Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets
Sunday, April 2, 2017 – 6:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio – Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Japers’ Rink
Washington Capitals, 51-18-8, 110 points, 1st Metro, 1st East
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Columbus Blue Jackets, 49-20-6, 106 points, 2nd Metro, 2nd East
Here’s what you need to know: this is a must win. The Blue Jackets have to find a way to get this done. There is no other choice.
Season Series
11/15/16 WSH 1 @ CBJ 2 (OT)
11/20/6 CBJ 3 @ WSH 2
1/5/17 CBJ 0 @ WSH 5
3/23/17 CBJ 1 @ WSH 2 (SO)
4/2/17 WSH @ CBJ
Stats Matchup
| Washington | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.23 (2) | GPG | 3.05 (6) |
| 2.22 (1) | GAPG | 2.27 (2) |
| 23.6% (3) | PP% | 20.1% (11) |
| 84.0% (7) | PK% | 82.7% (9) |
| 51.8% (4) | EV Corsi % | 49.9% (17) |
| 102.9 (1) | EV PDO | 101.8 (2) |
| Alex Ovechkin, 33 | G Leader | Cam Atkinson, 34 |
| Nicklas Backstrom, 60 | A Leader | Alexander Wennberg, 43 |
| Nicklas Backstrom, 83 | P Leader | Cam Atkinson, 61 |
| Jordan Staal, 34 | PIM Leader | Brandon Dubinsky, 91 |
| 20-12-6 | Road / Home | 28-10-1 |
| 7-2-1 | Last 10 | 6-2-2 |
Probable Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Josh Anderson |
| Brandon Saad | Sam Gagner | Cam Atkinson |
| Scott Hartnell | Alexander Wennberg | Nick Foligno |
| Matt Calvert | Lukas Sedlak | William Karlsson |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Kyle Quincey | Markus Nutivaara |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
Washington Capitals
| Alex Ovechkin | Nicklas Backstrom |
T.J. Oshie |
| Marcus Johansson | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Justin Williams |
| Brett Connolly | Lars Eller | Andre Burakovsky |
| Daniel Winnik | Jay Beagle | Tom Wilson |
| Karl Alzner | John Carlson |
| Dmitri Orlov | Matt Niskanen |
| Brooks Orpik | Kevin Shattenkirk |
| Braden Holtby |
| Philipp Grubauer |