Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 24, 2025

FinalFriday, Oct 24, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	4	5		WSH	12	2	16	30
CBJ	0	0	1	1		CBJ	12	10	13	35

: WSH 53CBJ 66
: WSH 4.75CBJ 4.01
PP goals: WSH 2CBJ 0
Hits: WSH 23CBJ 25
Blocks: WSH 11CBJ 7
PIM: WSH 6CBJ 9
: WSH 53%CBJ 47%

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 CBJ. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ scored 1 goal on 4.01 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:15.Ovechkin
Points
Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:45.McMichael
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:43.Carlson
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 4.01 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Justin Sourdif (WSH) played 9:52, −4:56 down on his 14:48 season average over 77 games.Sourdif
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +8 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Thompson
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 10:50, −5:29 down on his 16:19 season average over 67 games.van Riemsdyk
Usage
Egor Chinakhov (CBJ) played 9:03, −4:30 down on his 13:33 season average over 71 games.Chinakhov

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 119 of 119 attempts · CBJ 66 · WSH 53

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 27% of the game, CBJ 37%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CBJ 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	WSH	CBJ
	46	62
	2.28	3.69
	2.13	3.34
	10	18
	4	7
	12	23
	+0.026	−0.026
	27%	37%

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

L1Dowd – Duhaime – Frank
8:2322% CF
L2Wilson – McMichael – Lapierre
7:0952% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
6:1433% CF
L4Protas – Sourdif – Leonard
5:3755% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
9:3452% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
9:1744% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
5:5615% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
6:05100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Chisholm – McMichael – Protas – Leonard
2:23100% CF
PK1FWilson – Protas
3:22
PK2FDowd – Duhaime
1:36
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:56
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:48

Current WSH line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov
9:3067% CF
L2Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
8:2146% CF
L3Jenner – Johnson – Fantilli
8:0465% CF
L4Aston-Reese – Lundeström – Chinakhov
7:5450% CF
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
14:5865% CF
D2Severson – Provorov
14:3653% CF
D3Gudbranson – Fabbro
8:2050% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson
4:24100% CF
PP2Coyle – Jenner – Severson – Provorov – Fantilli
1:04100% CF
PK1FJohnson – Fantilli
1:25
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
1:24
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
6:01
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
1:27

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:19
WSHJohn Carlson (Connor McMichael, Hendrix Lapierre)slap0.05 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Fehérváry, McMichael, LapierreCBJ: Werenski, Aston-Reese, Lundeström, Chinakhov, Mateychuk
WSH 1 – 0 CBJ

3rd period

1:36
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dylan Strome)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Beauvillier, FehérváryCBJ: Coyle, Severson, Provorov, Olivier, Sillinger
WSH 2 – 0 CBJ
2:40
WSHJustin Sourdif (Ryan Leonard, Logan Thompson)snap0.22 xG
WSH: Roy, Chychrun, Protas, Sourdif, LeonardCBJ: Gudbranson, Jenner, Fabbro, Johnson, Fantilli
WSH 3 – 0 CBJ
10:20
CBJDenton Mateychuk (Sean Monahan, Dmitri Voronkov)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Carlson, Fehérváry, McMichael, Lapierre, LeonardCBJ: Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko, Voronkov, Mateychuk
WSH 3 – 1 CBJ
15:39
WSHTom WilsonPP (Ethen Frank, John Carlson)backhand0.54 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun, FrankCBJ: Gudbranson, Provorov, Johnson, Fantilli
WSH 4 – 1 CBJ
16:37
WSHConnor McMichaelPP (Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas)other0.56 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, McMichael, Protas, LeonardCBJ: Gudbranson, Jenner, Lundeström, Mateychuk
WSH 5 – 1 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	14:28	—	—	41	44
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	13:41	—	—	33	43
Ethen Frank R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.33	1	1	2	12:18	—	—	17	7
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.61	1	0	0	20:29	—	—	56	45
Connor McMichael L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.66	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	38	21
Hendrix Lapierre C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.52	1	0	2	11:37	—	—	59	49
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.32	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	37	39
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.37	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	41	46
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:05	—	—	39	55
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.19	0	2	0	17:51	—	—	33	29
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	36	24
Justin Sourdif C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	5	0	0	9:52	—	—	60	65
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.89	2	0	0	25:19	—	—	58	49
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	3	0	18:33	—	—	46	46
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	25:43	—	—	50	47
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	2	0	21:54	—	—	38	43
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	28	22
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	20	16

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	4.01	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.55	1	0	2	19:06	—	—	68	75
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.41	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	76	83
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.28	3	0	2	16:45	—	—	62	58
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	52	57
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	3	0	5	14:11	—	—	46	42
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	55	65
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	58	56
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	4	3	0	14:50	—	—	65	61
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	65	46
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:28	—	—	50	60
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	47	61
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	0	0	0	9:03	—	—	57	73
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	1	0	24:33	—	—	65	78
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.19	2	0	0	18:25	—	—	67	80
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	24:16	—	—	53	56
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	1	0	17:35	—	—	56	59
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	50	32
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	50	35

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	30	25	5	.833	4.75	59:37

Goal anatomy

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

Connor McMichael (WSH PP) 3rd 16:37 · assists Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas · Rush · carried in · 21.1 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Connor McMichael · 3rd 16:37 · WSH PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.1 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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John Carlson · 2nd 18:19 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 75.2 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 1:36 · WSH

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.2 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Justin Sourdif · 3rd 2:40 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Denton Mateychuk · 3rd 10:20 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 15:39 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
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.