Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Washington CapitalsDec 7, 2025

FinalSunday, Dec 7, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	12	11	16	39
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	9	19	10	38

: CBJ 64WSH 66
: CBJ 2.77WSH 4.28
PP goals: CBJ 0WSH 0
Hits: CBJ 12WSH 16
Blocks: CBJ 7WSH 11
PIM: CBJ 8WSH 6
: CBJ 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0 at home. Jakob Chychrun (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–McMichael skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–McMichael skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome McMichael
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.77 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 39 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Thompson
Goalie
Jet Greaves (CBJ) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 28.0; the loss.Greaves
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.28 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ethen Frank (WSH) played 17:05, +4:56 up on his 12:09 season average over 61 games.Frank
Usage
Egor Chinakhov (CBJ) played 9:11, −4:21 down on his 13:32 season average over 71 games.Chinakhov
Usage
Dante Fabbro (CBJ) played 12:38, −3:59 down on his 16:37 season average over 73 games.Fabbro

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 130 of 130 attempts · WSH 66 · CBJ 64

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 43%.

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

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	52
	2.31	2.41
	2.19	2.29
	12	11
	6	0
	20	22
	−0.016	+0.016
	24%	43%

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

L1Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
11:0464% CF
L2Monahan – Johnson – Sillinger
11:0326% CF
L3Coyle – Wood – Lundeström
8:2455% CF
L4Gaunce – Chinakhov – Del Bel Belluz
8:2068% CF
D1Werenski – Provorov
17:3547% CF
D2Severson – Mateychuk
12:5655% CF
D3Smith – Fabbro
6:5967% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
1:5983% CF
PP2Coyle – Severson – Provorov – Johnson – Sillinger
1:06100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
2:40
PK2FWood – Lundeström
1:34
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
3:48
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
1:51

Current CBJ line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Beauvillier – Frank
8:5357% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
8:2953% CF
L3Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
8:1658% CF
L4Milano – Duhaime – Lapierre
5:5040% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
12:0452% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
7:0118% CF
D3McIlrath – Sandin
6:3625% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Frank
4:14100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Milano – Beauvillier – Chychrun – McMichael
1:36
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:22
PK2FDuhaime – McMichael
0:47
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
2:22
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:31

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:50
WSHJakob Chychrun (Tom Wilson, Anthony Beauvillier)snap0.08 xG
CBJ: Werenski, Provorov, Marchenko, Voronkov, FantilliWSH: Wilson, Beauvillier, Roy, Chychrun, Sourdif
CBJ 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

18:34
WSHAliaksei ProtasEN (Martin Fehérváry)wrist0.53 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko, Voronkov, FantilliWSH: Dowd, Beauvillier, Roy, Fehérváry, Protas
CBJ 0 – 2 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
Adam Fantilli C	L1	-2	4	0.32	2	0	0	19:33	—	—	63	63
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	-2	6	0.70	0	0	4	19:26	—	—	60	64
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	-2	2	0.23	0	1	0	16:27	—	—	63	63
Sean Monahan C	L2	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	29	11
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	31	10
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	4	0.17	0	1	0	12:45	—	—	25	10
Charlie Coyle C	L3	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	46	27
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	46	27
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	12:47	—	—	55	29
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	2	0.05	2	0	4	11:03	—	—	67	74
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	68	74
Luca Del Bel Belluz C	L4	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	9:07	—	—	65	74
Zach Werenski D	D1	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	27:53	—	—	51	44
Ivan Provorov D	D1	-1	3	0.20	1	2	0	27:52	—	—	48	41
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	55	53
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	55	54
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:38	—	—	69	69
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	39	40

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	37	36	1	.973	3.75	57:20

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	46	34
Ethen Frank R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	0	0	17:05	—	—	40	44
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.20	4	0	0	17:00	—	—	44	49
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	55	60
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.69	0	2	2	17:25	—	—	46	65
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	52	64
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	6	0.84	3	1	0	19:31	—	—	67	73
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.79	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	50	45
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	1	0	14:49	—	—	46	43
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:45	—	—	39	50
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	9:20	—	—	33	33
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	4	8:24	—	—	47	52
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.19	0	0	0	23:46	—	—	54	71
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	0	3	0	20:46	—	—	57	73
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.02	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	39	25
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:15	—	—	42	36
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:48	—	—	42	39
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	10:01	—	—	50	80

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	39	39	0	.1000	2.77	59:49

Goal anatomy

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

Jakob Chychrun (WSH) 2nd 0:50 · assists Tom Wilson, Anthony Beauvillier · Forecheck turnover · 60.6 mph shot.

Jakob Chychrun · 2nd 0:50 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 18:34 · WSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.5 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.