Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsNov 18, 2023

FinalSaturday, Nov 18, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	2	3		CBJ	9	11	16	36
WSH	0	3	1	4		WSH	7	10	9	26

: CBJ 79WSH 52
: CBJ 3.33WSH 2.88
PP goals: CBJ 0WSH 0
Hits: CBJ 18WSH 20
Blocks: CBJ 16WSH 19
PIM: CBJ 6WSH 6
: CBJ 50%WSH 50%

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

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 at home. Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for CBJ: Jenner–Chinakhov–Sillinger skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Aliaksei Protas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 9:10.Protas
Points
Hendrix Lapierre had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 10:12.Lapierre
Points
Sonny Milano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:11.Milano
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Chinakhov–Sillinger skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Chinakhov Sillinger
Usage
Lucas Johansen (WSH) played 7:10, −8:31 down on his 15:41 season average over 5 games.Johansen
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Lindgren
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaudreau–Laine–Olivier skated 6:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Laine Olivier
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Protas–Lapierre skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Protas Lapierre

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 131 of 131 attempts · WSH 52 · CBJ 79

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 38% of the game, WSH 22%.

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
	70	54
	2.70	2.16
	2.64	2.12
	12	10
	6	5
	20	24
	+0.015	−0.015
	38%	22%

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

L1Kuraly – Danforth – Texier
11:1455% CF
L2Jenner – Chinakhov – Sillinger
8:5057% CF
L3Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
8:4767% CF
L4Gaudreau – Laine – Olivier
6:1148% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
15:1273% CF
D2Gudbranson – Werenski
11:3142% CF
D3Bean – Jiricek
8:1550% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Severson – Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
3:11100% CF
PP2Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Provorov – Laine
2:04100% CF
PK1FDanforth – Sillinger
1:57
PK2FKuraly – Texier
1:47
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
1:33
PK2DWerenski – Bean
0:25

Current CBJ line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
13:5244% CF
L2Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
9:4343% CF
L3Milano – Protas – Lapierre
8:3550% CF
L4Oshie – Mantha – McMichael
7:3843% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
10:1836% CF
D2Edmundson – van Riemsdyk
9:2342% CF
D3Jensen – Johansen
3:4333% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Strome – McMichael
2:23100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Mantha – Milano – Sandin
0:5650% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:53
PK2FWilson – McMichael
1:24
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
2:55
PK2DEdmundson – van Riemsdyk
1:36

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:27
CBJJohnny Gaudreau (Boone Jenner, Damon Severson)slap0.11 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Severson, Provorov, Chinakhov, SillingerWSH: Ovechkin, Edmundson, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Strome
CBJ 1 – 0 WSH
5:05
WSHSonny Milano (Aliaksei Protas, Hendrix Lapierre)wrist0.03 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Werenski, Marchenko, Voronkov, FantilliWSH: Edmundson, van Riemsdyk, Milano, Protas, Lapierre
CBJ 1 – 1 WSH
13:16
WSHAliaksei Protas (Trevor van Riemsdyk, Hendrix Lapierre)snap0.06 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Werenski, Danforth, TexierWSH: van Riemsdyk, Milano, Sandin, Protas, Lapierre
CBJ 1 – 2 WSH
15:47
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dylan Strome)wrist0.20 xG
CBJ: Werenski, Laine, Jiricek, FantilliWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Edmundson, Strome
CBJ 1 – 3 WSH

3rd period

7:01
CBJIvan Provorov (Cole Sillinger)backhand0.29 xG
CBJ: Severson, Provorov, Laine, Olivier, SillingerWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn, Sandin
CBJ 2 – 3 WSH
13:34
WSHHendrix Lapierre (Sonny Milano, Aliaksei Protas)backhand0.08 xG
CBJ: Severson, Provorov, Laine, Olivier, SillingerWSH: Carlson, Milano, Sandin, Protas, Lapierre
CBJ 2 – 4 WSH
15:48
CBJJustin Danforth (Sean Kuraly, Zach Werenski)wrist0.20 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Werenski, Danforth, Texier, JiricekWSH: Carlson, Milano, Sandin, Protas, Lapierre
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
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	1	2	2	14:21	—	—	58	56
Justin Danforth R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	57	52
Alexandre Texier L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	55	52
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	3	1	0	20:16	—	—	52	43
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	16:26	—	—	54	57
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	57	65
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	74	48
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.29	2	0	0	15:31	—	—	68	40
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	67	39
Johnny Gaudreau L	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.19	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	46	51
Patrik Laine L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	2	12:21	—	—	52	68
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	3	2	0	9:33	—	—	48	68
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	25:11	—	—	69	63
Ivan Provorov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	0	2	0	22:04	—	—	74	78
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:34	—	—	49	43
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	3	0	19:19	—	—	44	17
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	2	0	13:42	—	—	47	80
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:33	—	—	55	71

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.25	58:47

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.59	5	1	0	19:58	—	—	41	38
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:36	—	—	34	36
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	5	1	0	15:20	—	—	45	37
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:43	—	—	42	35
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.40	2	0	0	15:02	—	—	48	38
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	36	32
Sonny Milano L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.04	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	50	67
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	1	2	3	+2	3	0.40	0	1	0	10:12	—	—	57	67
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	2	3	+2	1	0.21	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	50	66
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	50	49
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	1	2	13:50	—	—	41	40
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.35	0	1	0	11:32	—	—	38	36
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	24:42	—	—	48	34
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	4	0	24:40	—	—	38	25
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.30	0	2	0	21:42	—	—	44	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	18:09	—	—	50	64
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	44	57
Lucas Johansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:10	—	—	33	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	3.33	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Johnny Gaudreau (CBJ) 2nd 3:27 · assists Boone Jenner, Damon Severson · Cycle · 67.9 mph shot.

Johnny Gaudreau · 2nd 3:27 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Sonny Milano · 2nd 5:05 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: rebound

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Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 13:16 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 80.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 15:47 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.6 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Ivan Provorov · 3rd 7:01 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Hendrix Lapierre · 3rd 13:34 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 43.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Justin Danforth · 3rd 15:48 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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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.