Capitals sign – The Washington Capitals have signed forward Boone Jenner to a four-year, $23 million contract, with an average annual value of $5.75 million.
The Washington Capitals didn’t just add another forward this offseason. They locked in Boone Jenner—right when his career momentum, leadership résumé, and two-way production were hard to ignore.
Washington announced Jenner’s signing to a four-year, $23 million contract, with senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick making the announcement. The deal carries an average annual value of $5.75 million.
Jenner is 33 and spent last season with the Columbus Blue Jackets, scoring 38 points across 67 games—13 goals and 25 assists. His 38 points ranked fifth on Columbus, and his 34 even-strength points matched a single-season career high.
Beyond the stat line, his role with Columbus was unmistakably central. Jenner served as the Blue Jackets’ captain for each of the last five seasons. He led the team in faceoff win percentage at 52.6%. ranked second in hits with 147. and finished first among the team’s forwards in blocked shots with 66.
The physical and disciplined side of his game has been consistent for years. From 2021-22 to 2023-24, Jenner recorded three-straight 20-goal seasons. He also logged a career-high 49 points—30 goals and 19 assists—in 2015-16.
His faceoff track record is part of why the move matters. Jenner has posted a faceoff win percentage above 52% in eight of the last 10 seasons, and he has won at least 50% of his draws in each of the last 11 campaigns.
Columbus also built a career around him in a way that shows up in the franchise record book. Jenner is the Blue Jackets’ all-time leader in games played. totaling 808 career NHL games with the team and 421 points—212 goals and 209 assists. When the Stanley Cup Playoffs came around. he kept producing in a smaller sample: 15 points (8 goals. 7 assists) in 37 career postseason games.
Washington’s new forward comes from a long tenure in the organization that originally drafted him. Columbus selected Jenner in the second round, 37th overall, of the 2011 NHL Draft.
His resume extends beyond one franchise season. Jenner was a 2024 NHL All-Star. and he is one of six players in the NHL with 200-plus goals and 1. 800-plus hits since 2013-14. The others listed with those combined milestones are Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, Brady Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck, and Brayden Schenn.
Even the honors heading out of Columbus were still rolling in during the 2025-26 season. Jenner was named the Blue Jackets Community MVP and was nominated for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.
The Capitals, meanwhile, are betting that the same balance that defined Jenner’s years in Columbus—goals, discipline, faceoff execution, and leadership—will translate in Washington’s lineup over the life of a four-year commitment.
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