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Tue, Mar 22, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 63% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI1809112040233
CBJ015016214081353

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:42PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Brayden Schenn, Nick Schultz · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:54PHIRyan WhitePPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.46 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:56CBJBoone JennerSHAssists: Seth Jones, Brandon Saad · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:52CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Scott Hartnell, Brandon Dubinsky · Snap, 0.42 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  2. 2. PHI Nick Cousins stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Alexander Wennberg stopped
  4. 4. PHI Sam Gagner stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Brandon Dubinsky stopped
  6. 6. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  7. 7. CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand stopped
  8. 8. PHI Brayden Schenn stopped
  9. 9. CBJ Boone Jenner scored
  10. 10. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:05PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:47PHIMichael Raffl: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:26PHIRyan White: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:26CBJJared Boll: Interference5 min
  5. P2 3:26CBJJared Boll: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P2 18:50PHIBrandon Manning: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 10:44CBJBoone Jenner: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:46CBJGregory Campbell: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:27CBJRyan Murray: Slashing2 min
  10. OT 1:00PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  11. OT 3:46CBJSeth Jones: Holding2 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
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
33Shots on goal53
4.2Expected goals5.1
64Shot attempts82
37Faceoffs won37
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes23
12Hits23
18Blocked shots16
3Giveaways8
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Schenn9:28

    xG 0.50–0.34 (59%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Voracek – Read – Cousins6:17

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Couturier – Raffl10:30

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. White – Laughton – Bellemare7:07

    xG 0.23–0.44 (34%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz10:53

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere12:16

    xG 0.21–0.44 (33%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas13:17

    xG 0.62–0.87 (42%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestCampbell – Chaput – Saad2:29

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Jenner – Saad – Bjorkstrand9:12

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Karlsson – Wennberg7:23

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson10:36

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Savard13:43

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 23–9goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Goloubef10:31

    xG 0.48–0.45 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Jones14:46

    xG 0.41–0.62 (40%)attempts 12–21goals 0–1

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 5.1 xGPHI 4.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 · #304 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 0% (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 63% 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).