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Wed, Dec 1, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Seattle Kraken 3, Detroit Red Wings 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

DET winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SEA072917011324
DET0621317002426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:46DETRobby FabbriPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Pius Suter · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:44SEAVince DunnPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:04SEARyan DonatoAssists: Yanni Gourde, Joonas Donskoi · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:18DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:30DETLucas RaymondAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:16SEARyan DonatoAssists: Jamie Oleksiak · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Robby Fabbri stopped
  2. 2. SEA Ryan Donato stopped
  3. 3. DET Dylan Larkin scored
  4. 4. SEA Jared McCann stopped
  5. 5. DET Lucas Raymond stopped
  6. 6. SEA Joonas Donskoi scored
  7. 7. DET Adam Erne scored
  8. 8. SEA Alexander Wennberg stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:49SEAMason Appleton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 16:29SEAMorgan Geekie: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:51DETNick Leddy: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:55DETVladislav Namestnikov: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 3:25SEAAdam Larsson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:24DETMichael Rasmussen: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEADET
24Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.0
44Shot attempts43
23Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
22Hits22
11Blocked shots9
0Giveaways7
1Takeaways1

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCann – Tanev – Geekie10:26

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Donskoi – Gourde – Donato8:24

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

  3. Johansson – Wennberg – Appleton13:27

    xG 0.52–0.49 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  4. Sheahan – Blackwell – Lind3:46

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Soucy16:56

    xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Fleury – Lauzon9:31

    xG 0.42–0.23 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Dunn19:33

    xG 0.34–0.73 (32%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen12:04

    xG 0.50–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Suter – Zadina4:16

    xG 0.29–0.17 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Rowney – Criscuolo8:27

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Fabbri – Raymond14:12

    xG 0.17–0.65 (20%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Lindstrom12:28

    xG 0.55–0.35 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Hronek19:24

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Oesterle – Seider16:35

    xG 0.52–0.82 (39%)attempts 16–16goals 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.

DET 2.0 xGSEA 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #200 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

DET winsSEA wins

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

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