Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsJan 8, 2023

FinalSunday, Jan 8, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	12	12	14	38
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	8	5	6	19

: CBJ 77WSH 47
: CBJ 3.18WSH 1.48
PP goals: CBJ 0WSH 0
Hits: CBJ 32WSH 29
Blocks: CBJ 15WSH 26
PIM: CBJ 9WSH 9
: CBJ 38%WSH 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Columbus Blue Jackets 1–0

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 1–0 at home. Erik Gustafsson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Milano skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (26.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Milano skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (26.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Eller Milano
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 3.18 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Strome skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson Strome
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 38 shots and stopped 38 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 29.4; the win.Kuemper
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Sheary skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Backstrom Sheary
Usage
Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) played 10:32, −5:45 down on his 16:17 season average over 58 games.Marchenko
Usage
Jack Roslovic (CBJ) played 20:40, +4:17 up on his 16:23 season average over 76 games.Roslovic
Usage
Andrew Peeke (CBJ) played 25:23, +4:11 up on his 21:12 season average over 79 games.Peeke

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 124 of 124 attempts · WSH 47 · CBJ 77

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 45% of the game, WSH 15%.

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
	65	49
	2.65	1.41
	2.51	1.36
	13	7
	8	5
	13	11
	−0.083	+0.083
	45%	15%

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

L1Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine
12:1458% CF
L2Kuraly – Olivier – Foudy
12:0155% CF
L3Gaudreau – Bemstrom – Johnson
9:0075% CF
L4Meyer – Marchenko – Sillinger
7:2054% CF
D1Gavrikov – Peeke
14:1158% CF
D2Gudbranson – Berni
11:2742% CF
D3Bayreuther – Bjork
7:5173% CF

PP1Nyquist – Gaudreau – Roslovic – Laine – Bjork
2:28100% CF
PP2Bemstrom – Marchenko – Berni – Johnson – Sillinger
1:1767% CF
PK1FRoslovic – Foudy
1:24
PK2FNyquist – Sillinger
0:45
PK1DGudbranson – Peeke
1:54
PK2DGavrikov – Berni
0:00

Current CBJ line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Eller – Milano
10:4126% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Strome
10:0880% CF
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Sheary
6:2631% CF
L4Johansson – Dowd – Hathaway
3:5964% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
16:5059% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
13:3932% CF
D3Fehérváry – Alexeyev
13:1241% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Gustafsson
2:4550% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Johansson – Orlov – Wilson – Strome
1:1350% CF
PK1FEller – Sheary
1:29
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:27
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:09
PK2DOrlov – Fehérváry
1:45

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:43
WSHErik Gustafsson (Nic Dowd, Garnet Hathaway)wrist0.00 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Meyer, Marchenko, Berni, SillingerWSH: Johansson, Dowd, Gustafsson, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway
CBJ 0 – 1 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	3	0.22	3	1	0	21:29	—	—	54	53
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:40	—	—	58	54
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	9	0.31	1	0	0	19:52	—	—	61	53
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0.14	4	0	2	16:44	—	—	56	65
Liam Foudy C	L2	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	56	59
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:19	—	—	58	65
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	54	73
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	13:28	—	—	75	95
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	12:08	—	—	62	92
Cole Sillinger C	L4	-1	3	0.44	1	1	0	12:37	—	—	43	54
Kirill Marchenko R	L4	-1	0	0.08	0	1	0	10:32	—	—	43	67
Carson Meyer R	L4	-1	0	0.16	3	0	0	9:54	—	—	56	67
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	2	0.03	2	2	0	25:23	—	—	64	66
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	63	60
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	-1	1	0.00	3	2	0	21:36	—	—	46	50
Tim Berni D	D2	-1	2	0.15	6	2	0	18:42	—	—	42	48
Marcus Bjork D	D3	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	74	90
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0.01	2	0	7	13:58	—	—	63	81

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	19	18	1	.947	1.48	58:30

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	17:32	—	—	35	33
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	2	0	17:29	—	—	25	20
Sonny Milano L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	31	14
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	71	35
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:06	—	—	86	72
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	6	0	0	14:10	—	—	85	65
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.41	4	1	0	19:46	—	—	31	31
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	42	46
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	2	14:03	—	—	25	27
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:56	—	—	52	40
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	0	1	0	13:00	—	—	41	26
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	5	10:32	—	—	58	36
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	3	0	22:57	—	—	59	48
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	4	0	22:33	—	—	52	32
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	0	2	0	19:07	—	—	29	35
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	4	0	18:50	—	—	38	40
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	2	0	17:44	—	—	44	32
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	14:47	—	—	39	28

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	38	38	0	.1000	3.18	60:00

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.