The Columbus Blue Jackets had only one sport left on their preseason schedule. That they had a rematch with the Washington Capitals on Saturday evening. The outcome was the identical as Tuesday.
Logan Thompson made 29 saves to carry the Capitals to a 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets. With that, each groups can now stay up for their regular-season opener.
The story of this sport was Thompson’s brilliance.
Sport Recap
The primary interval was fairly evenly performed. Though the Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 12-9, each groups had good probabilities to attain. Each groups additionally hit iron. Elvis Merzlikins was sharp in stopping all 12 photographs.
The Capitals obtained their solely scoring of the sport within the second interval. Declan Chisholm opened the scoring simply 2:38 into the interval.
Then Pierre-Luc Dubois, the Capitals finest skater on Saturday evening, scored what turned out to be the game-winning purpose halfway by the interval. Dubois had a 2-on-1 rush and elected to shoot. He went far facet on Merzlikins. Dubois’ velocity was noticeable all evening.
The Blue Jackets did maintain the Capitals to only 10 photographs on purpose within the ultimate 40 minutes of the sport. They have been solely in a position to get one of many targets again.
Mathieu Olivier broke Thompson’s shutout on the facility play with simply 1:46 left within the sport to make it 2-1. The Blue Jackets obtained no nearer.
For the Blue Jackets, Sean Monahan and Zach Werenski didn’t play. Head coach Dean Evason stated on Saturday morning that it was a chance to relaxation two gamers that may play loads as soon as the season will get going.
That gave the likes of Yegor Chinakhov, Jake Christiansen and Dmitri Voronkov (at heart) an opportunity to make an impression. Chinakhov completed with three photographs on purpose in 12:43 ice time.
For the Capitals, Dylan McIlrath left the sport resulting from a lower-body harm and didn’t return. That’s noteworthy as guidelines state that injured gamers can’t be placed on waivers. With the roster deadline coming, the Capitals might want to decide the total extent of the harm after which easy methods to deal with the roster from there.
The Blue Jackets completed their preseason with a 2-5-0 file. They scored 14 targets over their seven video games whereas permitting 18. The Capitals completed with a 5-1-0 file this preseason.
Up subsequent, the Blue Jackets will play the Nashville Predators to open their twenty fifth anniversary season on Thursday evening. The Capitals will host the Boston Bruins on Wednesday evening to open their common season.
