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Wed, Nov 27, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 62% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI192805322
CBJ2807015230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:51CBJNick FolignoAssists: Emil Bemstrom, Sonny Milano · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:38PHITyler PitlickAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Michael Raffl · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:24CBJSeth JonesAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:19PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Joel Farabee, Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:35PHIClaude GirouxPPGWGAssists: Ivan Provorov, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:10CBJJosh Anderson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:47CBJSeth Jones: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:19CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:00CBJAlexander Wennberg: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 11:16PHITyler Pitlick: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:15CBJSonny Milano: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:00CBJBoone Jenner: Misconduct10 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
22Shots on goal30
1.7Expected goals2.4
44Shot attempts49
27Faceoffs won25
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes20
28Hits15
10Blocked shots15
12Giveaways14
5Takeaways4

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. bestHayes – Laughton – Farabee9:06

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 1–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Raffl8:18

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom11:06

    xG 0.21–0.40 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Konecny – Frost8:15

    xG 0.28–0.51 (35%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hagg – Myers12:05

    xG 0.18–0.36 (34%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim13:46

    xG 0.38–0.78 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov13:37

    xG 0.38–0.94 (29%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Wennberg – Milano2:02

    xG 0.63–0.05 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Milano – Bemstrom2:14

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand12:29

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Atkinson – Dubois3:54

    xG 0.11–0.02 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKukan – Gavrikov11:05

    xG 0.78–0.30 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Werenski15:35

    xG 0.83–0.58 (59%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Murray13:04

    xG 0.13–0.39 (25%)attempts 8–8goals 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 2.4 xGPHI 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #633 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 62% 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).