Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson sparkled as he delivered his first shutout of the season to backstop his squad to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

Thompson made 39 saves to earn his seventh career shutout.

Jakob Chychrun and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals, who are riding a 10-1-1 roll that has lifted them atop the Eastern Conference standings.

Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves stopped 36 shots for Columbus, which lost on consecutive nights.

After a scoreless first period, Chychrun cracked the goose eggs 50 seconds into the middle frame. While his team was buzzing around the offensive zone, Chychrun was set up by Tom Wilson for a one-timer from just inside the top of the left circle and buried his 11th goal of the season, tops among N

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