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CBJ
WSH
6-5-2
ROAD / HOME
6-5-1
2.95
GOALS FOR
3.23
3.18
GOALS AGAINST
2.73
17.7%
POWER PLAY
14.7%
74.1%
PENALTY KILL
71.8%
30.7
SHOTS FOR
29.7
31.4
SHOTS AGAINST
26.1
50.5%
FACE-OFFS
48.2%
WASHINGTON: LAST THREE GAMES
WED, 11/19
vs. Oilers
W, 7-4
THU, 11/20
@ Canadiens
W, 8-4
SAT, 11/22
vs. Lightning
L, 5-3
WASHINGTON: TEAM LEADERS
GOALS
Tom Wilson
11
ASSISTS
John Carlson
Dylan Strome
15
POINTS
Tom Wilson
21
ODDS & PROJECTIONS
CBJ WIN PER MONEYPUCK:
38%
CBJ ODDS PER BETMGM:
+140
A four-game road trip comes to an end Monday night for the Columbus Blue Jackets when they are in D.C. to battle Alex Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals.
The Caps enter the game with an 11-9-2 record on the season. Their three-game winning streak came to an end Saturday night with a home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Here are five things to know before the 7:00 p.m. puck-drop:
Despite the aforementioned loss to the Lightning, the Caps offense has scored 18 goals in their last three games. They’ve given up 13 in that span, so a high-scoring game certainly isn’t out of the question in this one. They’ve also allowed a power play goal in six straight games and in their last nine games, are just 21-for-31 (65%) on the penalty kill.
Elvis Merzlikins will start for Columbus and be opposed by Washinton’s Logan Thompson. Merzlikins is 4-4-0 this season, has a .900 save percentage, and a 3.37 goals against average. Thompson is 8-6-1 with a .910 save percentage but a miniscule 2.24 goals against average that ranks fifth-best in the NHL.
There is still nearly a week left before the calendar flips to December, but Zach Werenski has already set the record for most points by a Blue Jackets defenseman in the month of November. He has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in 12 games.
Adam Fantilli’s heater continued Saturday with a power play goal. Since November 8th, Fantilli ranks tied for second in goals (7) and tied for fifth in points (11) in the NHL. In the 2025 calendar year, Fantilli’s 33 goals trail only Rick Nash (twice), Cam Atkinson, and Scott Hartnell for most goals in a calendar year in franchise history.
Kirill Marchenko left Monday morning’s skate with an apparent injury and will not play in this game. Here are the complete projections:
LW
C
RW
10
Dmitri Voronkov
19
Adam Fantilli
59
Yegor Chinakhov
11
Miles Wood
23
Sean Monahan
91
Kent Johnson
4
Cole Sillinger
3
Charlie Coyle
24
Mathieu Olivier
27
Zach Aston-Reese
16
Brendan Gaunce
21
Isac Lundestrom
LD
RD
8
Zach Werenski
9
Ivan Provorov
5
Denton Mateychuk
78
Damon Severson
2
Jake Christiansen
15
Dante Fabbro
Starting Goalie
Back-Up
90
Elvis Merzlikins
73
Jet Greaves