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Thu, Nov 21, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3

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
PHI2111428523
CAR27019110336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:43CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Ryan Dzingel · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 6:31PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Travis Konecny, Philippe Myers · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:14PHIIvan ProvorovPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:51PHIMorgan FrostSHAssists: Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:24CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Brock McGinn, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:16PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Morgan Frost, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:54PHIKevin HayesENAssists: Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.47 xG5–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:54PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:13CARRyan Dzingel: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  3. P1 6:19PHIJakub Voracek: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 12:19CARJoel Edmundson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 12:19CARJoel Edmundson: Misconduct10 min
  6. P2 0:57PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 5:08PHIClaude Giroux: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:41CARNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min
  9. P3 11:37PHIJoel Farabee: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
23Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals4.0
47Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes16
17Hits6
13Blocked shots14
10Giveaways13
3Takeaways7

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. bestVoracek – Couturier – Lindblom9:46

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Raffl3:58

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Hayes – Farabee7:15

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Konecny – Frost12:08

    xG 0.56–1.50 (27%)attempts 6–19goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov9:47

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim4:02

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Myers5:26

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – McGinn – Wallmark4:54

    xG 0.58–0.14 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Martinook – McGinn – Luostarinen5:17

    xG 0.28–0.10 (73%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Necas4:27

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov11:31

    xG 0.56–0.59 (49%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Pesce10:37

    xG 1.31–0.24 (84%)attempts 15–7goals 2–1

  2. Pesce – van Riemsdyk4:29

    xG 0.31–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk7:48

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 5–3goals 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 4.0 xGPHI 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #184 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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).