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Thu, Oct 18, 2018·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21501218335
CBJ11231026628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:06PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Robert Hagg, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:53CBJAnthony DuclairAssists: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:10PHISean CouturierAssists: Ivan Provorov, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:34CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:42CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P2 8:34CBJNick FolignoGWGAssists: David Savard, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 1:07PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Konecny · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:12CBJJosh AndersonUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:48CBJSonny MilanoAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:33CBJDean Kukan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 14:03PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 2:27CBJRiley Nash: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 12:39PHIJordan Weal: Tripping2 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 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
35Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts49
32Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
11Hits19
7Blocked shots11
7Giveaways6
4Takeaways12

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. bestWeal – Lindblom – Konecny12:01

    xG 0.51–0.19 (72%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  2. Lehtera – Weise – Knight5:54

    xG 0.32–0.10 (76%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier14:36

    xG 0.62–0.67 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  4. Simmonds – Laughton – Raffl10:35

    xG 0.10–0.79 (11%)attempts 4–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Sanheim14:09

    xG 0.38–0.14 (74%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov16:47

    xG 0.93–0.83 (53%)attempts 19–15goals 2–1

  3. Hagg – Folin14:59

    xG 0.33–0.86 (28%)attempts 9–17goals 1–3

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Panarin – Dubois11:03

    xG 0.72–0.29 (72%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Foligno – Duclair – Wennberg8:17

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 2–1

  3. Nash – Jenner – Anderson9:32

    xG 0.20–0.19 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Wennberg – Panarin2:22

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara17:40

    xG 1.13–0.79 (59%)attempts 20–20goals 2–2

  2. Savard – Werenski17:02

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 10–14goals 2–1

  3. Harrington – Kukan11:27

    xG 0.13–0.66 (16%)attempts 6–10goals 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 2.4 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #285 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 58% 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).