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Thu, Jan 4, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 67% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ0608212021328
PHI114013113010241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:12PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Joel Farabee, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:29PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Joel Farabee, Sean Couturier · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:24CBJDamon SeversonAssists: Adam Fantilli, Jake Christiansen · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:20CBJJake BeanAssists: Jack Roslovic, Erik Gudbranson · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Johnny Gaudreau scored
  3. 3. PHI Bobby Brink stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Kent Johnson stopped
  5. 5. PHI Tyson Foerster stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:15CBJEmil Bemstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:11PHINicolas Deslauriers: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:45CBJMathieu Olivier: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:45CBJJustin Danforth: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 3:58PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:28PHIMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 0:00CBJDamon Severson: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 5:49PHICam York: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:58PHIScott Laughton: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Fantilli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJPHI
28Shots on goal41
2.4Expected goals3.3
63Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won34
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits23
15Blocked shots22
10Giveaways3
4Takeaways5

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. bestMarchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov5:38

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Roslovic – Bemstrom – Johnson2:58

    xG 0.10–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Gaudreau – Roslovic – Fantilli8:05

    xG 0.16–0.28 (36%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Bemstrom – Johnson – Sillinger6:24

    xG 0.11–0.26 (29%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBean – Jiricek6:28

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Severson2:32

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Christiansen5:54

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Konecny – Farabee11:36

    xG 0.83–0.22 (79%)attempts 20–5goals 2–0

  2. Poehling – Brink – Foerster4:09

    xG 0.20–0.03 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Hathaway – Tippett5:57

    xG 0.30–0.24 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  4. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Gardner2:50

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Sanheim4:22

    xG 0.35–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Ristolainen – Zamula5:05

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Walker7:04

    xG 0.38–0.23 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 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.

PHI 3.3 xGCBJ 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 81/100 · #297 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 67% of the time.

PHI winsCBJ wins

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

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