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Tue, Jan 7, 2020·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 65% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI281101300421
CAR216290711533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Robert Hagg, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:57PHIMichael RafflAssists: Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:40CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Brock McGinn, Jordan Martinook · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:27CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Jordan Staal, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:12CARJake GardinerAssists: Sebastian Aho, Warren Foegele · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 4:57CARJoel EdmundsonAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Erik Haula · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P2 14:27PHINicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:49PHITravis SanheimAssists: Philippe Myers, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:56CARDougie HamiltonGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.15 xG4–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 19:39CARErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 15:06PHITyler Pitlick: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 3:54CARAndrei Svechnikov: 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Raffl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
21Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.7
43Shot attempts57
34Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
27Hits18
12Blocked shots6
17Giveaways12
3Takeaways11

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. Laughton – Vorobyev – Farabee7:28

    xG 0.10–0.18 (37%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny13:02

    xG 0.75–0.83 (48%)attempts 12–13goals 2–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel10:51

    xG 0.21–0.52 (29%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  4. Voracek – Pitlick – Raffl11:02

    xG 0.92–1.23 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Sanheim – Myers16:28

    xG 0.70–0.81 (46%)attempts 15–15goals 1–3

  2. Niskanen – Provorov19:17

    xG 0.68–1.01 (40%)attempts 7–23goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Hagg12:23

    xG 0.75–1.10 (41%)attempts 11–9goals 3–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Foegele – Svechnikov11:50

    xG 1.33–0.70 (66%)attempts 18–13goals 1–2

  2. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho11:44

    xG 0.68–0.30 (69%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  3. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark10:17

    xG 0.59–0.24 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Staal – McGinn – Foegele2:02

    xG 0.05–0.11 (32%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Pesce15:02

    xG 0.99–0.49 (67%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Edmundson – Fleury10:38

    xG 0.70–0.52 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Hamilton – Slavin19:19

    xG 1.11–0.99 (53%)attempts 21–16goals 0–2

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 3.7 xGPHI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 96/100 · #51 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 65% 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).