Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (4-4-2) at Washington Capitals (4-4-1) – 04 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (4-4-2) at Washington [](/r/caps) Capitals (4-4-1)

#Capital One Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, MNMT|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020166) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020166/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020166/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020166/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Dylan Strome|Tom Wilson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Evgeny Kuznetsov|T.J. Oshie|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Adam Fantilli|Emil Bemstrom|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|Connor McMichael|Aliaksei Protas|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|Cole Sillinger|Kirill Marchenko|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Beck Malenstyn|Hendrix Lapierre|Matthew Phillips|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Justin Danforth|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|John Carlson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Damon Severson|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|David Jiricek|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alexander Alexeyev|Nick Jensen|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|01 Nov 2023|Hip|IR|Backstrom, who underwent hip surgery in 2022 but has been playing this season, announced Wednesday he would be temporarily stepping away from hockey to focus on his health. Additionally, Backstrom has been placed on injured reserve, per the NHL media site.|08 Nov 2023|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Nic Dowd|18 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Dowd (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday.|08 Nov 2023|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Joel Edmundson|26 Sep 2023|Hand|IR-LT|Fracture|08 Nov 2023|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Cam Allen||Shoulder|OUT|Surgery|02 Jan 2024|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|09 Oct 2023|Achilles|IR-LT|Pacioretty (Achilles) has yet to resume skating though coach Spencer Carbery told reporters he would begin “soon” Friday, per Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.|08 Nov 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|20 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|06 Nov 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/washington-capitals/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[WSH](/r/caps)|9|4|4|1|9|0.500|1.89|3.22|10.71|76.67|29.89|29.33|45.55|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|10|4|4|2|10|0.500|2.70|3.20|14.29|85.29|32.00|32.40|47.57|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|6|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|5|
|A|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson|6|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|8|
|P|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|8|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|8|
|+/-|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome, Alexander Alexeyev|1|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth, Damon Severson|3|
|PIM|[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|24|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Cole Sillinger|13|
|TOI|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|25:42|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|23:30|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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