Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes
Recap
written from the game dataThe Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2. The Hurricanes scored first; the Flyers answered. The Hurricanes led 1-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Valtteri Filppula's goal at 14:11 of the third period, which took the Flyers' chances from 48% to 86%. Expected goals favored the Flyers, 2.5 to 2.2; shots on goal were PHI 27, CAR 25. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Hurricanes win a replay of these chances 51% of the time. Alex Lyon stopped 23 of 25 (.920); Cam Ward stopped 23 of 26 (.885), 0.9 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Jakub Voracek (1 G), 2. Valtteri Filppula (1 G), 3. Jaccob Slavin (1 G, 1 A).
Three stars
- ★J. Voracek1 G

- ★★V. Filppula1 G

- ★★★J. Slavin1 G, 1 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
6 goals1st period
0-115:12
3rd period
1-18:19
1-210:04
2-211:58
3-214:11
4-218:10
Penalties
1st
- 10:08
Jordan Staal · Hookingdrawn by Sean Couturier2 min
- 18:21
Elias Lindholm · Trippingdrawn by Nolan Patrick2 min
2nd
- 11:20
Travis Sanheim · Interferencedrawn by Justin Williams2 min
- 18:32
Andrew MacDonald · High sticking double minordrawn by Phillip Di Giuseppe4 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Valtteri Filppula, 3rd 14:11 — 48% → 86%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.53 G
- All situations
- 2 G2.2
- 1.83 G
- Even strength
- 2 G1.9
- 0.30 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.2
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.1
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 78 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.07 – 2.15
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 27
- Shots on goal
- 25
- 48%
- Faceoffs
- 52%
- 0/2
- Power play
- 0/3
- 6
- Penalty minutes
- 4
- 20
- Hits
- 26
- 24
- Blocked shots
- 17
- 10
- Giveaways
- 11
- 15
- Takeaways
- 10
Box score
every player line
Season series
PHI leads 3-1
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Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
