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Tue, Oct 26, 2021·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Montréal Canadiens 1, Seattle Kraken 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 63% of the time.

SEA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL190807124
SEA2112718526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:02SEAJordan EberleAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:37MTLMike HoffmanAssists: Nick Suzuki, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:08SEABrandon TanevGWGAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Jared McCann · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:56SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Jeremy Lauzon · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:53SEABrandon TanevAssists: Yanni Gourde, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:14SEARyan DonatoUnassisted · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:29SEAJordan Eberle: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:37SEAJaden Schwartz: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:19MTLJonathan Drouin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 13:42MTLJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:28MTLSami Niku: Holding2 min
  6. P3 17:10MTLCedric Paquette: Tripping2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLSEA
24Shots on goal26
1.6Expected goals2.2
36Shot attempts55
20Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
40Hits32
18Blocked shots6
0Giveaways6
2Takeaways12

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Dvorak – Caufield4:21

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Gallagher – Suzuki10:11

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Perreault – Toffoli – Caufield4:48

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Paquette – Lehkonen7:46

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot12:55

    xG 0.62–0.37 (62%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Niku2:40

    xG 0.02–0.02 (61%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Niku9:08

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCann – Donato – Tanev3:24

    xG 0.34–0.15 (69%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. McCann – Appleton – Tanev5:20

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Eberle – Donskoi – Wennberg9:09

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  4. Sheahan – Donato – Geekie4:09

    xG 0.01–0.04 (15%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Oleksiak11:54

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 10–6goals 3–0

  2. Fleury – Dunn14:47

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Lauzon14:02

    xG 0.52–0.61 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 2–1

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.

SEA 2.2 xGMTL 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

SEA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SEA is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #936 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 63% of the time.

SEA winsMTL wins

Simulated goal difference (SEA − MTL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).