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Thu, Jan 3, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 75% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0133728528
PHI08014315337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:56CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:04CARJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:20CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Micheal Ferland · Snap, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:01CARWarren FoegeleGWGAssists: Justin Faulk, Calvin de Haan · Deflected, 0.08 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:17PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:23PHISean CouturierAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Deflected, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 10:58PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.34 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:13CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:50PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:52CARJustin Williams: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:10PHIWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:53CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:18CARDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:16PHIRobert Hagg: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:16PHIRobert Hagg: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 16:16CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 18:10PHIJakub Voracek: Holding2 min
  10. P3 5:30CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 9:43CARDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 20:00Wallmark won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
28Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals3.3
44Shot attempts74
31Faceoffs won44
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
17Hits15
20Blocked shots10
14Giveaways7
5Takeaways2

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. bestFerland – Rask – Svechnikov10:15

    xG 0.85–0.51 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Maenalanen – Foegele – Bishop2:12

    xG 0.00–0.07 (4%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Martinook – Wallmark10:36

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – McGinn – Aho11:38

    xG 0.24–0.57 (29%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Slavin – Pesce13:44

    xG 0.61–0.64 (49%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Faulk17:17

    xG 0.49–0.54 (47%)attempts 13–22goals 2–0

  3. Hamilton – van Riemsdyk11:32

    xG 0.14–0.52 (21%)attempts 7–17goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Lindblom7:43

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal11:23

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny4:12

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  4. Weise – Varone – Konecny4:23

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Gostisbehere11:56

    xG 0.58–0.15 (80%)attempts 23–10goals 1–1

  2. Sanheim – Provorov17:43

    xG 0.86–0.76 (53%)attempts 20–18goals 0–2

  3. Hagg – Folin9:09

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 9–4goals 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.

PHI 3.3 xGCAR 1.9 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 84/100 · #226 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 75% 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).