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Sat, Mar 12, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 84% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01011405129
CAR01511229336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:34CARSteven LorentzAssists: Derek Stepan, Jalen Chatfield · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:50PHIDerick BrassardAssists: Cam Atkinson, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:10CARJordan MartinookGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Ian Cole · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:39CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:11PHIPatrick Brown: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 16:44CARJalen Chatfield: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 5:12CARJordan Martinook: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:22PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
29Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals4.6
45Shot attempts74
23Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits18
17Blocked shots10
17Giveaways19
4Takeaways9

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. bestGiroux – Brassard – Atkinson12:34

    xG 0.62–0.45 (58%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Farabee8:48

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Lindblom – Konecny – Frost10:04

    xG 0.38–0.76 (33%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. Brown – MacEwen – Mayhew9:46

    xG 0.08–0.91 (8%)attempts 4–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov17:41

    xG 0.72–0.64 (53%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

  2. Yandle – York9:29

    xG 0.31–0.41 (43%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:31

    xG 0.64–0.88 (42%)attempts 15–23goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Martinook – Svechnikov12:44

    xG 1.06–0.14 (88%)attempts 22–8goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Lorentz – Kotkaniemi7:30

    xG 0.67–0.17 (79%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Teravainen – Aho – Necas12:10

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast12:23

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Chatfield13:46

    xG 1.02–0.20 (83%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Slavin – Bear15:22

    xG 0.70–0.55 (56%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:45

    xG 0.73–0.60 (55%)attempts 17–16goals 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 4.6 xGPHI 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #1075 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 84% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − PHI), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).