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Thu, Apr 9, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 52% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1501329327
PHI0905114128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:48CARBrett BellemoreAssists: Eric Staal, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:51CARRyan MurphyPPGWGAssists: John-Michael Liles, Nathan Gerbe · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:19PHISean CouturierAssists: Mark Streit, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:21CARJordan StaalENAssists: Ron Hainsey · Slap, 0.55 xG3–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:45PHIJakub Voracek: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:13CARJay McClement: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:51CARKeegan Lowe: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:51PHIVincent Lecavalier: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 1:20PHINick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:30PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 7:30CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 9:22CARKeegan Lowe: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 9:22PHIVincent Lecavalier: Instigator2 min
  10. P2 9:22PHIVincent Lecavalier: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 9:22PHIVincent Lecavalier: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 3:10CARRyan Murphy: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 6:32PHINick Cousins: High sticking2 min
  14. P3 10:53PHIMichael Del Zotto: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
27Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts53
34Faceoffs won31
6Power plays2
19Penalty minutes37
21Hits35
12Blocked shots15
8Giveaways8
5Takeaways5

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. bestMcClement – Dwyer – Malone6:49

    xG 0.30–0.02 (93%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Nestrasil – Skinner – Lindholm6:49

    xG 0.44–0.46 (49%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Terry – Rask7:39

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Staal10:32

    xG 0.25–0.76 (25%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Bellemore12:20

    xG 0.72–0.16 (82%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk12:09

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Lowe – Murphy9:12

    xG 0.09–0.91 (9%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Read – Couturier9:26

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare3:20

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Rinaldo2:02

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. White – Rinaldo – Cousins4:55

    xG 0.02–0.18 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Manning2:12

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Del Zotto11:32

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Manning8:12

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

PHI 2.9 xGCAR 2.8 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 18/100 · #976 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 52% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

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

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