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Thu, Feb 22, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

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

PHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0211404120
PHI070627220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:51CBJArtemi PanarinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:34PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:49PHINolan PatrickPPGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:30CBJCam Atkinson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:55CBJJack Johnson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:41PHIJordan Weal: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:33PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:41CBJArtemi Panarin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 16:12CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 9:43CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Panarin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJPHI
20Shots on goal20
1.8Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts42
19Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
36Hits26
11Blocked shots14
12Giveaways12
9Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Panarin – Dubois12:47

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Gerbe – Dalpe – Sedlak3:30

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Calvert – Anderson7:22

    xG 0.02–0.04 (37%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg12:24

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Harrington9:17

    xG 0.13–0.03 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Murray15:27

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski17:28

    xG 0.49–0.68 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Raffl11:07

    xG 0.55–0.34 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick5:09

    xG 0.16–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Leier – Lindblom3:20

    xG 0.02–0.02 (60%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Lehtera – Weise7:09

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas13:45

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov2:06

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Hagg14:08

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 5–13goals 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.

PHI 2.2 xGCBJ 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #775 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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.

PHI winsCBJ wins

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

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