The Washington Capitals followed up their winning homestand with a trip to Columbus and proceeded to get smacked around by the Blue Jackets, 3-0. Wow, that was bad.

The Jackets out-shot the Caps 32 to 20.

• This game is summed up by the fact that the Caps had a grand total of seven shots on target through forty minutes of play. Dmitry Orlov owned four of those shots.
• The Capitals recorded a grand total of zero high danger chances at five-on-five.
• Poor, poor Braden Holtby.
• The trade deadline draws nearer and the Caps should be getting amongst it when it arrives.
• Next up for the Caps is a trip out west for three games against the Sharks, Ducks, and Kings. They have historically not done very well in games out west against those three teams.

Numbers thanks to Hockey-reference.com, NaturalStatTrick.com, and Corsica.hockey.

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Headline photo: Jamie Sabau