Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsNov 24, 2025

FinalMonday, Nov 24, 2025· Capital One Arena

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: CBJ —WSH —
PP goals: CBJ —WSH —
Hits: CBJ 21WSH 11
Blocks: CBJ 10WSH 12
PIM: CBJ 6WSH 4
: CBJ 55%WSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1 at home. Jakob Chychrun (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:31 together.

Points
Jakob Chychrun had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:54.Chychrun
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:41.Carlson
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:39.Wilson
Points
Justin Sourdif had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:07.Sourdif
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:31 together.Ovechkin Wilson Strome Chychrun Leonard
New line
New look for CBJ: Voronkov–Chinakhov–Fantilli skated 9:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Voronkov Chinakhov Fantilli
Usage
Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) played 4:49, −9:34 down on his 14:23 season average over 60 games.Olivier
Usage
Zach Werenski (CBJ) played 17:36, −9:08 down on his 26:44 season average over 74 games.Werenski

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 24% of the game, WSH 35%.

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	WSH
	56	55
	2.06	2.76
	1.95	2.55
	11	10
	7	4
	25	25
	+0.009	−0.009
	24%	35%

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

L1Voronkov – Chinakhov – Fantilli
9:4830% CF
L2Wood – Monahan – Johnson
8:4536% CF
L3Gaunce – Aston-Reese – Lundeström
8:3382% CF
L4Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
3:4029% CF
D1Werenski – Provorov
13:0752% CF
D2Severson – Mateychuk
10:3345% CF
D3Fabbro – Christiansen
7:1743% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
3:1880% CF
PP2Coyle – Severson – Chinakhov – Sillinger – Mateychuk
0:330% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
1:28
PK2FWood – Lundeström
0:26
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
1:49
PK2DFabbro – Christiansen
0:25

Current CBJ line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
10:3664% CF
L2Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
10:1969% CF
L3Milano – Lapierre – Frank
7:1727% CF
L4Duhaime – McMichael – Leonard
7:0953% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
13:5059% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:2163% CF
D3Sandin – Chisholm
9:2742% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
3:31100% CF
PP2Milano – Beauvillier – Sandin – McMichael – Frank
0:20
PK1FBeauvillier – Protas
1:42
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:31
PK1DRoy – Sandin
2:25
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:16

Current WSH line combinations →

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
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	1	1	0	21:09	—	—	46
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	0	16:19	—	—	43
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	36
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	39
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	17:22	—	—	41
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	38
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	2	12:53	—	—	80
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:17	—	—	80
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	11:53	—	—	85
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	62
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	58
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4:49	—	—	40
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	26:44	—	—	56
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	49
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	22:10	—	—	49
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	20:54	—	—	52
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	17:21	—	—	45
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	2	12:52	—	—	53

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	50
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	17:35	—	—	58
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	56
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	73
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	17:39	—	—	64
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	2	14:07	—	—	62
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	35
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	24
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	22
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	43
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	48
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	11:39	—	—	48
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	2	24:54	—	—	50
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	20:40	—	—	50
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+3	5	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	59
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0	3	0	17:54	—	—	53
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	50
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	16:31	—	—	34

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jakob Chychrun () · unassisted · Rush · carried in · 63.7 mph shot · 5.2 s from entry to goal.

Jakob Chychrun

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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John Carlson

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 76.0 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tom Wilson

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Jakob Chychrun

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 77.6 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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Martin Fehérváry

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 69.6 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Denton Mateychuk

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: 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.