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Thu, Dec 6, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ2130121411430
PHI160521500326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:58PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:06CBJSeth JonesAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:08CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Scott Harrington, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:15CBJBoone JennerAssists: Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:24PHITravis SanheimAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:29PHITravis SanheimAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:10CBJSeth JonesGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:18CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:51PHIJori Lehtera: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P1 14:25PHIRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:12PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:30PHIRadko Gudas: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:00PHIScott Laughton: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:09CBJSeth Jones: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:29CBJNick Foligno: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJPHI
30Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals1.8
48Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
20Hits27
18Blocked shots11
8Giveaways14
9Takeaways4

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. bestDubinsky – Anderson – Panarin5:41

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  2. Foligno – Atkinson – Jenner3:03

    xG 0.10–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Sedlak – Hannikainen7:20

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Dubois2:47

    xG 0.06–0.06 (48%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Harrington8:14

    xG 0.74–0.05 (93%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  2. Werenski – Nutivaara5:39

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 0–2

  3. Jones – Werenski4:49

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 3–5goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Simmonds – Patrick5:32

    xG 0.43–0.05 (91%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny12:58

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  3. Voracek – Laughton – Raffl6:39

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Weise – Lindblom2:02

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov10:47

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Provorov2:40

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Sanheim4:27

    xG 0.12–0.28 (31%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

PHI 1.8 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 84/100 · #222 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% 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).