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Sat, Mar 18, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR2121411711534
PHI0821321200433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:52CARSebastian AhoAssists: Martin Necas, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:51CARBrady SkjeiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:56PHITyson FoersterAssists: Morgan Frost, Brendan Lemieux · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:55CARSebastian AhoAssists: Stefan Noesen, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:18PHINoah CatesPPAssists: Tyson Foerster, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:33PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Owen Tippett, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:50PHIBrendan LemieuxAssists: Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:59CARMartin NecasPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.86 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:28CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Brent Burns · Snap, 0.27 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 16:37CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 18:06CARBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 12:38CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 14:54CARSebastian Aho: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 19:53PHIScott Laughton: Holding2 min · PPG

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
49% to win51% to win
← CAR attackPHI 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.

CARPHI
34Shots on goal33
4.0Expected goals3.3
71Shot attempts46
36Faceoffs won31
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
18Hits29
5Blocked shots21
6Giveaways16
4Takeaways4

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. bestStepan – Noesen – Drury6:44

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Aho – Necas – Jarvis2:51

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis10:07

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Puljujarvi10:37

    xG 0.18–0.55 (24%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce17:33

    xG 1.21–0.80 (60%)attempts 25–11goals 2–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Chatfield11:09

    xG 0.69–0.29 (70%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Chatfield2:26

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Cates – Farabee6:58

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Lemieux – Frost – Foerster4:40

    xG 0.53–0.37 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 2–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Lemieux5:43

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Frost – Farabee – Foerster5:07

    xG 0.13–0.12 (54%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – DeAngelo12:17

    xG 0.64–0.37 (64%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Provorov – York13:22

    xG 0.99–0.74 (57%)attempts 10–18goals 0–2

  3. DeAngelo – York2:43

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 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 3.3 xGCAR 4.0 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 97/100 · #43 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.62 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 60% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).