Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 26, 2018

FinalMonday, Feb 26, 2018· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	7	8	11	26
CBJ	4	0	1	5		CBJ	16	9	10	35

: WSH 43CBJ 58
: WSH 1.96CBJ 4.08
PP goals: WSH 1CBJ 2
Hits: WSH 13CBJ 19
Blocks: WSH 12CBJ 8
PIM: WSH 10CBJ 14
: WSH 42%CBJ 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Cam Atkinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin and Dubois) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:38 together.

Points
Cam Atkinson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:09.Atkinson
Points
Seth Jones had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:30.Jones
Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:09.Panarin
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin and Dubois) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:38 together.Atkinson Jones Wennberg Panarin Dubois
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Usage
Matt Calvert (CBJ) played 3:25, −10:06 down on his 13:31 season average over 68 games.Calvert
New line
New look for CBJ: Anderson–Wennberg–Milano skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Wennberg Milano
New line
New look for CBJ: Dubinsky–Jenner–Bjorkstrand skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dubinsky Jenner Bjorkstrand

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

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · CBJ 58 · WSH 43

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 18% of the game, CBJ 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

WSH

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	WSH	CBJ
	38	59
	1.62	3.17
	1.58	3.05
	6	12
	4	6
	8	24
	−0.029	+0.029
	18%	42%

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.

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
9:5738% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Connolly
7:4633% CF
L3Beagle – Chiasson – Smith-Pelly
4:5133% CF
L4Eller – Stephenson – Burakovsky
4:2142% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
15:4242% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:0838% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
12:2533% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:48100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky
1:01
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
2:00
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:40
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:07
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
1:28

Current WSH line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
11:2261% CF
L2Anderson – Wennberg – Milano
9:3671% CF
L3Dubinsky – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
9:2565% CF
L4Letestu – Calvert – Sedlak
2:1175% CF
D1Johnson – Murray
16:1456% CF
D2Cole – Savard
14:2267% CF
D3Jones – Werenski
13:4759% CF

PP1Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Panarin – Dubois
2:38100% CF
PP2Letestu – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Milano – Werenski
2:09100% CF
PK1FLetestu – Jenner
1:17
PK2FDubinsky – Anderson
0:59
PK1DJohnson – Savard
1:48
PK2DMurray – Jones
0:36

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:31
CBJArtemi PanarinPP (Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson)slap0.05 xG
WSH: Orpik, Niskanen, Beagle, StephensonCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin, Dubois
WSH 0 – 1 CBJ
6:57
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, T.J. Oshie)slap0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovCBJ: Johnson, Letestu, Atkinson, Savard
WSH 1 – 1 CBJ
7:53
CBJSonny Milano (Alexander Wennberg, Seth Jones)backhand0.10 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Chiasson, Orlov, Smith-PellyCBJ: Anderson, Jones, Wennberg, Milano, Werenski
WSH 1 – 2 CBJ
14:32
CBJMark Letestu (Matt Calvert, Lukas Sedlak)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, KempnyCBJ: Letestu, Cole, Calvert, Savard, Sedlak
WSH 1 – 3 CBJ
18:17
CBJSeth JonesPP (Cam Atkinson, Artemi Panarin)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Backstrom, Beagle, CarlsonCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin, Dubois
WSH 1 – 4 CBJ

3rd period

17:18
CBJCam AtkinsonENwrist0.95 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, ConnollyCBJ: Johnson, Atkinson, Savard, Wennberg
WSH 1 – 5 CBJ

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	-2	8	0.51	1	0	0	22:08	—	—	39	33
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.31	0	0	2	20:42	—	—	46	52
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	1	1	2	16:34	—	—	42	41
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	42	58
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	41	58
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:30	—	—	35	37
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	9:28	—	—	36	16
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	3	0	0	8:47	—	—	44	26
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	7:26	—	—	46	18
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	2	1	0	15:18	—	—	31	21
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	13:57	—	—	35	37
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	41	33
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	21:57	—	—	44	31
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	42	26
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	0	2	0	22:44	—	—	39	29
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	2	0	18:04	—	—	40	41
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:13	—	—	36	39
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	36	46

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer	—	18	18	0	.1000	1.83	38:52
Braden Holtby(start)	L	16	12	4	.750	1.30	19:28

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cam Atkinson R	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	1.87	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	59	68
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	62	56
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	1	1	0	18:24	—	—	59	65
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.49	1	0	2	17:41	—	—	68	80
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	67	84
Sonny Milano L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	70	91
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	4	1	0	15:59	—	—	54	30
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	50	31
Brandon Dubinsky C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	67	70
Mark Letestu C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	50	56
Lukas Sedlak C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	8:26	—	—	50	59
Matt Calvert L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	10	3:25	—	—	80	98
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	58	77
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	2	2	20:43	—	—	56	77
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:21	—	—	68	61
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	67	58
Seth Jones D	D3	1	2	3	+1	5	0.12	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	61	56
Zach Werenski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	4	0	0	18:12	—	—	57	47

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.96	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.