Tonight, Blue Jackets hosts Capitals in next to last 2025-26 Preseason Game

By Joe Coopersmith

 

Projected CBJ Lineup (Subject to change)

LW 10 Dmitri Voronkov
C 23 Sean Monahan
RW 59 Yegor Chinakhov
LW 38 Boone Jenner
C 19 Adam Fantilli
RW 91 Kent Johnson
LW 4 Cole Sillinger
C 3 Charlie Coyle
RW 24 Mathieu Olivier
LW 27 Zach Aston-Reese
C 21 Isac Lundestrom
RW 11 Miles Wood
LD 8 Zach Werenski
RD 15 Dante Fabbro
G 73 Jet Greaves
LD 9 Ivan Provorov
RD 78 Damon Severson
G 28 Ivan Fedotov
LD 5 Denton Mateychuk
RD 44 Erik Gudbranson

 

The Caps make their final preseason road trip on Tuesday when they travel to Columbus for an exhibition meeting with the Blue Jackets. Washington will conclude its preseason schedule with a pair of home games later in the week, hosting Boston on Thursday and Columbus in the exhibition finale for both teams on Saturday night.

Tuesday’s game in Columbus is expected to feature the exhibition debuts of veterans Tom Wilson and John Carlson. That would leave the captain, 40-year-old Alex Ovechkin as the only member of the varsity squad who hasn’t played in a preseason game. Ovechkin was sidelined by a lower body ailment early in camp, but at Monday’s practice, he was a full participant sporting a full-contact sweater.

 

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