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Mon, Feb 21, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR0221311016431
PHI01111121405341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:24CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Jesper Fast, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:59PHIGerry MayhewAssists: Justin Braun, Ivan Provorov · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:13CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:19PHIPatrick BrownAssists: Isaac Ratcliffe, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:15CARVincent TrocheckAssists: Martin Necas, Ian Cole · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:07PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.22 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:42CARBrett PesceGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.18 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:00CARAndrei Svechnikov: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 1:07CARMartin Necas: Interference2 min
  3. P2 13:58PHINick Seeler: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:50CARJesper Fast: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 16:50PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 10:30CARMartin Necas: Interference2 min
  7. P3 13:35PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 13:35CARIan Cole: Fighting5 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
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
31Shots on goal41
3.4Expected goals3.9
66Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes9
14Hits22
6Blocked shots19
4Giveaways12
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. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov11:47

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 13–16goals 1–2

  2. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast13:25

    xG 0.71–0.84 (46%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Trocheck – Lorentz – Necas10:05

    xG 0.25–0.50 (33%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  4. Stepan – Martinook – Kotkaniemi7:59

    xG 0.18–0.58 (24%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Slavin5:58

    xG 0.28–0.03 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Bear6:09

    xG 0.25–0.09 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Slavin – DeAngelo6:33

    xG 0.62–0.51 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – MacEwen – Ratcliffe6:27

    xG 0.78–0.17 (82%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Atkinson – Ratcliffe2:30

    xG 0.14–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Willman – Mayhew – Frost3:29

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Atkinson – Lindblom3:47

    xG 0.09–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov19:20

    xG 1.00–0.32 (76%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Seeler7:47

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim18:44

    xG 1.05–1.27 (45%)attempts 16–23goals 2–2

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.

PHI 3.9 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 92/100 · #125 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 59% 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).