Capitals at Blue Jackets 4/23/18 - NHL Picks & Predictions

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Last Updated: 08/08/2019 at 8:43 AM ET

The Washington Capitals visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday for Game 6 of their NHL Eastern Conference best of seven quarterfinals series. The Capitals lead the series 3-2 after beating the Blue Jackets Saturday night 4-3 in overtime.

Washington led 3-2 entering the third period but was outplayed and out-skated by Columbus and squandered another lead that forced the game to overtime. The Capitals survived the third thanks to goalie Braden Holtby’s 15 saves and won the game in overtime on a Nicklas Backstrom deflection that beat Sergei Bobrovsky the Columbus stalwart in net, who earlier had stopped point-blank shots from John Carlson and Alex Ovechkin. On the night Holtby stopped 39 shots for the Capitals. Prior to Washington’s win on home ice in Game 5, the previous four games were won by the visiting team.
Evgeny Kuznetsov leads Washington in goals during the playoffs with four, while John Carlson leads the team in assists with seven and Nicklas Backstrom in points with eight. Regular season scoring leader Alex Ovechkin has three goals and three assists. In net, Braden Holtby is 3-1-0 with a goals against of 1.66 and a save percentage of .936.

Matt Calvert leads Columbus in playoff goals scored with three, while Artemi Panarin is the team leader in assists with five and in points with seven. In net for Columbus, Sergei Bobrovsky is 2-3-0 with a goals against average of 2.85 and a save percentage of .912. The Russian has made 177 saves in the first five games of the series.

The road team (Capitals) in this series has won 4 of the 5 games. Washington has won 9 of its last 12 head to head games against Columbus and 4 of its last 5 in Columbus. Final Score Prediction, Washington Capitals win high scoring game 4-3.

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