Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 16, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 16, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	8	8	14	30
CBJ	1	0	2	3		CBJ	14	2	5	21

: WSH 61CBJ 35
: WSH 3.47CBJ 2.08
PP goals: WSH 0CBJ 0
Hits: WSH 20CBJ 13
Blocks: WSH 5CBJ 15
PIM: WSH 11CBJ 25
: WSH 48%CBJ 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Washington Capitals 3–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Washington Capitals 3–0 at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH scored 0 goals on 3.47 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:23.Bjorkstrand
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 3.47 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Nash–Dano–Stenlund skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Dano Stenlund
New line
New look for WSH: Boyd–Leipsic–Hathaway skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyd Leipsic Hathaway
Usage
Andrew Peeke (CBJ) played 10:12, −3:50 down on his 14:02 season average over 21 games.Peeke
Usage
Scott Harrington (CBJ) played 17:18, +3:27 up on his 13:51 season average over 38 games.Harrington
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (WSH) played 10:53, −4:55 down on his 15:48 season average over 63 games.Siegenthaler
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 22:05, +4:19 up on his 17:46 season average over 62 games.Kuznetsov

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 96 of 96 attempts · CBJ 35 · WSH 61

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 52% of the game, CBJ 30%.

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
	50	37
	2.51	2.10
	2.37	2.08
	10	7
	0	1
	12	18
	+0.008	−0.008
	52%	30%

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

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
10:3539% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
9:5567% CF
L3Boyd – Leipsic – Hathaway
8:1263% CF
L4Hagelin – Eller – Panik
7:1647% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
11:0959% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
8:0250% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
7:2557% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
5:20100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Vrana
2:05
PK1FHagelin – Eller
1:56
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
1:19
PK1DGudas – Siegenthaler
2:15
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
1:00

Current WSH line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg
9:4743% CF
L2Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
8:5956% CF
L3Dubois – Texier – Robinson
7:4450% CF
L4Nash – Dano – Stenlund
6:3938% CF
D1Jones – Kukan
12:1540% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
12:1452% CF
D3Harrington – Peeke
7:2715% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Dubois
2:18100% CF
PP2Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg – Kukan – Stenlund
1:42100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Jenner
3:21
PK2FAtkinson – Wennberg
0:59
PK1DJones – Gavrikov
4:44
PK2DSavard – Harrington
2:31

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:32
CBJEric Robinson (Alexandre Texier, David Savard)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Gudas, Wilson, KempnyCBJ: Nash, Savard, Gavrikov, Texier, Robinson
WSH 0 – 1 CBJ

3rd period

0:32
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Gustav Nyquist, Boone Jenner)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, KempnyCBJ: Nyquist, Savard, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov
WSH 0 – 2 CBJ
8:46
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Scott Harrington, Andrew Peeke)wrist0.20 xG
WSH: Oshie, Gudas, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyCBJ: Nyquist, Savard, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov
WSH 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	-1	4	0.61	1	0	0	22:49	—	—	48	48
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	-1	1	0.34	0	0	0	22:05	—	—	48	51
Jakub Vrana L	L1	-1	3	0.27	1	0	2	18:22	—	—	56	52
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	-2	9	0.87	1	0	0	24:51	—	—	71	64
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	-2	3	0.40	0	0	0	20:05	—	—	67	57
Tom Wilson R	L2	-2	0	0.11	3	0	7	18:53	—	—	72	63
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:29	—	—	63	61
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	63	61
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	63	61
Lars Eller C	L4	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	58	59
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:48	—	—	44	45
Richard Panik R	L4	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	8:54	—	—	50	52
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	24:33	—	—	69	85
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:36	—	—	55	67
John Carlson D	D2	-1	1	0.12	1	0	2	26:39	—	—	62	56
Michal Kempny D	D2	-3	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	44	25
Radko Gudas D	D3	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:27	—	—	47	39
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	10:53	—	—	56	49

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.08	54:58

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	44	37
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	17:42	—	—	41	32
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	2	17:23	—	—	39	30
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	3	0	0	19:35	—	—	45	73
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	45	68
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	1.01	0	2	0	16:23	—	—	50	73
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	44	35
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	47	40
Eric Robinson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	50	41
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	37	32
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	11:00	—	—	39	28
Marko Dano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	3	0	8:26	—	—	33	22
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	0	26:48	—	—	36	40
Dean Kukan D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	19:04	—	—	50	39
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	50	56
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.00	1	0	19	21:03	—	—	55	53
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	4	1	0	17:18	—	—	26	35
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:12	—	—	13	13

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	3.47	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.