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Sun, Jan 8, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0501011100126
CBJ07190712225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:08CBJDavid SavardAssists: William Karlsson · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:43PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Ivan Provorov · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:33CBJNick FolignoGWGAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:00CBJSam Gagner: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:59PHIRadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 19:21PHIMichael Raffl: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 19:21CBJMatt Calvert: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 7:51PHITravis Konecny: Too many men on the ice2 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
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
26Shots on goal25
1.8Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
11Hits23
22Blocked shots17
4Giveaways6
7Takeaways8

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 – Read – Raffl8:13

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Weise – Schenn11:30

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov7:11

    xG 0.07–0.19 (28%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl4:36

    xG 0.20–0.35 (37%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Provorov16:15

    xG 0.36–0.21 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Gostisbehere12:28

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Gudas18:46

    xG 0.49–0.69 (42%)attempts 18–21goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner11:39

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson10:30

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak7:23

    xG 0.12–0.16 (43%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg12:43

    xG 0.07–0.52 (12%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard18:58

    xG 0.71–0.60 (54%)attempts 19–20goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Jones2:46

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski16:09

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 14–19goals 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 2.0 xGPHI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 47/100 · #605 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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 55% 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).