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Tue, Dec 10, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 70% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2721117525
CBJ041727318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37PHINoah CatesAssists: Tyson Foerster, Cam York · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:56PHIOwen TippettAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:11PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Matvei Michkov, Bobby Brink · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:56CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Kirill Marchenko · Snap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:00PHITravis KonecnyGWGAssists: Joel Farabee, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:55PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Matvei Michkov · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–1
  7. P3 11:42CBJSean MonahanAssists: Dante Fabbro, Kent Johnson · Tip-in, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:23CBJKent JohnsonAssists: Damon Severson, James van Riemsdyk · Tip-in, 0.10 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:55CBJCole Sillinger: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:33CBJKevin Labanc: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:19CBJMathieu Olivier: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 10:51CBJMathieu Olivier: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:51PHINick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:37PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:26PHITravis Konecny: 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sillinger won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
25Shots on goal18
3.0Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts45
16Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
18Hits26
16Blocked shots17
20Giveaways7
1Takeaways1

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. bestTippett – Frost – Michkov9:02

    xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Couturier – Konecny – Farabee12:46

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  3. Cates – Brink – Foerster10:29

    xG 0.68–0.41 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  4. Laughton – Hathaway – Poehling10:07

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Drysdale9:45

    xG 0.96–0.24 (80%)attempts 15–10goals 3–0

  2. Sanheim – York17:21

    xG 0.81–0.52 (61%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  3. Ristolainen – Andrae13:55

    xG 0.26–0.38 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Monahan – Johnson12:02

    xG 0.51–0.17 (74%)attempts 11–5goals 2–1

  2. Olivier – Aston-Reese – Sillinger10:18

    xG 0.29–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Labanc – Danforth5:28

    xG 0.05–0.08 (38%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Labanc – Aston-Reese – Sillinger2:14

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Severson – Provorov16:54

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Harris – Christiansen12:33

    xG 0.44–0.99 (31%)attempts 10–18goals 0–2

  3. Werenski – Fabbro17:16

    xG 0.21–0.97 (18%)attempts 8–24goals 1–1

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 1.9 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #410 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 70% 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).