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Thu, Apr 5, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR270619322
PHI11511326434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:45CARKlas DahlbeckAssists: Jeff Skinner, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:38PHIMichael RafflAssists: Claude Giroux, Brandon Manning · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:52CARSebastian AhoAssists: Valentin Zykov, Teuvo Teravainen · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:56PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:18PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:41CARJordan StaalAssists: Justin Williams, Roland McKeown · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:15PHIJakub VoracekGWGAssists: Nolan Patrick, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:53PHITravis Konecny: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:53CARBrock McGinn: Embellishment2 min
  3. P2 9:57PHIBrandon Manning: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:57CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:48PHIJakub Voracek: High sticking2 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 Patrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
22Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won29
1Power plays0
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits17
12Blocked shots18
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways7

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. bestTeravainen – Zykov – Aho3:54

    xG 0.30–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Teravainen – McGinn – Aho7:47

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm2:17

    xG 0.04–0.08 (35%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Di Giuseppe – Zykov – Lindholm7:10

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fleury – McKeown11:50

    xG 0.37–0.50 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin14:38

    xG 0.42–0.66 (39%)attempts 14–18goals 0–2

  3. Dahlbeck – Slavin18:33

    xG 0.61–1.31 (32%)attempts 21–23goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Raffl13:02

    xG 0.94–0.40 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 3–1

  2. Lehtera – Read – Laughton7:28

    xG 0.66–0.13 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick14:34

    xG 0.59–0.18 (76%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny11:12

    xG 0.25–0.76 (24%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas15:59

    xG 1.10–0.52 (68%)attempts 22–15goals 2–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov19:18

    xG 1.07–0.50 (68%)attempts 21–18goals 2–1

  3. MacDonald – Sanheim13:27

    xG 0.45–0.56 (45%)attempts 8–16goals 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.

PHI 2.7 xGCAR 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 76/100 · #328 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 62% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

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

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