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Thu, Mar 9, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 77% of the time.

CAR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI060706019
CAR1601508129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:09CARAndrei SvechnikovPPGWGAssists: Martin Necas, Brent Burns · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:19PHIKevin Hayes: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:05PHIIvan Provorov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 11:27PHINick Seeler: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 11:27CARStefan Noesen: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 16:01PHIMorgan Frost: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:17CARJesper Fast: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 14:20PHIKieffer Bellows: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Cates won the faceoff against Necas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICAR
19Shots on goal29
1.6Expected goals3.1
32Shot attempts68
17Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
21Hits8
22Blocked shots6
8Giveaways23
6Takeaways10

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. bestLaughton – Cates – Foerster9:05

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Farabee12:57

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Bellows – Laczynski6:20

    xG 0.02–0.07 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Desnoyers10:39

    xG 0.06–0.53 (10%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Seeler9:56

    xG 0.06–0.12 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim12:55

    xG 0.52–0.73 (42%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  3. Provorov – York16:54

    xG 0.47–0.72 (40%)attempts 7–23goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestAho – Svechnikov – Jarvis10:38

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Stepan – Noesen5:59

    xG 0.09–0.02 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook12:36

    xG 0.34–0.36 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi10:57

    xG 0.29–0.45 (39%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Gostisbehere10:29

    xG 0.64–0.11 (85%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Slavin16:32

    xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce15:25

    xG 0.30–0.67 (31%)attempts 14–8goals 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 3.1 xGPHI 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1307 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 77% 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).