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Tue, Dec 9, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 64% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI15061802221
CBJ19180512324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:34CBJBoone JennerPPAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:53PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Mark Streit · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:39CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Jack Johnson · Backhand, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:04PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Jakub Voracek, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:58CBJKevin ConnautonGWGAssists: Ryan Johansen · Snap, 0.21 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:57PHIZac Rinaldo: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:24CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:05CBJCorey Tropp: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:37CBJCam Atkinson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:05PHIScott Laughton: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:28CBJDalton Prout: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:00PHIMichael Raffl: Interference2 min
  8. P3 14:35PHIClaude Giroux: 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
21Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals3.3
46Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits43
15Blocked shots12
5Giveaways10
9Takeaways6

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. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Laughton7:53

    xG 0.21–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Read – Couturier9:24

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl12:10

    xG 0.22–0.35 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Rinaldo – Bellemare5:07

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Del Zotto2:27

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Del Zotto11:01

    xG 0.35–0.28 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Del Zotto2:03

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Foligno – Gibbons8:17

    xG 0.36–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Skille – Johansen – Jenner11:24

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Boll – Tropp – Chaput3:53

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson9:19

    xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Connauton12:18

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard11:52

    xG 0.14–0.34 (29%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Prout16:07

    xG 0.26–0.48 (36%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

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 3.3 xGPHI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 74/100 · #265 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 64% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

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

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