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Thu, Feb 20, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI172901314433
CBJ2811001003331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Nick Foligno, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:05CBJNick FolignoAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Markus Nutivaara · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:28PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Travis Sanheim, Kevin Hayes · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:39CBJStefan MatteauAssists: Boone Jenner, Markus Nutivaara · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:26PHINicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Michael Raffl, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:52PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny · Slap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:51PHIKevin HayesGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Philippe Myers · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:32PHISean Couturier: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 15:43CBJNick Foligno: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:13PHITravis Sanheim: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 19:13PHITravis Sanheim: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:13CBJNathan Gerbe: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:46PHIKevin Hayes: Slashing2 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 Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
33Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.5
62Shot attempts56
35Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
33Hits29
16Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
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. bestHayes – Konecny – Farabee12:14

    xG 0.71–0.23 (76%)attempts 15–10goals 1–2

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier13:46

    xG 0.83–0.54 (60%)attempts 21–7goals 0–1

  3. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman8:10

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Laughton12:12

    xG 0.17–0.63 (21%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers17:02

    xG 0.97–0.19 (84%)attempts 23–12goals 1–1

  2. Niskanen – Provorov16:53

    xG 0.46–0.22 (67%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  3. Hagg – Friedman15:25

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Robinson – Lilja10:52

    xG 0.24–0.03 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Dubois15:03

    xG 0.89–0.75 (54%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  3. Gerbe – Jenner – Matteau5:03

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Stenlund – Bemstrom2:46

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov20:12

    xG 1.01–0.81 (56%)attempts 21–21goals 1–2

  2. Harrington – Peeke14:31

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Werenski – Nutivaara16:53

    xG 0.41–0.85 (32%)attempts 12–21goals 2–0

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 2.5 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #308 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 57% 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).