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Thu, Feb 10, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR05012115132
PHI0707211225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 0:18PHIJeff CarterPPAssists: Mike Richards, Chris Pronger · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:27PHIDaniel BrièrePPGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:07CARTuomo RuutuAssists: Chad LaRose · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:16CARBrett Carson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:54PHIDaniel Carcillo: Interference2 min
  3. P2 7:59CARRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:00PHIKimmo Timonen: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:38PHIMike Richards: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 17:41PHIDaniel Brière: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:41CARTuomo Ruutu: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:28PHIChris Pronger: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:20CARJeff Skinner: Charging2 min
  10. P3 10:11CARBrandon Sutter: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 15:40CARChad LaRose: Roughing2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
32Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals2.1
63Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won31
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
24Hits20
16Blocked shots17
4Giveaways10
8Takeaways5

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. bestRuutu – LaRose – Skinner10:57

    xG 1.31–0.34 (79%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Bodie – Carter – Boychuk4:52

    xG 0.42–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter7:51

    xG 0.14–0.03 (84%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – Cole – Staal9:46

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – White8:45

    xG 0.70–0.27 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Carson – McBain6:40

    xG 0.18–0.08 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – McBain3:15

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Giroux – Nodl9:10

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Leino10:07

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Zherdev – Richards – van Riemsdyk5:32

    xG 0.07–0.06 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Betts – Carcillo – Powe4:46

    xG 0.13–0.70 (15%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn9:48

    xG 0.46–0.15 (76%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. O'Donnell – Carle2:22

    xG 0.02–0.09 (18%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Meszaros9:33

    xG 0.29–0.41 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 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 2.1 xGCAR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #865 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − CAR), 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).