Game Recap: WSH 2, CBJ 1, April 14, 2026

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Game Recap

WSH2

FinalTue, Apr 14, 2026Every game that night

CBJ1

WSH beat CBJ 2-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.53 expected goals to 2.40. C. Stevenson stopped 27 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	0	1	1	2
CBJ	0	1	0	1

2nd 0:27CBJB. Jenner0.15 xG
2nd 10:46WSHA. Beauvillier0.21 xG
3rd 15:53WSHJ. ChychrunPP0.08 xG

Team Stats

WSHCBJ

21Shots on goal28

3.53Expected goals2.40

54Shot attempts50

135v5 shots on goal23

1/3Power play0/1

14Hits3

11Blocked shots16

0Penalty minutes6

12Giveaways23

2Takeaways7

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

WSH 3.53 xGCBJ 2.40 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

WSH21 on goal, 2 scored

CBJ27 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
A. Ovechkin	LW	0	1	1	4	1	0	-1	18:48	5:44
A. Beauvillier	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	16:50	0:03
T. Wilson	RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	16:39	1:49
D. Strome	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	16:42	3:56
A. Protas	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16:30	0:00
C. McMichael	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:26	1:47
I. Protas	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	16:06	3:45
J. Sourdif	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	16:05	3:21
R. Leonard	RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	+1	16:05	2:26
H. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13:18	0:01
I. Miroshnichenko	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:36	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	10:01	0:00
J. Chychrun	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	23:05	2:29
T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	20:03	0:00
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:58	0:15
C. Hutson	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	19:54	3:19
M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	18:17	0:00
D. McIlrath	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	13:04	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Stevenson	28	27	1	.964	59:37	Win
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

CBJ Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Marchment	LW	0	1	1	3	0	0	+1	2	16:15	1:47
B. Jenner	C	1	0	1	4	0	3	+1	0	14:12	0:00
D. Heinen	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	10:45	0:00
A. Fantilli	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	21:17	1:34
K. Marchenko	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	19:00	1:36
C. Coyle	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	18:48	1:36
I. Lundestrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	15:39	0:00
S. Monahan	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:40	0:24
C. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:01	0:00
C. Garland	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:36	0:24
K. Johnson	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	10:51	0:26
M. Wood	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	2	9:56	0:00
Z. Werenski	D	0	0	0	3	0	2	-1	0	25:59	1:34
I. Provorov	D	0	0	0	4	0	1	+1	0	24:07	0:26
D. Fabbro	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	19:35	0:00
E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	+1	0	18:41	0:00
D. Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18:16	0:13
J. Christiansen	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	10:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Greaves	21	19	2	.905	58:24	Loss
E. Merzlikins	0	0	0	–	0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

WSH

Line 1C. McMichael12:44R. Leonard13:39H. Lapierre13:17

Line 2D. Strome12:46A. Beauvillier15:57A. Ovechkin11:05

Line 3T. Wilson12:10A. Protas14:45I. Protas11:03

Line 4J. Sourdif12:40I. Miroshnichenko10:36B. Duhaime9:57

Pair 1T. Riemsdyk18:25J. Chychrun19:00

Pair 2C. Hutson16:08M. Roy17:40

Pair 3D. McIlrath12:40M. Fehérváry16:18

CBJ

Line 1A. Fantilli18:03K. Marchenko15:46I. Lundestrom13:23

Line 2C. Garland13:08C. Sillinger12:50C. Coyle12:46

Line 3S. Monahan10:53K. Johnson10:02M. Wood9:33

Line 4B. Jenner11:21M. Marchment12:52D. Heinen10:06

Pair 1Z. Werenski22:24D. Fabbro17:33

Pair 2I. Provorov19:56D. Mateychuk15:52

Pair 3E. Gudbranson14:15J. Christiansen10:07

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamBoone Jenner WSH First game back in Columbus, his team until Apr 20261 G, 4 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

	We projected	It finished
Score	WSH 3.1, CBJ 3.2	WSH 2, CBJ 1
Total goals	6.3	3
Shots on goal	WSH 26.1, CBJ 29.5	WSH 21, CBJ 28
Win chance	CBJ 52%	WSH won

Players

Player	SOG projected	SOG	Points projected	Points	Goal chance	Goals
CBJ Z. Werenski	3.3	3	1.04	0	23%	0
WSH A. Ovechkin	2.9	4	0.81	1	34%	0
CBJ K. Marchenko	2.8	4	0.87	0	31%	0
CBJ A. Fantilli	2.7	0	0.78	0	29%	0
WSH J. Chychrun	2.3	1	0.58	1	22%	1
CBJ M. Marchment	2.0	3	0.76	1	27%	0
CBJ B. Jenner	1.9	4	0.50	1	21%	1
CBJ C. Coyle	1.9	2	0.70	0	23%	0
WSH T. Wilson	1.9	2	0.71	1	28%	0
WSH R. Leonard	1.9	2	0.50	0	19%	0
WSH A. Protas	1.8	2	0.63	0	22%	0
WSH A. Beauvillier	1.8	3	0.36	1	16%	1
WSH C. McMichael	1.7	0	0.54	0	20%	0
CBJ I. Provorov	1.6	4	0.38	0	9%	0
CBJ C. Sillinger	1.6	0	0.38	0	12%	0
CBJ S. Monahan	1.6	1	0.53	0	18%	0
WSH D. Strome	1.5	2	0.70	0	23%	0
WSH J. Sourdif	1.4	0	0.51	0	19%	0
WSH C. Hutson	1.4	1	0.49	0	10%	0
CBJ C. Garland	1.4	0	0.37	0	14%	0
CBJ K. Johnson	1.3	1	0.37	0	14%	0
CBJ M. Wood	1.2	1	0.22	0	10%	0
WSH M. Roy	1.1	0	0.27	0	6%	0
CBJ D. Mateychuk	1.1	1	0.37	0	13%	0
CBJ D. Heinen	1.0	1	0.33	1	14%	0
CBJ D. Fabbro	1.0	1	0.24	0	8%	0
CBJ E. Gudbranson	0.9	1	0.19	0	5%	0
WSH I. Miroshnichenko	0.9	0	0.20	0	8%	0
WSH M. Fehérváry	0.9	1	0.31	0	8%	0
WSH B. Duhaime	0.9	1	0.17	0	9%	0
WSH T. Riemsdyk	0.9	0	0.24	1	4%	0
WSH H. Lapierre	0.8	0	0.29	0	9%	0
CBJ I. Lundestrom	0.8	0	0.20	0	8%	0
CBJ J. Christiansen	0.5	1	0.08	0	1%	0
WSH D. McIlrath	0.4	1	0.08	0	2%	0

Shots on goal: 23 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.