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Sat, Mar 25, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

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

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI011013012036
CBJ051808121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:11CBJAlexander WennbergGWGAssists: Kyle Quincey · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:10CBJBoone Jenner: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:40PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 6:40CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:27PHINick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:47CBJBoone Jenner: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:47PHIRadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:47PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:07CBJSeth Jones: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 19:52PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:52CBJDavid Savard: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 19:52CBJDavid Savard: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
36Shots on goal21
3.8Expected goals2.0
58Shot attempts42
25Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
13Penalty minutes15
15Hits10
14Blocked shots14
1Giveaways2
3Takeaways4

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. bestWeise – Schenn – Couturier10:03

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny3:23

    xG 0.15–0.07 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Read10:21

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Gostisbehere6:31

    xG 0.35–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov12:46

    xG 0.39–0.22 (65%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Manning – Provorov2:09

    xG 0.05–0.03 (65%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestCalvert – Sedlak – Karlsson9:31

    xG 0.60–0.11 (84%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Foligno – Wennberg8:59

    xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Atkinson – Saad7:24

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Jenner – Anderson8:23

    xG 0.23–0.41 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:00

    xG 0.91–0.48 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski14:28

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Harrington10:52

    xG 0.17–0.36 (33%)attempts 6–15goals 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.

CBJ 2.0 xGPHI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 2/100 · #1208 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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.

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).