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Tue, Nov 28, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11111728436
PHI0911208129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:39CARMichael BuntingAssists: Sebastian Aho, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:14PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Tyson Foerster · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:25CARBrendan LemieuxGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:34CARSeth JarvisAssists: Sebastian Aho, Michael Bunting · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:16CARJesperi KotkaniemiENAssists: Jesper Fast, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.70 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:53CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:25CARJordan Staal: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:11PHIBobby Brink: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:00PHIScott Laughton: Cross checking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
36Shots on goal29
3.5Expected goals1.6
77Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
9Hits11
15Blocked shots25
9Giveaways6
6Takeaways2

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. bestNoesen – Lemieux – Drury8:18

    xG 0.64–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Bunting – Aho – Jarvis12:01

    xG 0.77–0.35 (69%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  3. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi10:19

    xG 0.20–0.21 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Fast – Martinook10:00

    xG 0.52–0.82 (39%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield13:23

    xG 1.33–0.12 (92%)attempts 26–8goals 3–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce15:34

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Slavin18:14

    xG 0.43–1.25 (26%)attempts 16–29goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Couturier – Konecny4:01

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Poehling – Farabee – Brink6:11

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Foerster8:05

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  4. Atkinson – Tippett – Frost5:36

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Ristolainen11:53

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Walker3:22

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Seeler – Walker13:26

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 12–20goals 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.

PHI 1.6 xGCAR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #911 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% 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).