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Fri, Feb 16, 2018·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI09160812225
CBJ01101211201136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:25PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Nolan Patrick · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:32CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: David Savard, Dean Kukan · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:52PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 13:07PHIDale Weise: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 13:07CBJLukas Sedlak: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 5:45CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
25Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts68
20Faceoffs won32
1Power plays0
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits17
19Blocked shots17
6Giveaways3
11Takeaways7

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 – Konecny15:18

    xG 1.35–0.40 (77%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Lehtera – Weise11:13

    xG 0.18–0.23 (43%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Weal – Laughton – Raffl8:07

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Simmonds – Patrick11:11

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov20:54

    xG 1.12–0.57 (66%)attempts 12–22goals 1–0

  2. Manning – Gudas13:11

    xG 0.62–0.40 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hagg16:27

    xG 0.44–0.87 (33%)attempts 12–21goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Panarin – Dubois5:43

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Calvert – Sedlak4:02

    xG 0.28–0.09 (76%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner4:08

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg15:28

    xG 0.59–0.57 (51%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Kukan13:14

    xG 0.78–0.22 (78%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Werenski22:32

    xG 0.91–0.96 (48%)attempts 29–16goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Nutivaara14:31

    xG 0.44–0.78 (36%)attempts 11–13goals 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 2.5 xGPHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 · #679 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 59% 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).