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Tue, Feb 18, 2020·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ03112014129
PHI261524515

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:28PHIKevin HayesAssists: Joel Farabee, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:30PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:32PHIPhilippe MyersAssists: Travis Sanheim, Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:21CBJOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Emil Bemstrom, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:40PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Robert Hagg, Joel Farabee · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:14PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.07 xG1–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 16:15PHIJustin Braun: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 7:38PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 9:00CBJNick Foligno: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:39PHIRobert Hagg: 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
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stenlund won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJPHI
29Shots on goal15
2.0Expected goals1.2
54Shot attempts40
26Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
25Hits26
18Blocked shots16
10Giveaways8
4Takeaways4

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. bestNyquist – Bjorkstrand – Stenlund8:30

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Gerbe – Foligno – Jenner5:02

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Dubois – Bemstrom2:10

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Jenner – Robinson2:19

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Nutivaara17:59

    xG 1.01–0.23 (82%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov18:50

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  3. Harrington – Peeke12:38

    xG 0.07–0.48 (13%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Laughton11:52

    xG 0.20–0.18 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Konecny – Farabee12:27

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  3. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman8:59

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier12:44

    xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers16:10

    xG 0.35–0.20 (64%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  2. Niskanen – Provorov15:26

    xG 0.20–0.42 (32%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Hagg15:12

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 8–14goals 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 1.2 xGCBJ 2.0 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 22/100 · #867 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 69% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).