Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes
Recap
written from the game dataThe Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-4. The lead changed hands 3 times. The Hurricanes led 3-2 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Martin Necas's goal at 19:29 of the third period, which took the Hurricanes' chances from 51% to 97%. Expected goals favored the Hurricanes, 4.6 to 1.9; shots on goal were PHI 16, CAR 35. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Hurricanes win a replay of these chances 81% of the time. Aleksei Kolosov stopped 29 of 34 (.853), 0.9 goals below expected; Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 12 of 16 (.750), 2.1 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Martin Necas (1 G, 1 A), 2. Jordan Martinook (1 G), 3. Brent Burns (2 A).
Three stars
- ★M. Necas1 G, 1 A

- ★★J. Martinook1 G

- ★★★B. Burns2 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
10 goals1st period
1-07:54
1-114:25
2nd period
1-28:56
1-39:50
2-313:30
3rd period
3-31:18
3-41:47
4-49:17
4-519:29
4-619:58
Penalties
1st
- 6:15
Andrei Svechnikov · Trippingdrawn by Travis Konecny2 min
- 7:08
Jordan Staal · High stickingdrawn by Jamie Drysdale2 min
2nd
- 16:06
Sean Couturier · Trippingdrawn by Jaccob Slavin2 min
3rd
- 13:41
William Carrier · Trippingdrawn by Rasmus Ristolainen2 min
- 13:58
Emil Andrae · Holdingdrawn by Jordan Martinook2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Martin Necas, 3rd 19:29 — 51% → 97%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.94 G
- All situations
- 5 G4.6
- 1.53 G
- Even strength
- 5 G3.7
- 0.41 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.3
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.0
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 92 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.93 – 3.96
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
- 16
- Shots on goal
- 35
- 59%
- Faceoffs
- 41%
- 1/3
- Power play
- 0/2
- 4
- Penalty minutes
- 6
- 18
- Hits
- 13
- 20
- Blocked shots
- 9
- 14
- Giveaways
- 5
- 12
- Takeaways
- 4
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
