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Thu, Feb 28, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI2100611302331
CBJ11411011412440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:30PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:45CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Boone Jenner, Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:00PHITravis SanheimAssists: Travis Konecny, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:31CBJArtemi PanarinAssists: Zach Werenski, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Snap, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:15CBJScott HarringtonAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:12PHITravis SanheimAssists: Jakub Voracek, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:27CBJSeth JonesGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:20CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:45PHIBrian Elliott: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 13:48PHIRobert Hagg: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:26PHIRyan Hartman: Charging2 min
  5. P2 8:58CBJCam Atkinson: Hooking2 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 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
31Shots on goal40
2.3Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won44
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits22
20Blocked shots12
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways7

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 – Konecny – Patrick9:29

    xG 0.86–0.46 (65%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier4:42

    xG 0.16–0.04 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Knight – Varone – Raffl3:35

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Raffl2:59

    xG 0.07–0.06 (51%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov18:36

    xG 1.45–0.73 (67%)attempts 25–23goals 2–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers13:18

    xG 0.15–0.44 (25%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Hagg14:19

    xG 0.16–0.68 (19%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Panarin – Dubois9:02

    xG 0.81–0.18 (82%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson10:24

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Bjorkstrand – Panarin3:27

    xG 0.12–0.07 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Nash – Robinson9:31

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Jones13:01

    xG 0.57–0.13 (82%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Werenski12:56

    xG 0.86–0.43 (66%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Nutivaara5:00

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 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 3.0 xGPHI 2.3 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 86/100 · #206 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 61% 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).