Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsApr 21, 2018

Final / OTPlayoffsSaturday, Apr 21, 2018· Verizon Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
CBJ	1	1	1	0	3		CBJ	11	9	16	6	42
WSH	1	2	0	1	4		WSH	7	13	1	8	29

: CBJ 85WSH 68
: CBJ 3.60WSH 2.43
PP goals: CBJ 0WSH 1
Hits: CBJ 33WSH 38
Blocks: CBJ 28WSH 20
PIM: CBJ 8WSH 10
: CBJ 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:39 together.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:41.Backstrom
Points
Matt Calvert had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:48.Calvert
Points
Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:38.Stephenson
Points
Dmitry Orlov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:00.Orlov
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:39 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +14 against a season average of 27.8; the win.Holtby
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Calvert–Anderson skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Calvert Anderson
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (WSH) played 20:38, +5:46 up on his 14:52 season average over 23 games.Stephenson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 153 of 153 attempts · WSH 68 · CBJ 85

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 39% of the game, WSH 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	WSH
	84	66
	3.07	2.09
	3.03	2.01
	16	13
	5	6
	25	20
	+0.021	−0.021
	39%	31%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
13:2860% CF
L2Foligno – Calvert – Anderson
9:3059% CF
L3Vanek – Jenner – Wennberg
9:2265% CF
L4Dubinsky – Letestu – Bjorkstrand
2:3150% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
18:5457% CF
D2Murray – Nutivaara
17:1241% CF
D3Cole – Savard
13:4668% CF

PP1Vanek – Atkinson – Jones – Panarin – Dubois
6:44100% CF
PP2Foligno – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Werenski
2:12100% CF
PK1FDubinsky – Atkinson
2:04
PK2FCalvert – Wennberg
0:31
PK1DCole – Savard
2:47
PK2DMurray – Jones
1:46

Current CBJ line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
15:1539% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Stephenson
12:1446% CF
L3Eller – Smith-Pelly – Connolly
10:2455% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Vrana
4:1020% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
21:3151% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
16:4639% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
8:5947% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:3992% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Vrana
0:53
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
3:00
PK2FSmith-Pelly – Wilson
2:05
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
6:22
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
2:11

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:08
CBJMatt CalvertSH (Seth Jones)wrist0.13 xG
CBJ: Calvert, Savard, Anderson, JonesWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
CBJ 1 – 0 WSH
13:22
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Chandler Stephenson, Michal Kempny)backhand0.02 xG
CBJ: Vanek, Cole, Savard, Jenner, WennbergWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Stephenson, Kempny
CBJ 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

3:21
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.07 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Werenski, Panarin, DuboisWSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
CBJ 1 – 2 WSH
4:45
CBJMatt Calvertbackhand0.18 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Calvert, Atkinson, Murray, NutivaaraWSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, Stephenson
CBJ 2 – 2 WSH
16:42
WSHT.J. OshiePP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)tip-in0.13 xG
CBJ: Dubinsky, Atkinson, Murray, JonesWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
CBJ 2 – 3 WSH

3rd period

2:30
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Ian Cole, Alexander Wennberg)tip-in0.06 xG
CBJ: Cole, Savard, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, WennbergWSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Djoos
CBJ 3 – 3 WSH

OT period

11:53
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Dmitry Orlov, Chandler Stephenson)tip-in0.05 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Werenski, Panarin, DuboisWSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, Stephenson
CBJ 3 – 4 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.78	1	0	0	28:25	—	—	50	57
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	1	1	0	27:11	—	—	49	48
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.60	5	0	0	23:57	—	—	50	54
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	1	0	22:15	—	—	60	65
Matt Calvert L	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	0.71	1	1	2	18:48	—	—	62	61
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	0	2	15:55	—	—	65	65
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	3	1	0	19:32	—	—	64	75
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	0	2	18:09	—	—	52	65
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:00	—	—	52	66
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	1	1	0	11:08	—	—	62	58
Mark Letestu C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:51	—	—	64	53
Brandon Dubinsky C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:28	—	—	40	86
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	3	2	2	31:51	—	—	55	59
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	1	3	0	23:07	—	—	59	67
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	8	0	22:37	—	—	42	48
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	1	0	20:12	—	—	48	58
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	5	2	0	18:30	—	—	67	51
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	1	3	0	18:15	—	—	70	74

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.43	71:53

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	24:04	—	—	43	59
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.80	1	0	0	23:40	—	—	41	52
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	5	0	0	23:28	—	—	33	47
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	2	1	3	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	22:41	—	—	45	33
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.35	5	3	2	20:59	—	—	53	40
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	20:38	—	—	50	41
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	17:58	—	—	57	29
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	4	16:54	—	—	55	24
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:18	—	—	54	24
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:39	—	—	19	40
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	7:43	—	—	29	44
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	7:16	—	—	32	45
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	5	0	33:16	—	—	49	42
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.03	3	3	0	27:00	—	—	52	40
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	5	1	0	27:23	—	—	42	51
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	19:54	—	—	38	48
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	21:18	—	—	36	30
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:16	—	—	42	31

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	3.60	71:53

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.