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Tue, Jan 31, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 88% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0402110116
CAR2821218528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:11CARSebastian AhoAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:37CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:28CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Lee Stempniak, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:05CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 5:10CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.15 xG0–5
  6. P3 10:27PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.10 xG1–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P2 0:14PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:09PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:05CARLee Stempniak: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 10:35PHIIvan Provorov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:10PHIClaude Giroux: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:12CARLee Stempniak: Interference2 min
  7. P3 4:49PHINick Cousins: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:49PHIMatt Read: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:46CARJay McClement: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 11:26CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:57CARViktor Stalberg: Holding2 min
  12. P3 19:53PHITravis Konecny: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
16Shots on goal28
1.5Expected goals4.0
37Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won34
5Power plays7
14Penalty minutes10
26Hits21
20Blocked shots9
14Giveaways26
8Takeaways14

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. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl8:56

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov7:01

    xG 0.05–0.33 (13%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Konecny7:59

    xG 0.23–0.73 (24%)attempts 3–12goals 0–2

  4. Read – Cousins – Couturier10:22

    xG 0.07–0.64 (10%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Provorov10:20

    xG 0.18–0.08 (67%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Manning3:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Gudas8:54

    xG 0.27–0.34 (44%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Skinner – Ryan8:58

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom9:23

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Lindholm – Aho7:46

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Rask – Teravainen – McGinn7:46

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk12:12

    xG 1.08–0.09 (92%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  2. Dahlbeck – Hanifin10:37

    xG 0.48–0.11 (81%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce13:46

    xG 0.71–0.38 (65%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

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 4.0 xGPHI 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1054 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 88% 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).