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Sat, Dec 21, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI07214115336
CBJ11117411629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 10:43CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Nick Foligno, Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:29CBJR.J. UmbergerPPAssists: James Wisniewski, Ryan Murray · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:40PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:00PHISean CouturierAssists: Matt Read, Vincent Lecavalier · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:36CBJDavid SavardAssists: Nikita Nikitin, Corey Tropp · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:39CBJBoone JennerGWGAssists: Nikita Nikitin, David Savard · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:22CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Corey Tropp, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:19PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Jakub Voracek, Mark Streit · Backhand, 0.32 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:43CBJR.J. UmbergerENAssists: Artem Anisimov, Jack Johnson · Backhand, 0.65 xG3–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:49CBJMark Letestu: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:07PHIMark Streit: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:19PHILuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:17CBJBoone Jenner: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:32CBJDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:34PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:34CBJNick Foligno: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 10:34CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 14:21PHIMark Streit: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 15:33CBJJack Johnson: Interference2 min
  11. P3 7:14PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
36Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts49
39Faceoffs won41
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
20Hits33
11Blocked shots12
3Giveaways1
1Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Read – Couturier8:00

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 1–1

  2. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn9:15

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Hall – VandeVelde – Rinaldo3:34

    xG 0.05–0.07 (41%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl9:34

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gustafsson9:11

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Coburn5:01

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 2–1

  3. Gill – Streit8:49

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Letestu – Tropp5:24

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner5:05

    xG 0.20–0.14 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Calvert – Johansen2:44

    xG 0.05–0.08 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen3:08

    xG 0.01–0.13 (10%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray13:20

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson12:28

    xG 0.42–0.37 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Nikitin – Savard13:03

    xG 0.07–0.38 (16%)attempts 6–8goals 2–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CBJ 3.1 xGPHI 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CBJ's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CBJ is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #179 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

Simulated goal difference (CBJ − PHI), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).