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Fri, Dec 3, 2021·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Edmonton Oilers 3, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

SEA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11315114332
SEA214210010434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Ryan Donato · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:41EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:38SEAAdam LarssonAssists: Jared McCann, Joonas Donskoi · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:12EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jesse Puljujarvi · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:06SEAColin BlackwellAssists: Kole Lind, Riley Sheahan · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:53SEAAlexander WennbergGWGAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:44EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Evan Bouchard, Leon Draisaitl · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:11SEAAdam Larsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:24SEAVince Dunn: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 19:02EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:04EDMKailer Yamamoto: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 18:14SEAAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:40EDMKailer Yamamoto: Interference2 min
  7. P3 14:40EDMWarren Foegele: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 18:29SEAAdam Larsson: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSEA
32Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals2.4
60Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won40
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
16Hits19
12Blocked shots15
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways10

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi5:13

    xG 0.50–0.11 (83%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi7:39

    xG 0.53–0.28 (65%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  3. Sceviour – Perlini – Ryan4:36

    xG 0.06–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Foegele – McLeod5:56

    xG 0.21–0.24 (46%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Bouchard2:35

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Lagesson – Bouchard9:47

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Niemelainen – Broberg6:24

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSheahan – Blackwell – Lind5:09

    xG 0.19–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  2. Donskoi – Gourde – Donato9:44

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. McCann – Tanev – Geekie6:47

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Wennberg – Appleton11:34

    xG 0.33–0.42 (44%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Larsson – Dunn16:00

    xG 0.48–0.53 (47%)attempts 13–19goals 1–2

  2. Oleksiak – Soucy11:27

    xG 0.63–0.72 (47%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  3. Fleury – Lauzon13:35

    xG 0.06–0.40 (13%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

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 2.4 xGEDM 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #506 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

SEA winsEDM wins

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

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