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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 69% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1807117232
CAR21301039532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Corban Knight, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:35CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:56CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Jordan Staal, Brock McGinn · Snap, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:57CARJustin FaulkPPGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:12PHIOskar LindblomPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:05CARJaccob SlavinENAssists: Brett Pesce, Petr Mrazek · Snap, 0.41 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:41CARBrock McGinnENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:25PHIRadko Gudas: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 15:19CARJustin Williams: Interference2 min
  3. P3 11:03PHIScott Laughton: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 11:57PHISean Couturier: Misconduct10 min
  5. P3 12:49CARJordan Staal: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:30CARJustin Williams: Tripping2 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 20:00Konecny won the faceoff against Wallmark
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
32Shots on goal32
3.9Expected goals5.3
58Shot attempts66
22Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
14Penalty minutes6
19Hits24
14Blocked shots14
10Giveaways10
8Takeaways20

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. bestKnight – Varone – Raffl2:48

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom7:00

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier2:06

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Patrick5:49

    xG 0.08–0.18 (32%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers3:15

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Provorov – Myers2:23

    xG 0.03–0.03 (44%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Hagg12:22

    xG 0.82–0.88 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho11:21

    xG 1.16–0.32 (79%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Martinook – Wallmark11:17

    xG 0.72–0.15 (83%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. McKegg – McGinn – Foegele6:55

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov13:08

    xG 0.52–0.64 (45%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin17:19

    xG 1.79–0.24 (88%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – van Riemsdyk14:47

    xG 0.87–0.65 (57%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Pesce17:25

    xG 0.70–0.93 (43%)attempts 15–15goals 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 5.3 xGPHI 3.9 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #596 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 69% 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).