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Sat, Mar 5, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ060706019
PHI21721029636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:40PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Radko Gudas, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:45PHIRadko GudasAssists: Brandon Manning, Chris VandeVelde · Slap, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:13PHISam GagnerAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Radko Gudas · Slap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:23PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P3 10:03PHINick CousinsAssists: Matt Read · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–5
  6. P3 10:29PHIRadko GudasAssists: Brandon Manning, Michael Raffl · Slap, 0.02 xG0–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 13:20CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 19:00CBJDalton Prout: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 13:19CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 10:29CBJDavid Clarkson: Misconduct10 min
  5. P3 10:29PHIBrandon Manning: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 11:57PHINick Schultz: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 16:22CBJFedor Tyutin: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 16:22CBJFedor Tyutin: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:22PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:51PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 17:51PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:51CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 17:51CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackPHI 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.

CBJPHI
19Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals3.1
44Shot attempts65
25Faceoffs won22
2Power plays4
24Penalty minutes20
38Hits20
18Blocked shots17
9Giveaways13
1Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Calvert – Karlsson4:16

    xG 0.20–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Atkinson – Wennberg3:14

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Hartnell – Clarkson – Dubinsky2:18

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  4. Hartnell – Foligno – Wennberg6:18

    xG 0.13–0.04 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Jones2:18

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  2. Goloubef – Savard13:20

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

  3. Murray – Jones13:29

    xG 0.27–0.72 (28%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRead – Cousins – Laughton9:41

    xG 1.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 19–1goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Couturier – Raffl11:46

    xG 0.56–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 3–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare9:59

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn9:07

    xG 0.17–0.67 (20%)attempts 8–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas11:42

    xG 0.79–0.23 (77%)attempts 18–8goals 3–0

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere12:56

    xG 0.74–0.26 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Streit – Schultz15:11

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

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.

PHI 3.1 xGCBJ 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1219 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

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

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