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Sat, Oct 29, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0101807125
PHI110010414534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:57PHIScott HartnellAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:11CARJussi JokinenAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Chad LaRose · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:39PHIJaromir JagrGWGAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:46PHIMax TalbotSHAssists: Claude Giroux, Braydon Coburn · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:36PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Scott Hartnell, Kimmo Timonen · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 12:17PHIJaromir JagrAssists: Scott Hartnell · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:35PHIScott Hartnell: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:14CARJoni Pitkanen: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:35CARTim Gleason: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:21PHIAndrej Meszaros: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:12PHIJaromir Jagr: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:58CARTim Brent: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:28CARBryan Allen: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 18:17CARPatrick Dwyer: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Read
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
25Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals4.3
58Shot attempts52
39Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits24
8Blocked shots12
7Giveaways8
6Takeaways8

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. bestLaRose – Staal – Tlusty11:42

    xG 0.74–0.60 (55%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

  2. Ruutu – Jokinen – Skinner8:38

    xG 0.45–0.44 (50%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Dwyer – Sutter7:05

    xG 0.14–0.22 (40%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter2:13

    xG 0.02–0.20 (9%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Harrison14:30

    xG 0.92–0.58 (61%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Allen – Gleason16:21

    xG 1.00–1.50 (40%)attempts 18–15goals 1–2

  3. Pitkanen – McBain13:25

    xG 0.16–0.66 (19%)attempts 4–15goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Hartnell – Giroux11:59

    xG 1.10–0.58 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 4–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Read9:30

    xG 0.82–0.70 (54%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Shelley – Rinaldo – Couturier3:59

    xG 0.19–0.08 (69%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Nodl – Simmonds7:48

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gustafsson8:11

    xG 0.82–0.04 (96%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Meszaros3:32

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Lilja – Meszaros9:28

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 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 4.3 xGCAR 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #815 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% 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).