WSH @ CBJ Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-04-14 Posted by kaylee on 2026-04-14 04:00:11

WSH @ CBJ

Venue: Nationwide Arena

Puck drop: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

WSH (last 10)
  • Record 7-3-0
  • Streak W3
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 4.1 · 3.5
  • Power play 7/27 (25.9%)
  • Last game W vs PIT (3–0)
CBJ (last 10)
  • Record 2-7-1
  • Streak L1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.1 · 3.3
  • Power play 3/26 (11.5%)
  • Last game L vs BOS (2–3)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-12-07 CBJ 0 @ WSH 2
  • 2025-11-24 CBJ 1 @ WSH 5
  • 2025-10-24 WSH 5 @ CBJ 1

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

WSH
  • Connor McMichael 7 pts · 4 G · 10 SOG
  • Ryan Leonard 5 pts · 4 G · 13 SOG
  • Aliaksei Protas 5 pts · 2 G · 10 SOG
  • Tom Wilson 5 pts · 2 G · 8 SOG
CBJ
  • Adam Fantilli 4 pts · 2 G · 15 SOG
  • Kirill Marchenko 4 pts · 1 G · 12 SOG
  • Mason Marchment 4 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
  • Zach Werenski 3 pts · 1 G · 23 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: WSH 3.74 · CBJ 2.87 · Win odds: WSH 64.7% · CBJ 35.3% · OT/SO chance: 15.2%

  • 3-3 35.3%
  • 3-2 32.7%
  • 4-2 31.9%

Box Score

WSH 2 Final CBJ 1

2026-04-14

Stat WSH CBJ
Goals21
Shots2128
Power Play 1/3 (33.3%) 0/1 (0.0%)
PIM26
Faceoffs24 / 2121 / 24
Blocks1116
Saves2719
WSH Scorers
GAPTS
Anthony Beauvillier 1 0 1
Jakob Chychrun 1 0 1
Alex Ovechkin 0 1 1
Tom Wilson 0 1 1
Trevor van Riemsdyk 0 1 1
CBJ Scorers
GAPTS
Boone Jenner 1 0 1
Danton Heinen 0 1 1
Mason Marchment 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-04-14 11:52PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

WSH Away

Forwards

Line 1
Alex Ovechkin
#8 · LW
TOI 18:48
Dylan Strome
#17 · C
TOI 16:42
Anthony Beauvillier
#72 · RW
TOI 16:50
Line 2
Aliaksei Protas
#21 · LW
TOI 16:30
Ilya Protas
C
TOI 16:06
Tom Wilson
#43 · RW
TOI 16:39
Line 3
Connor McMichael
#24 · LW
TOI 16:26
Justin Sourdif
#34 · C
TOI 16:05
Ryan Leonard
#9 · RW
TOI 16:05
Line 4
Brandon Duhaime
#22 · LW
TOI 10:01
Hendrix Lapierre
#29 · C
TOI 13:18
Ivan Miroshnichenko
#63 · RW
TOI 10:36

Defense

Pair 1
Martin Fehervary
#42 · LD
TOI 18:17
Dylan McIlrath
#52 · RD
TOI 13:04
Pair 2
Jakob Chychrun
#6 · LD
TOI 23:05
Trevor van Riemsdyk
#57 · RD
TOI 20:03
Pair 3
Cole Hutson
#44 · LD
TOI 19:54
Matt Roy
#3 · RD
TOI 19:58

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Clay Stevenson [Status: LIKELY Start Score: 33]
G2 Logan Thompson

CBJ Home

Forwards

Line 1
Kirill Marchenko
#86 · LW
TOI 19:00
Adam Fantilli
#19 · C
TOI 21:17
Isac Lundestrom
#21 · RW
TOI 15:39
Line 2
Cole Sillinger
#4 · LW
TOI 14:01
Charlie Coyle
#3 · C
TOI 18:42
Conor Garland
#83 · RW
TOI 13:36
Line 3
Mason Marchment
#17 · LW
TOI 16:15
Boone Jenner
#38 · C
TOI 14:12
Danton Heinen
#43 · RW
TOI 10:45
Line 4
Kent Johnson
#91 · LW
TOI 10:51
Sean Monahan
#23 · C
TOI 14:40
Miles Wood
#11 · RW
TOI 9:56

Defense

Pair 1
Zach Werenski
#8 · LD
TOI 25:59
Dante Fabbro
#15 · RD
TOI 19:35
Pair 2
Ivan Provorov
#9 · LD
TOI 24:07
Denton Mateychuk
#5 · RD
TOI 18:16
Pair 3
Jake Christiansen
#2 · LD
TOI 10:17
Erik Gudbranson
#44 · RD
TOI 18:41

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jet Greaves [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 61]
G2 Elvis Merzlikins

Injuries

As of 2026-04-14 11:52PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

WSH

Player Pos # Description Status
Sonny Milano NA 15 OUT OUT
Charlie Lindgren NA 79 DTD DTD
Rasmus Sandin NA 38 DTD DTD
Pierre-Luc Dubois NA 80 DTD DTD

CBJ

Player Pos # Description Status
Brendan Smith NA 7 IR IR
Damon Severson NA 78 OUT OUT
Dmitri Voronkov NA 10 OUT OUT
Mathieu Olivier NA 24 DTD DTD
Loading advanced stats…