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Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes, NHL forecast

FinalCAR leads series 1-0

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Flyers

43-27-12

0–3

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Hurricanes

53-22-7

PHI 31%CAR 69%

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Win probability

Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with every score and the time left. Above the line favors CAR; hover for each play.

CAR favored PHI favored3 scoring plays
P1P2P3CAR50%PHI

Game center

From the ESPN box score.

Top performers

Flyers
    Hurricanes

    Scoring summary

    • P216:16Logan Stankoven Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (3), Andrei Svechnikov (1)0–3
    • P17:30Jackson Blake Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Taylor Hall (6), Mike Reilly (2)0–2
    • P11:31Logan Stankoven Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Mike Reilly (1), Jackson Blake (4)0–1

    Turning points

    The 3 plays that swung the win chance most, each judged at its own moment: the chance with the score just before it against just after.

    1. P11:31Logan Stankoven Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Mike Reilly (1), Jackson Blake (4)PHI 0 – 1 CAR · CAR 68% → 80% +12
    2. P17:30Jackson Blake Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Taylor Hall (6), Mike Reilly (2)PHI 0 – 2 CAR · CAR 80% → 89% +9
    3. P216:16Logan Stankoven Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (3), Andrei Svechnikov (1)PHI 0 – 3 CAR · CAR 93% → 98% +5

    The pick

    Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.

    Hurricanes 69%

    SolidHit
    PHI 31%CAR 69%

    Forecast Elo ratings alone

    How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 65–70% have won 67.6% of 306 graded games.

    Market
    CAR 69%
    ML PHI +205 / CAR -250
    Pre-line forecast
    CAR 67%
    Elo + market-implied
    Elo ratings
    CAR 65%
    Ratings vs. market
    −3.7 pts
    CAR: Elo 64.8%, market 68.5%
    Fair odds
    CAR -218
    PHI +218 · the forecast as odds, no margin
    Pregame projection
    PHI 2.2 – 3.3 CAR
    Margin from the forecast, posted total 5.5

    How the number is built

    Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.

    FactorPHICARWhy
    Team rating15081586Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average
    Home field—+35Worth 35 Elo in the NHL
    Starting goalies+8+1PHI: Dan Vladar: team allows 0.20 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈44 weighted starts) · CAR: Frederik Andersen: team allows 0.02 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈43 weighted starts)
    Elo ratingsCAR +106 EloCAR 64.8%
    Market-implied ratingsCAR 67.5%Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context
    Pre-line forecastCAR 67.0%20% Elo, 80% market-implied (log-odds blend)
    ForecastCAR 68.5%Follows the market (vig removed): in testing, adding the ratings made it less accurate

    Tale of the tape

    This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Overtime and shootout losses count as losses in these records. Opponent Elo: how strong the teams each has played are, 1st the toughest. Shot share is a team's share of the shots on goal in its games. PDO adds shooting and save percentages: far from 100 tends to even out.

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    Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes compared, with each team's league rank
    PHIStatCAR
    20th of 323.0Goals scored3.62nd of 32
    9th of 323.0Goals allowed2.94th of 32
    15th of 32+0.1Margin+0.73rd of 32
    16th of 3250.0%Shot share57.3%1st of 32
    23rd of 3289.1%Save percentage88.6%26th of 32
    2nd of 327–3Last 107–32nd of 32
    7th of 3223–18Road vs home29–121st of 32
    10th of 321503Opponent Elo149917th of 32
    13th of 321508Elo rating15862nd of 32

    Rating history

    Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.

    FlyersHurricanes
    140014501500155016001650league averageNovFebMayAugNov

    Against the line

    How each team has done against the closing spread and total, coming into this game.

    This seasonPHICAR
    Puck line56–3236–50
    Last 106–47–3
    Favorite11–1629–48
    Underdog45–167–2
    Overs–unders44–4446–40
    Overs–unders, last 104–64–6

    Against each game's closing line. Books set every line knowing these records: across 3,901 past games, the team with the better record against the spread so far that season covered 51.2%, short of the 52.4% a standard −110 bet needs, and over/under streaks held 48.0% of the time. They describe the past.

    Head to head

    PHI 2–9 CAR in their last 11 meetings; the forecast called 8 of 11.