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Mon, Nov 1, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0918111228
PHI110116111337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:29PHIScott HartnellAssists: Jeff Carter, Ville Leino · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:05CARPatrick DwyerAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:21PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Mike Richards · Slap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:30PHIScott HartnellGWGAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Jeff Carter · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:33CARJoe CorvoAssists: Brandon Sutter, Tuomo Ruutu · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:33PHIBraydon Coburn: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 0:37CAREric Staal: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 9:40PHIBlair Betts: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 16:55CARJamie McBain: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:33CARChad LaRose: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 11:16CARJoni Pitkanen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:40CARJay Harrison: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:57PHIChris Pronger: Boarding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Ruutu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
28Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals4.0
67Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won40
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits17
16Blocked shots23
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways12

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Kostopoulos – Matsumoto – Tlusty4:54

    xG 0.02–0.09 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – LaRose – Staal13:32

    xG 0.39–0.50 (44%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Samsonov – Dwyer – Sutter8:38

    xG 0.28–0.47 (37%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Ruutu – Skinner11:33

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Harrison4:51

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Babchuk5:55

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Babchuk2:04

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestShelley – Betts – Carcillo7:13

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Richards – van Riemsdyk – Wellwood11:19

    xG 0.67–0.44 (60%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  3. Hartnell – Carter – Leino12:12

    xG 0.48–0.42 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  4. Zherdev – Giroux – Powe9:14

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn12:42

    xG 0.63–0.20 (76%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. O'Donnell – Bartulis13:13

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  3. Pronger – Carle14:21

    xG 0.77–0.95 (45%)attempts 14–16goals 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.

PHI 4.0 xGCAR 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #804 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 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 74% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).