How to Watch Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets: Stream NHL Live, TV Channel

Riding a two-game winning streak, the Blue Jackets make last minute playoff push in the first game of a back-to-back against Alex Ovechkin and the visiting Capitals

Entering the weekend six points behind Montreal of the final Wild Card spot in the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference, the Columbus Blue Jackets wrap up a three-game home stand on Saturday afternoon as they welcome the league’s all-time leading goal scorer Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals into Nationwide Arena for a matinee matchup of Metropolitan Division foes. Washington owns the best record in East this season having already locked up the division title and are closing in on securing the number one seed and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. The Capitals won the first two meetings of the season against the Blue Jackets by a combined 9-3 score including a 2-1 overtime victory over Columbus in mid-December.

How to Watch Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets:

Game Date: April 12, 2025

Game Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

TV Channel: ABC

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In his 20^th season in the league, Alex Ovechkin leads the Capitals with 42 goals this season having broken Wayne Gretzky’s record to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer closing with a flourish scoring six goals in the final five games. Despite missing over a month with a broken bone in his leg earlier this season, Ovechkin secured his 14^th career 40-goal campaign and is now five goals away from 900 for his Hall of Fame career.

Columbus needs to win all four of their remaining regular season games while simultaneously having Montreal lose their last three for the Blue Jackets to make the postseason for the first time in five years.

Washington has won eight of the last nine meetings in this series and six in a row in Columbus. The two teams will conclude their season series in D.C. on Sunday night.

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