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Tue, Jan 14, 2025·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI180917010225
CBJ180819032328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44PHIBobby BrinkAssists: Nick Seeler, Jamie Drysdale · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:27CBJZach WerenskiUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:13PHIOwen TippettAssists: Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:23CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Kirill Marchenko, Adam Fantilli · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Kent Johnson scored
  2. 2. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Adam Fantilli stopped
  4. 4. PHI Matvei Michkov stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Kirill Marchenko scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:50CBJDante Fabbro: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 11:39PHITravis Konecny: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:39CBJMathieu Olivier: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:39PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 12:10CBJZachary Aston-Reese: High sticking2 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 20:00Fantilli won the faceoff against Poehling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICBJ
25Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.5
59Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits13
14Blocked shots13
13Giveaways15
3Takeaways2

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. bestKonecny – Tippett – Frost12:17

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Laughton – Hathaway – Poehling11:44

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Lycksell – Michkov8:28

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Cates – Brink – Foerster11:19

    xG 0.87–0.92 (48%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Drysdale11:46

    xG 1.11–0.16 (87%)attempts 24–5goals 1–0

  2. Ristolainen – Zamula14:26

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. Seeler – Ristolainen2:00

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli13:55

    xG 1.14–0.18 (86%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Kuraly – Labanc – Pyyhtia7:41

    xG 0.43–0.06 (87%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Johnson – Del Bel Belluz10:16

    xG 0.12–0.36 (26%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Olivier – Aston-Reese – Sillinger13:45

    xG 0.06–0.74 (8%)attempts 8–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Werenski4:44

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Christiansen9:51

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Werenski – Fabbro19:29

    xG 0.87–0.92 (49%)attempts 16–22goals 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 2.5 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #539 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 54% of the time.

CBJ winsPHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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