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Sat, Dec 23, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI01011106040131
CBJ19011015011236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:08CBJSeth JonesPPAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:56PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  2. 2. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Artemi Panarin stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Pierre-Luc Dubois scored
  6. 6. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:34CBJJack Johnson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:37PHIDale Weise: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:04CBJJosh Anderson: Interference2 min
  4. P3 4:09PHINolan Patrick: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:29CBJArtemi Panarin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 15:24PHINolan Patrick: High sticking2 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 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
31Shots on goal36
3.6Expected goals3.1
61Shot attempts64
39Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
9Hits14
14Blocked shots15
3Giveaways2
5Takeaways9

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 – Couturier – Konecny14:14

    xG 1.37–0.26 (84%)attempts 22–10goals 1–0

  2. Voracek – Raffl – Patrick11:02

    xG 0.65–0.61 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Laughton – Leier6:25

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Weise10:43

    xG 0.18–0.60 (23%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov17:05

    xG 1.46–0.61 (71%)attempts 21–16goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim12:56

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hagg13:23

    xG 0.51–1.11 (31%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Panarin – Dubois14:22

    xG 1.21–1.15 (51%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  2. Schroeder – Motte – Hannikainen6:51

    xG 0.07–0.16 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Sedlak – Bjorkstrand9:18

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Atkinson – Jenner13:15

    xG 0.65–0.97 (40%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard18:54

    xG 0.76–0.63 (55%)attempts 13–20goals 0–1

  2. Jones – Nutivaara18:55

    xG 1.36–1.39 (49%)attempts 28–13goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Carlsson10:06

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 6–11goals 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 3.1 xGPHI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 32/100 · #873 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 56% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).