington's Injuries

Washington Starters Last Game

Columbus's Injuries

Columbus Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

WAS vs CLBStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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