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Thu, Apr 7, 2022·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 86% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI010311110431
CBJ1901008127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:06CBJEric RobinsonSHAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, Sean Kuraly · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:00PHIKevin ConnautonUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:26PHIOwen TippettGWGAssists: Travis Sanheim, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:41PHINoah CatesAssists: Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:55PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Morgan Frost, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.75 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:21PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 14:47CBJCarson Meyer: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:45PHIScott Laughton: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 9:00CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:32CBJAndrew Peeke: Interference2 min
  6. P3 11:42CBJAdam Boqvist: 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
31Shots on goal27
3.8Expected goals1.5
53Shot attempts44
20Faceoffs won15
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
13Hits18
9Blocked shots6
2Giveaways4
7Takeaways8

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Konecny – Frost8:35

    xG 1.16–0.16 (88%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Tippett – Cates9:35

    xG 0.49–0.17 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 3–0

  3. Atkinson – Laughton – Farabee9:16

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Brown – Lindblom7:25

    xG 0.07–0.24 (24%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Sanheim16:10

    xG 1.25–0.35 (78%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Connauton – Attard12:10

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Provorov – York12:02

    xG 0.29–0.41 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaunce – Meyer – Robinson5:39

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine9:57

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Nyquist – Bemstrom – Sillinger2:13

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Bemstrom – Sillinger4:17

    xG 0.19–0.15 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Peeke9:20

    xG 0.44–0.37 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

  2. Gavrikov – Peeke4:28

    xG 0.11–0.06 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Bean10:31

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 4–4goals 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 1.5 xGPHI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #891 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 86% 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).