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Sat, Apr 4, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI0418111001223
CAR1717011012326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:00CARElias LindholmAssists: Jordan Staal, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:27CARJordan StaalUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:46PHIMichael RafflPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Michael Del Zotto · Deflected, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:10PHISean CouturierAssists: Brayden Schenn, Michael Del Zotto · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Nathan Gerbe scored
  2. 2. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  3. 3. CAR Chris Terry scored
  4. 4. PHI Nick Cousins scored
  5. 5. CAR Victor Rask stopped
  6. 6. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:47PHIVincent Lecavalier: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:29PHINick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:56CARAlexander Semin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:27CARAndrej Nestrasil: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 9:50PHIChris VandeVelde: Tripping2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
23Shots on goal26
3.5Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
55Hits25
18Blocked shots16
5Giveaways7
13Takeaways11

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. White – Rinaldo – Cousins6:22

    xG 0.03–0.03 (46%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Read – Couturier12:01

    xG 0.60–0.63 (49%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare10:09

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl13:25

    xG 0.10–0.62 (13%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Manning12:10

    xG 0.40–0.09 (82%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Del Zotto11:06

    xG 0.28–0.11 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Del Zotto5:35

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Staal – Lindholm13:46

    xG 0.80–0.07 (92%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Gerbe – Terry – Rask10:43

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Dwyer – Malone – Nestrasil6:33

    xG 0.05–0.07 (41%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Semin – Skinner10:02

    xG 0.12–1.12 (10%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk15:13

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  2. Liles – Murphy14:44

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Jordan – Biega14:32

    xG 0.58–1.04 (36%)attempts 13–14goals 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 2.8 xGPHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 73/100 · #274 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 63% 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).