We’re pretty set,” Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said, but seven forwards and four defenders are still in the running for the final spots.

Caps forward Nic Dowd opened the scoring at 6:49 of the first as he skated through the slot of the Blue Jackets’ defensive zone and went bardown on Tarasov. The Blue Jackets answered back swiftly to make it a 1-1 game as Mateychuk tied things up with a snipe of his own from the left circle just 23 seconds after the Capitals goal.

In their penultimate preseason game, the Washington Capitals held off the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2, on Monday night at Nationwide Arena. Center Nic Dowd scored the opener early in the first period.

The Blue Jackets will play game six of eight of the preseason tonight at 8 p.m. at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis.