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The Washington Capitals proved they can win low-scoring games too, besting the Columbus Blue Jackets in a game neither goalie can hate.<\/p>\n
Jakob Chychrun scored the lone goal of the game\u2019s first 40 minutes, set up by Tom Wilson, buzzing with Chychrun. Wilson was denied a goal in the third period, due to the whimsy of officials hyperfocused on meaningless details like did-the-puck-cross-the-goal-line. Aliaksei Protas did his thing, scoring on the empty net.<\/p>\n
Caps win!<\/p>\n
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More Info<\/a><\/p>\n Logan Thompson records his first shutout of the season. Aliaksei Protas now owns Capitals franchise record for most goals without a PPG to start a career<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n I like Jet Greaves. If anything, the defense in front of him might be underrated, but Greaves is still saving better than expected: 9.4 goals before tonight, according to Moneypuck<\/a>. He was dialed in from the drop, stopping good shots from Dowd and Protas in the first sixty seconds. He says he can’t hear #joebsuitofthenight<\/p>\n \u2014 RMNB (@rmnb.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-12-07T23:58:54.009Z<\/a><\/p>\n There will be four three-day breaks for the Caps this season. The first begins now. Time for recuperation for them \u2013 and, uh, we need to find some stuff to write about here. Then it\u2019s a date with the Hurricanes, the toughest game of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: DrKat from #crashers The Washington Capitals proved they can win low-scoring games too, besting the Columbus Blue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-336214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThere were a couple good chances in the first couple shifts, but I\u2019m not gonna lie: this was a boring game. (Relative to the lots of fun we\u2019ve been having lately.) Only one of the prior ten games had under four goals.
\nAfter going 8-1-1 in their last ten, the Caps added Ryan Leonard to their N\/A list<\/a>, alongside Carlson and PLD.
\nThe Capitals earned three power plays in the first two periods. During those power plays \u2013 really two and a fraction of a third \u2013 the Caps dominated the Jackets in scoring attempts, 5-2. I suppose, ideally, the team with one less dude should not be getting plural shot attempts per PK.<\/p>\n
\nHendrix Lapierre had another low-minute game (just over seven minutes), but he managed to have his presence felt: knocked a tooth out of Brendan Gaunce with a high stick.
\nThe PK did a heroic job killing that double-sized power play, facing eight attempts and 0.6 expected goals. Then Gaunce, who drew the high-sticking penalty, committed a trip.
\nThe audio on the Monumental feed that I watched was a solid second behind the video.
\nFun fact: The last six games Jet Greaves played went to overtime or the shootout. All but two in his last ten. The team went 4-1-5 in the stretch. If you\u2019re the most middle-of-the-road team in the NHL \u2013 and the Jackets are quite that \u2013 racking up loser points is the way to go.
\nWith five minutes left in the third, Tom Wilson kicked the puck into Greaves and into the goal \u2013 but apparently it did not cross the goal line.<\/p>\n