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Mon, Apr 13, 2026·Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

PHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR260809030226
PHI072609011323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:41CARBradly NadeauAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:30CARNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:57PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Denver Barkey, Noah Cates · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:30PHITrevor ZegrasPPAssists: Porter Martone, Tyson Foerster · Snap, 0.23 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Trevor Zegras stopped
  2. 2. CAR Jackson Blake stopped
  3. 3. PHI Matvei Michkov stopped
  4. 4. CAR Bradly Nadeau stopped
  5. 5. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  6. 6. CAR K'Andre Miller stopped
  7. 7. PHI Tyson Foerster scored
  8. 8. CAR Alexander Nikishin stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:05PHIChristian Dvorak: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:43CARSean Walker: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 11:38CARNikolaj Ehlers: Slashing2 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
47% to win53% to win
← CAR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jankowski won the faceoff against Zegras
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPHI
26Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals3.3
71Shot attempts47
16Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
27Hits32
14Blocked shots23
18Giveaways15
7Takeaways5

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. bestHall – Stankoven – Blake14:20

    xG 0.90–0.28 (76%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Jankowski – Carrier8:49

    xG 0.32–0.05 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – Brind'Amour – Robinson11:13

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  4. Ehlers – Kotkaniemi – Nadeau12:11

    xG 0.43–0.91 (32%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Legault11:21

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Chatfield – Miller20:17

    xG 0.75–0.69 (52%)attempts 28–10goals 0–1

  3. Walker – Nikishin19:30

    xG 0.47–1.23 (28%)attempts 21–19goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCates – Barkey – Michkov9:55

    xG 0.84–0.27 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Zegras – Foerster12:26

    xG 0.59–0.37 (61%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Glendening – Hathaway9:13

    xG 0.00–0.31 (1%)attempts 1–13goals 0–1

  4. Dvorak – Konecny – Martone11:36

    xG 0.06–0.71 (7%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Andrae10:42

    xG 0.75–0.51 (59%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. York – Drysdale19:20

    xG 0.73–0.59 (56%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – York2:28

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 63/100 · #540 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% 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).