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Nationwide Arena | CBJNHL
WSH
Washington Capitals
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Columbus Blue Jackets
 CBJ
50% Win Probability
50% Win Probability
WSH is expected to score 3.13 goals CBJ is expected to score 3.37 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Washington Capitals Columbus Blue Jackets
Record 8-4-0 5-7-0
L10 Record 7-3-0 4-6-0
Pts% 66.67% 41.67%
Division Rank 3 (Metropolitan) 7 (Metropolitan)
Conference Rank 10 (Eastern) 15 (Eastern)
Projected Points 93.83 83.86
xGF/G 3.24+0.61 ● 2.63
xGA/G 3.22 ● +0.193.04
xGF% 50.10%+3.73 ● 46.37%
L10 xGF 33.28+6.56 ● 26.72
L10 xGA 32.19 ● +0.7231.47
L10 xGF% 50.83%+4.91 ● 45.92%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
WSH Alex Tuch (R) 0.40 10 2 12 12 18:58 4.8 4.2 33 30.3 0.145 15.8 24 12 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
WSH Dylan Strome (C) 0.36 3 9 12 12 17:07 4.4 -1.4 26 11.5 0.168 -5.2 189 97 51.3 0.58 -0.20 0.39
WSH Ryan Leonard (R) 0.35 4 4 8 12 14:16 4.2 -0.2 32 12.5 0.131 -0.6 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Adam Fantilli (C) 0.27 4 2 6 12 21:00 3.3 0.7 36 11.1 0.091 2.0 197 119 60.4 0.36 -0.16 0.20
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.27 2 3 5 12 18:37 3.3 -2.3 26 7.7 0.126 -4.9 2 0 0.0 0.00 -0.16 -0.16
CBJ Kent Johnson (C) 0.27 7 5 12 12 17:39 3.2 3.8 25 28.0 0.129 15.1 1 0 0.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
CBJ Charlie Coyle (C) 0.27 1 8 9 12 19:41 3.2 -2.2 22 4.5 0.147 -10.1 210 114 54.3 0.21 -0.34 -0.13
CBJ Sean Monahan (C) 0.24 1 3 4 12 16:37 2.9 -1.9 13 7.7 0.221 -14.4 185 101 54.6 0.38 -0.48 -0.10
CBJ Matthew Knies (L) 0.22 2 3 5 12 18:04 2.7 -0.7 19 10.5 0.140 -3.5 5 2 40.0 0.02 0.00 0.02
WSH Boone Jenner (C) 0.22 5 1 6 12 16:00 2.6 2.4 26 19.2 0.101 9.2 160 87 54.4 0.26 -0.27 0.00
WSH Pierre-Luc Dubois (C) 0.21 1 6 7 7 16:40 1.5 -0.5 11 9.1 0.135 -4.4 104 39 37.5 0.02 -0.15 -0.12
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.20 1 3 4 12 13:32 2.5 -1.5 19 5.3 0.129 -7.6 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Cole Sillinger (C) 0.19 3 3 6 12 15:16 2.3 0.7 19 15.8 0.122 3.6 25 16 64.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Aliaksei Protas (L) 0.19 1 4 5 12 16:19 2.3 -1.3 16 6.3 0.141 -7.8 10 7 70.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Jordan Kyrou (R) 0.17 4 7 11 12 14:09 2.0 2.0 22 18.2 0.092 8.9 3 1 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Ilya Protas (L) 0.16 1 4 5 12 11:44 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.194 -9.4 91 45 49.5 0.11 -0.15 -0.04
CBJ Valeri Nichushkin (R) 0.15 1 5 6 12 16:24 1.8 -0.8 17 5.9 0.108 -4.9 4 1 25.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
CBJ Mathieu Olivier (R) 0.15 2 1 3 12 15:06 1.8 -0.8 20 10.0 0.090 1.0 3 3 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Danton Heinen (L) 0.14 0 0 0 9 10:43 1.2 -1.2 8 0.0 0.155 -15.5 35 17 48.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Justin Sourdif (C) 0.13 1 1 2 10 13:42 1.3 -0.3 9 11.1 0.143 -3.2 61 32 52.5 0.00 -0.08 -0.08
WSH Ivan Miroshnichenko (L) 0.12 1 0 1 3 11:03 0.4 0.6 1 100.0 0.371 62.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Ethen Frank (R) 0.11 0 0 0 2 9:43 0.2 -0.2 2 0.0 0.112 -11.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Conor Garland (R) 0.11 0 0 0 12 13:14 1.3 -1.3 13 0.0 0.099 -9.9 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Ryan Lomberg (L) 0.10 0 0 0 12 8:52 1.3 -1.3 16 0.0 0.079 -7.9 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Anthony Beauvillier (R) 0.10 1 1 2 12 11:17 1.2 -0.2 12 8.3 0.102 -1.9 10 4 40.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (L) 0.10 0 2 2 8 10:36 0.8 -0.8 8 0.0 0.099 -9.9 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Luca Del Bel Belluz (C) 0.02 0 0 0 6 8:04 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.063 -6.3 30 11 36.7 0.08 0.00 0.08
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
WSH Cole Hutson (D) 0.20 4 3 7 12 19:04 2.4 1.6 25 16.0 0.095 6.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.19 1 8 9 12 24:16 2.3 -1.3 37 2.7 0.062 -3.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Zach Werenski (D) 0.19 0 10 10 12 28:49 2.2 -2.2 34 0.0 0.065 -6.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Denton Mateychuk (D) 0.13 4 1 5 12 22:50 1.5 2.5 25 16.0 0.062 9.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Damon Severson (D) 0.09 2 3 5 10 23:11 0.9 1.1 7 28.6 0.124 16.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Matt Roy (D) 0.08 0 1 1 6 20:21 0.5 -0.5 5 0.0 0.100 -10.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Martin Fehérváry (D) 0.04 0 3 3 12 21:57 0.5 -0.5 6 0.0 0.083 -8.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Ivan Provorov (D) 0.04 0 0 0 1 19:31 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Timothy Liljegren (D) 0.04 1 0 1 12 17:26 0.4 0.6 6 16.7 0.072 9.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Jake Christiansen (D) 0.04 1 2 3 11 13:46 0.4 0.6 7 14.3 0.055 8.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Erik Gudbranson (D) 0.03 0 1 1 12 15:31 0.3 -0.3 8 0.0 0.039 -3.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Dante Fabbro (D) 0.02 0 0 0 3 13:47 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.049 -4.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Jack St. Ivany (D) 0.01 0 4 4 6 14:00 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.036 -3.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Vincent Desharnais (D)+ 0.01 0 3 3 9 19:24 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.033 -3.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Emil Andrae (D) 0.01 0 2 2 5 10:33 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Dylan McIlrath (D) 0.00 0 0 0 4 6:34 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
WSH Logan Thompson (G) +2.15% 4.9 2.78 0.903 5 8 3 62.5 0 22 227 205 26.9
CBJ Cam Talbot (G) +0.78% 1.1 2.83 0.894 3 6 2 50.0 0 15 141 126 16.1
WSH Charlie Lindgren (G) -0.19% -0.2 2.98 0.887 3 4 1 75.0 0 12 106 94 11.8
CBJ Jet Greaves (G) -0.37% -0.7 3.11 0.883 2 8 5 25.0 1 21 180 159 20.3