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Thu, Mar 5, 2020·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0707115129
PHI19112211432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:23PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Scott Laughton, Derek Grant · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:34PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:55CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Jordan Staal, Brock McGinn · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:28PHINicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:54PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 2:00CARJoel Edmundson: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 7:16CARJordan Martinook: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
29Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts44
22Faceoffs won30
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
29Hits26
3Blocked shots17
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. bestDzingel – Martinook – Foegele4:44

    xG 0.61–0.02 (96%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho9:41

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Staal – Dzingel8:29

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Staal – McGinn4:22

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Slavin19:05

    xG 0.91–0.69 (57%)attempts 22–12goals 1–1

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk13:17

    xG 0.62–0.50 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Skjei – Fleury16:15

    xG 0.71–1.29 (35%)attempts 14–17goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Konecny – Farabee10:17

    xG 0.81–0.10 (89%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Raffl – Aube-Kubel10:41

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Grant – Pitlick – Laughton13:15

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier13:53

    xG 0.64–1.03 (39%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov16:00

    xG 1.50–0.31 (83%)attempts 17–14goals 3–0

  2. Braun – Hagg16:39

    xG 0.45–0.99 (31%)attempts 12–20goals 0–1

  3. Sanheim – Myers17:41

    xG 0.58–1.15 (34%)attempts 10–24goals 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 3.0 xGCAR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #830 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 58% 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).