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Thu, Mar 1, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11221617435
PHI070718122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:40CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Jeff Skinner, Jaccob Slavin · Backhand, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:39CARTeuvo TeravainenGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:42CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Brett Pesce, Jordan Staal · Deflected, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:20PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:23CARSebastian AhoAssists: Justin Williams · Snap, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:39PHITaylor Leier: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:25CARDerek Ryan: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:48PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:48CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:02CARNoah Hanifin: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
35Shots on goal22
3.4Expected goals2.0
53Shot attempts43
27Faceoffs won20
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits26
10Blocked shots11
6Giveaways10
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. bestStempniak – Rask – Ryan7:22

    xG 0.41–0.12 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Ryan3:04

    xG 0.33–0.09 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Staal – McGinn12:24

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  4. Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho11:33

    xG 0.64–0.47 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin14:21

    xG 0.80–0.33 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin17:25

    xG 0.94–0.61 (61%)attempts 18–14goals 0–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury15:42

    xG 0.62–0.39 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Lindblom – Patrick12:21

    xG 0.51–0.30 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Leier – Raffl8:14

    xG 0.20–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny13:38

    xG 0.42–0.79 (35%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  4. Filppula – Lehtera – Weise10:16

    xG 0.22–0.67 (25%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manning – Gudas17:23

    xG 0.53–0.74 (42%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov14:45

    xG 0.47–0.83 (36%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hagg12:31

    xG 0.32–0.86 (27%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

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 2.0 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #949 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 73% 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).