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Sat, Apr 6, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR31111601428
PHI15216010331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:20CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Lucas Wallmark, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:29CARJustin FaulkAssists: Jordan Martinook, Brock McGinn · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:19PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Sanheim, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:40CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jordan Staal, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 1:27PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 6:07PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P2 7:33CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:59CARDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:23PHIRyan Hartman: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:23PHIRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 12:23PHIRyan Hartman: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 16:28CARJustin Williams: Too many men on the ice2 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 Knight
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
28Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals2.3
52Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
23Hits19
17Blocked shots16
6Giveaways12
5Takeaways3

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. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho13:08

    xG 0.52–0.35 (59%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Ferland – Teravainen11:12

    xG 0.38–0.28 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Maenalanen – Foegele – Wallmark6:33

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Svechnikov7:31

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin18:53

    xG 0.73–0.22 (77%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury12:41

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  3. Faulk – Pesce17:32

    xG 0.34–0.69 (33%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Giroux – Couturier – Lindblom8:32

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 9–4goals 1–2

  2. Laughton – Hartman – Konecny7:32

    xG 0.24–0.24 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek2:05

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Knight5:08

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Friedman5:33

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Friedman – Provorov2:34

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov6:05

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

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 2.3 xGCAR 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 73/100 · #357 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 60% 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).