Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Feb 24, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 95% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI190807124
CAR115210110435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:29CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Eric Staal, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:46PHINicklas GrossmannAssists: Jakub Voracek, Matt Read · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:16CARJeff SkinnerGWGAssists: Alexander Semin, Brett Bellemore · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:55CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Alexander Semin, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.46 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:37CARJay McClementAssists: Brad Malone · Snap, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:08PHINick Schultz: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:34CARAlexander Semin: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 6:59PHIJakub Voracek: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:23CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:43PHIChris VandeVelde: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:36PHIAndrew MacDonald: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% 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
24Shots on goal35
1.3Expected goals5.0
52Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
34Hits21
18Blocked shots15
6Giveaways12
3Takeaways4

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. bestVoracek – Read – Couturier9:42

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. VandeVelde – Rinaldo – Bellemare8:24

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – White – Schenn8:57

    xG 0.10–0.21 (33%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl12:58

    xG 0.31–0.75 (29%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Del Zotto3:09

    xG 0.40–0.01 (96%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Grossmann – MacDonald13:34

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Streit – Schultz12:08

    xG 0.15–0.66 (19%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Staal – Lindholm13:11

    xG 0.64–0.32 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Dwyer – Malone8:55

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Semin – Nash – Skinner8:44

    xG 0.20–0.03 (87%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. Gerbe – Tlusty – Rask11:39

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Faulk15:17

    xG 1.45–0.41 (78%)attempts 26–14goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Bellemore15:51

    xG 0.93–0.26 (78%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Gleason – Jordan14:01

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 10–13goals 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 5.0 xGPHI 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #834 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 95% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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