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Sat, Mar 17, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0110749427
CAR1110816225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:12CARJordan StaalAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:19PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Travis Sanheim, Wayne Simmonds · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:04CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:58PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Nolan Patrick · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:11PHIValtteri FilppulaGWGAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:10PHIMichael RafflENAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.59 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:08CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:21CARElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:20PHITravis Sanheim: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:32PHIAndrew MacDonald: High sticking double minor4 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
27Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits26
24Blocked shots17
10Giveaways11
15Takeaways10

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. bestFilppula – Simmonds – Konecny10:13

    xG 0.63–0.32 (67%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick10:46

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Raffl11:14

    xG 0.43–0.53 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  4. Weal – Read – Laughton5:33

    xG 0.11–0.64 (15%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Sanheim14:53

    xG 0.63–0.28 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Manning – Gudas14:39

    xG 0.89–0.98 (48%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov14:59

    xG 0.47–0.81 (37%)attempts 14–21goals 1–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan4:20

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Nordstrom – Rask – Di Giuseppe3:51

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho11:51

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe5:42

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce14:53

    xG 0.85–0.20 (81%)attempts 20–9goals 2–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury2:30

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Fleury12:56

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #441 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 57% 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).