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Tue, Jan 10, 2012·RBC Center, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI09118110237
CAR011111014136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:20PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:37CARJerome SamsonPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:23PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Harry Zolnierczyk · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:20PHIJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:06CARBryan Allen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:18PHIMarc-Andre Bourdon: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 12:18CAREric Staal: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 0:30PHIScott Hartnell: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:25CARJiri Tlusty: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 12:28PHIKimmo Timonen: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:52CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 18:18CARTim Gleason: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
37Shots on goal36
4.1Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts68
31Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits21
17Blocked shots11
2Giveaways10
7Takeaways13

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Schenn8:05

    xG 1.28–0.37 (77%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Brière – Talbot – Voracek8:55

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Zolnierczyk – Read – Couturier5:34

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  4. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux13:12

    xG 0.43–1.22 (26%)attempts 17–24goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn13:13

    xG 1.65–0.42 (80%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  2. Lilja – Meszaros9:12

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Meszaros2:46

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Nodl – Sutter11:44

    xG 0.80–0.56 (59%)attempts 17–20goals 0–0

  2. Ponikarovsky – Jokinen – Samson4:10

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Jokinen – Stewart3:04

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Staal – Samson2:34

    xG 0.12–0.17 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Gleason13:35

    xG 0.86–0.44 (66%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Faulk12:01

    xG 0.69–0.57 (55%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  3. Gleason – Faulk2:14

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

CAR 2.6 xGPHI 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #621 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 73% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

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

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