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Fri, Dec 23, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 63% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI15110316531
CAR31431508637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:57CARJesper FastAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:03PHITravis SanheimAssists: Morgan Frost, Tony DeAngelo · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:32CARStefan NoesenPPAssists: Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:05CARJesper FastAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:01PHITony DeAngeloAssists: Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 5:57CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Martin Necas, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P2 7:58CARJordan MartinookAssists: Brett Pesce, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–5
  8. P2 17:52CARJesperi KotkaniemiPPGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–6
  9. P3 6:59PHINick SeelerAssists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–6
  10. P3 7:41PHIScott LaughtonSHAssists: Travis Konecny · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–6
  11. P3 12:24PHITravis KonecnySHAssists: Scott Laughton, Cam York · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:52PHIMorgan Frost: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 15:56PHINick Seeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 3:29CARBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:27PHITravis Sanheim: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 10:46PHITony DeAngelo: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 13:26CARPaul Stastny: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
31Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits11
16Blocked shots10
1Giveaways7
14Takeaways10

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. bestHayes – Laughton – Allison5:29

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Laughton – Allison – Cates3:27

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost7:31

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  4. Deslauriers – Brown – MacEwen8:21

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen6:07

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  2. Seeler – York5:29

    xG 0.07–0.24 (23%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Provorov5:29

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Necas – Svechnikov12:09

    xG 1.20–0.38 (76%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Stepan – Noesen – Kotkaniemi8:24

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook9:56

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis9:20

    xG 0.44–0.45 (50%)attempts 16–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce15:32

    xG 0.89–0.33 (73%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin14:44

    xG 0.82–0.39 (68%)attempts 23–7goals 2–1

  3. de Haan – Chatfield12:11

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

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 3.5 xGPHI 2.8 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 93/100 · #127 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 10 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 63% 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).