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Sun, Mar 19, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR04291801322
PHI11511411312444

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:02PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:03PHIDale WeiseAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:37CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Noah Hanifin, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.43 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:56CARElias LindholmAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:49CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.35 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:17PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:38PHIBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 7:11PHIMatt Read: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P3 0:58CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Holding2 min
  3. P3 2:20CARSebastian Aho: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 10:27PHISean Couturier: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:15CARSebastian Aho: Delaying game face off violation2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
44% to win56% 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
22Shots on goal44
2.2Expected goals4.6
44Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
29Hits29
16Blocked shots12
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways11

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. bestSkinner – Rask – Teravainen5:58

    xG 0.69–0.11 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan5:41

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Brown – Ryan4:16

    xG 0.11–0.04 (72%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Staal – Nordstrom3:59

    xG 0.01–0.08 (15%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDahlbeck – Pesce6:34

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Dahlbeck – Murphy7:02

    xG 0.12–0.10 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin9:43

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeise – Schenn – Couturier10:19

    xG 1.27–0.43 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. VandeVelde – Read – Bellemare8:20

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Voracek – Konecny10:06

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Weal11:35

    xG 0.40–0.55 (42%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gudas15:25

    xG 2.08–0.28 (88%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Gostisbehere11:40

    xG 0.23–0.20 (53%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov16:52

    xG 0.43–1.08 (29%)attempts 16–17goals 1–2

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 4.6 xGCAR 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #55 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.57 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 85% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − CAR), 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).