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Dec 18, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) prepares to make a save in front of Toronto Maple Leafs center Dakota Joshua (81) during the second period at Capital One Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nThe Washington Capitals snapped the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs’ league-leading 70-game non-shutout streak with a smothering 4-0 win on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jakob Chychrun scored twice while Logan Thompson stopped 22 shots for his second shutout of the season. Defenseman John Carlson flew past the 750-point mark on his career with a goal and two assists while Justin Sourdif chipped in with two helpers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby turned away 23 of Washington’s 27 shots. The Maple Leafs were blanked for the first time in regular-season play since a 3-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Aleksei Protas opened the scoring at the 13:53 mark when he jostled his way to the inside to beat Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a slick Sourdif feed from behind the net. Chychrun doubled the lead less than three minutes later, pouncing on a puck that caromed off the sideboards to the front of the goal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Chychrun provided the highlight of the game early in the third period, entering the zone on his lonesome and snapping the puck just inside the post past a stunned Hildeby. Carlson sealed the deal with a one-timed slap shot off a Sourdif drive on net.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Capitals struck iron twice in the opening frame before finding the back of the net. Sonny Milano shimmied through the Leafs defense five minutes in, drawing a penalty on Scott Laughton for his efforts. Alex Ovechkin hit the post from his usual spot high in the faceoff circle on the resulting power play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Ovechkin hit the post a second time in the middle frame off a no-look backhand dish from a streaking Dylan Strome. Laughton whiffed Toronto’s best opportunity up to that point, shovelling a backhand attempt directly into Thompson’s blocker off a Washington turnover.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Even with four power-play opportunities, the Leafs only registered 12 shots on goal through the first two periods. Toronto failed to capitalize on a fifth man advantage in the third.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The result snapped Toronto’s three-game win streak on the road. Washington has won four straight against the Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n