Capitals look to continue preseason momentum at home against Columbus

The Washington Capitals take on the Columbus Blue Jackets this Friday night from Capital One Arena to round out the home slate for the month of September. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. on Monumental Sports Network.

After a win in New Jersey the team skated at MedStar Capitals Iceplex with two groups. In community news Slapshot was out and about in the community in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

In last night's win over the New Jersey Devils on the road, Dylan Strome and Brandon Duhaime each scored twice while Logan Thompson stopped 25 of 28 shots faced.

Per Natural Stat Trick, the line of Duhaime, Nic Dowd, and Taylor Raddysh accounted for two of Washington's five goals and combined for five pionts with two goals and three assists. With the trio on the ice, the Caps outshot the Devils 6-4 at five on five, while Duhaime, Dowd, and Raddysh generated six high danger scoring chances for compared to only one against.

Strome wore the assistant patch in last night's game and Ethan Cadeaux of Monumental Sports Network would ask Spencer Carbery if that trend would continue this season. Carbery's answer:

Dylan Strome is part of our leadership group. That's one of his objectives this year, is starting to take more of a role in that department. He's now a veteran player for us. He's been in the league for awhile. He's a big part of our team. He's hopefully going to be here for a long, long time. It's important for him now to take that next step in his career and assuming that leadership role. He does a lot of good things on the ice. We see the production and alll that stuff. But his impact off the ice and in the locker room is only going to grow.