Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals
Monday, April 23, 2018 – 7:30 PM EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio, CNBC- Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Japers’ Rink
Schedule and Results – Washington leads 3-2
Game 1 (4/12/18): CBJ 4 @ WSH 3 (OT) Recap
Game 2 (4/15/18): CBJ 5 @ WSH 4 (OT) Recap
Game 3 (4/17/18): WSH 3 @ CBJ 2 (2OT) Recap
Game 4 (4/19/18, 7:30 p.m.): WSH 4 @ CBJ 1 Recap
Game 5 (4/21/18, 3:00 p.m.): CBJ @ WSH Recap
Game 6 (4/23/18): WSH @ CBJ
Game 7 (4/25/18): CBJ @ WSH (if necessary)
Stats Preview
| Washington | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.60 | GF/PG | 3.00 |
| 3.00 | GA/PG | 3.60 |
| 33.3% | PP% | 20.0% |
| 80.0% | PK% | 66.7% |
| 51.34% | EV Corsi % | 48.66% |
| 98.9 | EV PDO | 101.1 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov, 4 | G Leader | Matt Calvert, 3 |
| John Carlson, 7 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 5 |
| Nicklas Backstrom and John Carlson, 8 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 7 |
| Tom Wilson, 8 | PIM Leader | Josh Anderson, 17 |
| 2-0 | Home / Road | 0-2 |
Projected Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Boone Jenner | Alexander Wennberg | Thomas Vanek |
| Matt Calvert | Nick Foligno | Josh Anderson |
| Mark Letestu | Brandon Dubinsky | Oliver Bjorkstrand |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Ian Cole | David Savard |
| Ryan Murray | Markus Nutivaara |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Alex Ovechkin | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Tom Wilson |
| Chandler Stephenson | Nicklas Backstrom | T.J. Oshie |
| Brett Connolly | Lars Eller | Devante Smith-Pelly |
| Jakub Vrana | Jay Beagle | Alex Chiasson |
| Michal Kempny | John Carlson |
| Dmitri Orlov | Matt Niskanen |
| Brooks Orpik | Christian Djoos |
| Braden Holtby |
| Philipp Grubauer |
Preview
It’s do or die for the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. Simple as that.
The Jackets, once up 2-0 in their series against the Washington Capitals, now find themselves trailing 3-2. Tonight, the team returns to Nationwide Arena, looking to force a Game Seven on Wednesday night.
There’s not much to say about this one – win, or make a tee time. The Jackets have to find a way to get it done in front of their home fans tonight. Washington is 7-8 all time in games where it has a 3-2 series lead, so there’s some small comfort.
Go Jackets. Send it back to Washington.