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The Washington Capitals made sure to keep the good times rolling after celebrating their captain ahead of Wednesday night’s game against the Winnipeg Jets. The Caps didn’t have any ceremony hangover this go around, downing the Jets 4-3 at Capital One Arena.
Good win against a veteran team. Hopefully, they do it again to the Maple Leafs on Friday.
The five-on-five stats from NaturalStatTrick and I are still fighting from last game’s post. I don’t know where the Jets get six high-danger chances in the third period from, nor do I get where they recorded more expected goals (3.15-2.42) in this game than the Capitals. I went to check the numbers, expecting to see a shutdown third period from the Caps because that’s what it sure felt like, and I was greeted with that. I don’t know, folks. My eye test says this one wasn’t close.
Alex Ovechkin scored his 11th goal of the season and the 908th of his career in the second period. Ovi absolutely hates the Jets/Thrashers franchise, scoring 10 goals in his last nine games against Winnipeg and recording 103 points (58g, 45a) in 76 career games against them.
Jakob Chychrun is absolutely on fire, recording a point in his ninth straight game and a goal in his fourth straight. Per the Capitals, Chychrun is the fifth different defenseman in franchise history to record a goal streak of four or more games, joining Mike Green, Sergei Gonchar, Al Iafrate, and Calle Johansson. Green famously set the NHL record for the longest goal-scoring streak by a defenseman at eight games during the 2008-09 campaign.
John Carlson also scored again, giving him six goals on the season, which already tops his goal total (5) from last season. Carlson now has 22 points (6g, 16a) in 23 games this season.
Washington’s 12 regulation wins are the second most in the NHL.
— Capitals PR (@CapitalsPR) November 27, 2025
The scoring in the win was spread evenly across the roster, as nine different Capitals players recorded one point. I’ll pick out Connor McMichael as one who I thought had a very strong game, scoring the game-winning goal and recording six shots on goal, three individual scoring chances, two individual high-danger chances, and one shot block. He also went 9-7 in the faceoff circle.
Charlie Lindgren earned his fourth win of the season, making 18 saves on 21 shots faced. Per MoneyPuck, he saved 1.65 more goals than expected. At the other end, Eric Comrie allowed 1.56 more than expected. I thought Lindgren was great, but again, I don’t totally buy the expected goals numbers from this game.
The Capitals currently sit third in the Metropolitan Division with 28 standings points, but the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers are only one point back and have two games in hand on the Caps. The Flyers have six total regulation wins this season, which just tells me the league needs to rework how many points are awarded for OT/shootout wins, but that’s a discussion for another day.
Happy Thanksgiving, my dear readers of these posts.
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