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Sun, Oct 6, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0511003118
CAR11711007234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:11CARJay HarrisonAssists: Ryan Murphy, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:01PHILuke SchennAssists: Kris Newbury · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:20CARRadek DvorakGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 9:20PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 15:14PHIMark Streit: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 17:52CARJordan Staal: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 5:08PHINicklas Grossmann: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 11:57CARAlexander Semin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 13:19PHIAndrej Meszaros: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCAR 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.

PHICAR
18Shots on goal34
1.4Expected goals2.9
41Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
46Hits29
14Blocked shots11
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways9

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. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:02

    xG 0.30–0.08 (80%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Rinaldo – Schenn – Couturier11:01

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  3. Hall – Talbot – Newbury4:55

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Read10:05

    xG 0.08–0.81 (9%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn11:10

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Schenn12:33

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

  3. Grossmann – Schenn2:32

    xG 0.09–0.03 (74%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDvorak – Nash – Skinner11:40

    xG 0.82–0.53 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Dwyer – Gerbe – Staal12:17

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Bowman – Lindholm5:26

    xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty9:21

    xG 0.09–0.24 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore14:48

    xG 0.85–0.25 (77%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Faulk18:05

    xG 0.64–0.33 (66%)attempts 21–10goals 0–1

  3. Harrison – Murphy9:48

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

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 2.9 xGPHI 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #918 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

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

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