Final
CAR at PHI game report
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Xfinity Mobile Arena
Hurricanes beat the Flyers 3–2 in overtime and earned it, out-chancing them 4.4–2.6 in expected goals.
Team comparison
- 2Goals3
- 2.56Expected goals4.36
- 1.465-on-5 expected goals3.23
- 12High-danger chances12
- 18Shots on goal40
- 43Shot attempts79
- 315-on-5 shot attempts64
- 8:40Power-play time5:10
5-on-5 shares for PHI: 32.6% of shot attempts, 31.2% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| PHI at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 47:32 | 31–64 | 1.46–3.23 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 8:40 | 11–11 | 1.10–0.93 | 0–2 |
| Shorthanded | 5:10 | 0–4 | 0.00–0.20 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 1:29 | 1–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as PHI–CAR. “Power play” means PHI had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Woll PHI | 37/40 | .925 | 4.36 | +1.36 |
| Pyotr Kochetkov CAR | 16/18 | .889 | 2.56 | +0.56 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingFlyers5.2Hurricanes6.7
| ★Top three of the night: Sebastian AhoFCAR | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20:30 | 76.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Andrei SvechnikovFCAR | 8.3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17:50 | 73.9 |
| ★Top three of the night: William CarrierFCAR | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:49 | 82.6 |
| Jaccob SlavinDCAR | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:47 | 76.9 |
| Jalen ChatfieldDCAR | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:50 | 76.9 |
| Jackson BlakeFCAR | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:43 | 58.1 |
| Nikolaj EhlersFCAR | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:38 | 66.7 |
| Joseph WollGPHI | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | — | 62:48 | — |
| Shayne GostisbehereDCAR | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:39 | 55.6 |
| Jordan MartinookFCAR | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:16 | 66.7 |
| Owen TippettFPHI | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 | 34.4 |
| Sean WalkerDCAR | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:10 | 58.5 |
| Pyotr KochetkovGCAR | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | — | 62:51 | — |
| Taylor HallFCAR | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:30 | 64.3 |
| Logan StankovenFCAR | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:10 | 58.6 |
| Jordan StaalFCAR | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 | 63.6 |
| Eric RobinsonFCAR | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:44 | 68.4 |
| K'Andre MillerDCAR | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:17 | 61.5 |
| Travis KonecnyFPHI | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:08 | 34.8 |
| Trevor ZegrasFPHI | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:53 | 36.4 |
| Mark JankowskiFCAR | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 | 73.7 |
| Matvei MichkovFPHI | 5.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 | 25.0 |
| Jesperi KotkaniemiFCAR | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 | 68.4 |
| Christian DvorakFPHI | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:29 | 28.6 |
| Mike ReillyDCAR | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 | 62.5 |
| Tyson FoersterFPHI | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:43 | 35.0 |
| Carl GrundstromFPHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 | 34.5 |
| David JiricekDPHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 | 33.3 |
| Alex BumpFPHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:27 | 32.0 |
| Noel AcciariFPHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 | 33.3 |
| Porter MartoneFPHI | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 | 29.4 |
| Sean CouturierFPHI | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 37.5 |
| Rasmus RistolainenDPHI | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 | 29.6 |
| Jamie DrysdaleDPHI | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:33 | 29.0 |
| Noah CatesFPHI | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:13 | 25.0 |
| Cam YorkDPHI | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:10 | 30.3 |
| Travis SanheimDPHI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:05 | 37.0 |
| Nick SeelerDPHI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 | 33.3 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Flyers
Forward lines
- Grundstrom – Tippett – Zegras11:36 · 9–17 · xG 0.4–0.9
- Couturier – Acciari – Bump9:43 · 7–14 · xG 0.4–0.7
- Dvorak – Konecny – Michkov6:48 · 4–10 · xG 0.3–0.7
- Cates – Foerster – Martone6:42 · 3–8 · xG 0.2–0.2
Defence pairs
- York – Drysdale12:37 · 7–17 · xG 0.6–1.5
- Ristolainen – Sanheim10:39 · 7–17 · xG 0.6–0.6
- Seeler – Jiricek8:15 · 6–11 · xG 0.1–0.4
Hurricanes
Forward lines
- Hall – Stankoven – Blake11:12 · 16–9 · xG 0.8–0.6
- Carrier – Aho – Svechnikov10:00 · 16–4 · xG 1.2–0.2
- Staal – Martinook – Ehlers8:42 · 12–7 · xG 0.3–0.3
- Jankowski – Robinson – Kotkaniemi8:04 · 12–3 · xG 0.3–0.2
Defence pairs
- Slavin – Chatfield16:40 · 30–6 · xG 1.7–0.1
- Walker – Miller16:03 · 22–14 · xG 1.1–0.7
- Reilly – Gostisbehere8:57 · 8–6 · xG 0.2–0.4
Three stars
- ★S. GostisbehereCAR · 1G 0A
- ★★S. AhoCAR · 2G 1A
- ★★★O. TippettPHI · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 00:10CAR S. Aho (from W. Carrier, A. Svechnikov)1–0
- 08:03PHI O. Tippett (from T. Zegras)1–1
Period 2
- 07:20PHI M. Michkov (from T. Konecny, C. Dvorak)1–2
Period 3
- 04:59CAR S. Aho pp (from N. Ehlers, A. Svechnikov)2–2
Overtime
- 02:51CAR S. Gostisbehere pp (from J. Blake, S. Aho)3–2