Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsNov 2, 2024

FinalSaturday, Nov 2, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	2	0	2		CBJ	5	20	11	36
WSH	5	1	1	7		WSH	8	9	5	22

: CBJ 87WSH 46
: CBJ 3.83WSH 3.12
PP goals: CBJ 0WSH 0
Hits: CBJ 17WSH 14
Blocks: CBJ 10WSH 30
PIM: CBJ 2WSH 6
: CBJ 60%WSH 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Labanc–Aston-Reese skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:35.Ovechkin
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:47.Strome
Points
Connor McMichael had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:56.McMichael
Points
Aliaksei Protas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:49.Protas
New line
New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Labanc–Aston-Reese skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Labanc Aston-Reese
Luck
WSH scored 7 goals on 3.12 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Olivier–Danforth–Pyyhtia skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olivier Danforth Pyyhtia
Usage
Dylan McIlrath (WSH) played 20:02, +8:54 up on his 11:08 season average over 16 games.McIlrath

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 133 of 133 attempts · WSH 46 · CBJ 87

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 29%.

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
	89	53
	3.32	3.57
	3.20	3.46
	18	17
	4	6
	36	20
	+0.099	−0.099
	39%	29%

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 – Labanc – Aston-Reese
12:5253% CF
L2Olivier – Danforth – Pyyhtia
10:2861% CF
L3Monahan – Marchenko – Sillinger
7:4153% CF
L4Voronkov – Chinakhov – Fantilli
7:4175% CF
D1Werenski – Provorov
19:4255% CF
D2Johnson – Jiricek
13:5464% CF
D3Severson – Christiansen
13:2678% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Chinakhov – Sillinger
2:59100% CF
PP2Severson – Provorov – Danforth – Voronkov – Fantilli
1:25100% CF
PK1FDanforth – Pyyhtia
0:17
PK2FOlivier – Sillinger
0:11
PK1DSeverson – Provorov
0:45

Current CBJ line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
12:3135% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
10:2438% CF
L3Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
9:5335% CF
L4Vrana – Mangiapane – Lapierre
9:1056% CF
D1McIlrath – Sandin
15:4721% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
15:4360% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
13:4546% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
0:34
PP2McIlrath – Vrana – Fehérváry – Protas – Lapierre
0:11
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:52
PK2FMangiapane – Protas
0:48
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:08
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:24

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	14:37	—	—	64	71
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	57	41
Kevin Labanc R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.97	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	62	71
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	4	1	0	13:49	—	—	64	18
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	63	18
Mikael Pyyhtia L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	60	18
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	54	30
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	60	40
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.48	0	1	2	16:32	—	—	67	73
Adam Fantilli C	L4	0	1	1	-1	4	0.58	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	67	25
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.33	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	70	37
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	67	25
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.39	0	2	0	25:06	—	—	58	30
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	1	0	24:32	—	—	55	28
David Jiricek D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	2	1	0	17:05	—	—	57	57
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	64	60
Damon Severson D	D3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	68	46
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	16:17	—	—	79	49

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	L	22	15	7	.682	3.12	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McMichael L	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.41	1	0	2	15:56	—	—	39	46
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	3	4	0	15:49	—	—	37	40
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:27	—	—	35	41
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.56	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	28	35
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	2	3	+4	2	0.39	0	0	2	14:47	—	—	43	83
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	2	3	+4	4	0.27	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	38	76
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	14:24	—	—	33	62
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	1	2	13:56	—	—	30	64
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.26	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	43	81
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	14:33	—	—	36	34
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	33	34
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	55	80
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	4	0	20:37	—	—	24	69
Dylan McIlrath D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	2	0	20:02	—	—	22	27
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	5	0	22:02	—	—	48	33
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	0	1	0	21:20	—	—	56	62
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:42	—	—	38	82
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	4	0	16:44	—	—	38	87

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.83	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Aliaksei Protas (WSH) 1st 0:56 · assists Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 41.1 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Aliaksei Protas · 1st 0:56 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Connor McMichael · 1st 1:42 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Kevin Labanc · 2nd 14:36 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 0.7 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Andrew Mangiapane · 1st 7:28 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 1st 14:34 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Nic Dowd · 1st 14:58 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Damon Severson · 2nd 0:49 · CBJ

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 24.8 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Connor McMichael · 2nd 4:51 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 18:34 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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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.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsNov 2, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals rout Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Aliaksei Protas · 1st 0:56 · WSH

Connor McMichael · 1st 1:42 · WSH

Kevin Labanc · 2nd 14:36 · CBJ

Andrew Mangiapane · 1st 7:28 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 14:34 · WSH

Nic Dowd · 1st 14:58 · WSH

Damon Severson · 2nd 0:49 · CBJ

Connor McMichael · 2nd 4:51 · WSH

Dylan Strome · 3rd 18:34 · WSH