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Tue, Feb 6, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0111100712230
CAR1100100206128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:05CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:43PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Jakub Voracek, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:56PHIJordan WealGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:42PHIBrandon Manning: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:19CARKlas Dahlbeck: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:37PHINolan Patrick: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:14CARLee Stempniak: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:54PHIRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 3:54CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 6:48CARJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:29CARTeuvo Teravainen: Slashing2 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 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
30Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts72
23Faceoffs won23
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits19
28Blocked shots13
14Giveaways14
6Takeaways15

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. bestVoracek – Simmonds – Patrick10:32

    xG 0.73–0.12 (86%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny11:04

    xG 0.29–0.22 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Lehtera – Leier3:13

    xG 0.09–0.06 (58%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Weal – Laughton – Raffl6:02

    xG 0.12–0.13 (47%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hagg9:28

    xG 0.60–0.32 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov13:21

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas14:14

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm6:59

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan5:03

    xG 0.08–0.02 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho10:27

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Rask – McGinn7:19

    xG 0.05–0.48 (9%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Slavin – Pesce14:05

    xG 0.46–0.45 (51%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Dahlbeck9:22

    xG 0.14–0.15 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin4:05

    xG 0.24–0.33 (41%)attempts 5–6goals 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 3.8 xGPHI 2.5 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 43/100 · #720 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 72% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

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

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