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Wed, Jan 22, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 75% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1818116332
PHI0311219224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:57CARAlexander SeminAssists: Eric Staal, Jiri Tlusty · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:38CARNathan GerbeUnassisted · Snap, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:25PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Michael Raffl · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:00PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:50CARJiri TlustyGWGAssists: Andrej Sekera, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.38 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:31PHISean Couturier: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:20PHIWayne Simmonds: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 13:57CARAlexander Semin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:47CARRiley Nash: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 5:04CARJay Harrison: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:04PHIVincent Lecavalier: 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
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackPHI 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.

CARPHI
32Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals1.7
65Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits27
12Blocked shots19
4Giveaways9
4Takeaways4

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. bestDvorak – Ruutu – Nash6:06

    xG 0.73–0.07 (91%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty11:37

    xG 0.57–0.34 (62%)attempts 14–10goals 2–1

  3. Dvorak – Malhotra – Gerbe3:27

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Skinner – Lindholm10:29

    xG 0.34–0.25 (58%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKomisarek – Harrison12:12

    xG 0.68–0.12 (85%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Faulk17:36

    xG 0.91–0.38 (71%)attempts 18–13goals 2–0

  3. Hainsey – Liles16:12

    xG 0.54–0.71 (43%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Downie – Giroux – Voracek4:30

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Downie – VandeVelde3:18

    xG 0.03–0.02 (57%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Read – Couturier11:04

    xG 0.61–0.67 (48%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl11:20

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Streit – Meszaros2:03

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann4:15

    xG 0.09–0.18 (33%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn12:17

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 14–6goals 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.

PHI 1.7 xGCAR 3.0 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 62/100 · #425 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 75% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).