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Mon, Dec 31, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 80% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0110616123
CAR18214011333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:47CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Brett Pesce, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:06CARJordan MartinookGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:19CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Clark Bishop · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:38PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:04CARAndrei Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:38CARJanne Kuokkanen: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 5:27PHIWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 19:26PHIClaude Giroux: 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 Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
23Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals4.3
58Shot attempts65
37Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits18
17Blocked shots21
29Giveaways13
5Takeaways17

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. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny3:22

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Raffl8:06

    xG 0.28–0.23 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Weal – Laughton7:40

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Weal – Raffl4:41

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gudas11:59

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 1–2

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg12:25

    xG 0.49–0.59 (45%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov19:00

    xG 0.51–0.81 (38%)attempts 20–20goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Rask – Svechnikov12:04

    xG 0.58–0.25 (70%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Foegele – Aho3:00

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Martinook – Wallmark13:36

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  4. Teravainen – McGinn – Aho10:17

    xG 0.52–0.47 (52%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – van Riemsdyk15:16

    xG 0.84–0.41 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce16:05

    xG 0.78–0.36 (69%)attempts 18–15goals 2–0

  3. de Haan – Faulk17:22

    xG 0.49–0.76 (39%)attempts 16–20goals 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 4.3 xGPHI 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1073 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 80% 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).