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Sat, Apr 20, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 88% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11921128538
CAR1818113329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:00PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:18CARJeff SkinnerUnassisted · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:54PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Matt Read · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:19CARJustin FaulkAssists: Tim Wallace, Kevin Westgarth · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:33PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Sean Couturier, Matt Read · Slap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:48PHIWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P3 2:46CAREric StaalAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.34 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:03PHIMatt ReadAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:10CARRiley Nash: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:24PHIWayne Simmonds: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:25CARJeff Skinner: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:44PHIJakub Voracek: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 7:56CARJiri Tlusty: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:04CARChad LaRose: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 17:34PHIBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
38Shots on goal29
5.9Expected goals2.6
68Shot attempts58
37Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits18
11Blocked shots10
3Giveaways11
4Takeaways14

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. bestGagne – Giroux – Voracek12:01

    xG 1.89–0.73 (72%)attempts 17–14goals 1–2

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Couturier11:19

    xG 1.42–0.38 (79%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Read11:21

    xG 0.93–0.41 (69%)attempts 11–11goals 3–0

  4. Hall – Fedotenko – Rosehill5:49

    xG 0.07–0.11 (40%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoster – Manning9:50

    xG 1.46–0.15 (91%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. Timonen – Gustafsson13:11

    xG 1.68–0.37 (82%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Lauridsen15:02

    xG 1.13–0.60 (65%)attempts 17–14goals 1–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestBlanchard – Wallace – Westgarth3:39

    xG 0.16–0.06 (72%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. LaRose – Dwyer – Nash8:07

    xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Staal – Skinner12:54

    xG 0.60–0.77 (44%)attempts 13–12goals 1–2

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty14:23

    xG 0.73–2.10 (26%)attempts 10–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Bergeron – Faulk2:56

    xG 0.07–0.23 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – McBain10:08

    xG 0.38–0.57 (40%)attempts 11–5goals 0–2

  3. Harrison – McBain2:24

    xG 0.23–0.58 (29%)attempts 3–6goals 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.

CAR 2.6 xGPHI 5.9 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 82/100 · #137 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 88% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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