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Sun, Oct 30, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11321213428
CAR0938012329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:57PHIShayne GostisbeherePPUnassisted · Snap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:01CARJustin FaulkAssists: Ron Hainsey, Jeff Skinner · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:07PHIRadko GudasAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:13CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Ron Hainsey, Victor Rask · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:58CARViktor StalbergUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:14PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Slap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:00PHIBrandon ManningSHGWGAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:20CARNoah Hanifin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:08PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:05CARLee Stempniak: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:57CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:29PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackCAR 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.

PHICAR
28Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits23
18Blocked shots9
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways6

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. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Schenn11:20

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 17–12goals 2–1

  2. Read – Bellemare – Lyubimov10:50

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – Weise – Cousins8:22

    xG 0.18–0.49 (27%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny11:36

    xG 0.34–0.91 (27%)attempts 10–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Manning – Gudas18:05

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 17–17goals 2–0

  2. Streit – Provorov15:33

    xG 0.44–0.74 (38%)attempts 13–17goals 0–2

  3. MacDonald – Gostisbehere13:29

    xG 0.41–0.83 (33%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Skinner – Rask11:04

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Stalberg – Teravainen – Lindholm2:56

    xG 0.03–0.02 (59%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Nordstrom – Aho14:01

    xG 0.53–0.56 (48%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

  4. McClement – Bickell – Stalberg4:02

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce13:28

    xG 0.90–0.37 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Pesce2:04

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin2:48

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 2.8 xGPHI 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 79/100 · #226 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 64% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

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

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