5 Keys: Capitals at Blue Jackets, Game 6

CAPITALS AT BLUE JACKETS
7:30 p.m. ET; CNBC, SN, TVAS2, FS-O, NBCSWA
Washington leads best-of-7 series 3-2

COLUMBUS --The Washington Capitals will advance to the Eastern Conference Second Round with a win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Monday.
The Capitals have won the past three games after trailing 2-0 in the series, including a 4-3 overtime victory in Game 5 at Capital One Arena on Saturday.
When the series is tied 2-2, the winner of Game 5 holds an all-time series record of 201-54 (78.8 percent), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Here are 5 keys for Game 6:
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1. Top guns must produce

The Blue Jackets' top line of Artemi Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cam Atkinson combined for 14 points (five goals, nine assists) and a plus-8 in the first three games. They have no points and are minus-7 in the past two games.
"Certainly your top guys need to be your top guys," Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said.

2. Take advantage of home ice

The Blue Jackets are 2-7 all-time at Nationwide Arena in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and played poorly in losing 4-1 in Game 4.
"We think we can put together a much better effort on home ice, especially with how great our fans are and have been," defenseman Ian Cole said. "We take a lot of pride in this being a tough place to play."
The Capitals don't want the first period to be a repeat of the third period of Game 5, when they were outshot 16-1.
"We better be looking at that first shift in this rink," Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. "It's going to be loud. They're going to be very determined."

3. Win special-teams battle

The Capitals are 8-for-24 (33.3 percent) on the power play and have scored at least one goal with the man-advantage in each game of the series.
Conversely, the Blue Jackets scored on four of their first seven power-play opportunities but are scoreless in their past 13 attempts, including 0-for-7 at home.
"We win the first two games because our power play is good," Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno said. "We haven't won lately because our power play hasn't been. If you want to win games in the playoffs you find a way to get one (goal) or get momentum off it. You can't lose it."

4. Quick on the draw

The Capitals want center Jay Beagle taking face-offs in critical spots. Beagle has won 42 of 59 face-offs (71.2 percent) to lead the series while ranking second behind Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher (75.5 percent) with at least 40 draws in the playoffs.

5. Net-front presence

When goalies Braden Holtby and the Sergei Bobrovsky are on top of their games, the best route to scoring may be indirect. Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert scored the overtime winner in Game 2 with a one-handed shot after a rebound. Capitals forward Lars Eller won Game 3 in overtime after the puck bounced off Bobrovsky, Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski and himself. Nicklas Backstrom's redirection of a Dmitry Orlov shot decided Game 5.
"A great goaltender, it's hard to beat him on a shot," Beagle said. "We've really tried to get in front of the net, try to make it hard so (Bobrovsky) can't see the shots coming in. It's been a war in front of the net, that's for sure."

Capitals projected lineup

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
Dmitry Orlov -- Matt Niskanen
Michal Kempny -- John Carlson
Brooks Orpik -- Christian Djoos
Braden Holtby
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched:Jakub Jerabek, Tyler Boyd, Madison Bowey, Shane Gersich, Pheonix Copley
Injured:Andre Burakovsky (upper body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Boone Jenner -- Alex Wennberg -- Thomas Vanek
Matt Calvert -- Nick Foligno -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Dubinsky -- Mark Letestu -- Josh Anderson
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Ian Cole -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Jack Johnson, Scott Harrington, Taylor Chorney, Dean Kukan, Alex Broadhurst, Markus Hannikainen, Jeff Zatkoff, Sonny Milano
Injured:Lukas Sedlak (upper body)

Status report

Burakovsky, injured in Game 2, needs surgery and is out for the rest of the first round. … The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate. … Tortorella said Sunday that the lineup would be the same as Game 5 but line combinations may change.