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Sat, Dec 11, 2021·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Seattle Kraken 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 52% of the time.

SEA winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ074130711528
SEA0121103901432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:13CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:40CBJJack RoslovicAssists: Max Domi, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:46SEAJared McCannAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:43CBJMax DomiAssists: Jack Roslovic, Jake Bean · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:34CBJMax DomiAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:42SEAJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Mark Giordano · Deflected, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 4:04SEAMorgan GeekieAssists: Mason Appleton, Brandon Tanev · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:54SEAVince DunnAssists: Adam Larsson, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:55CBJJake BeanGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Sean Kuraly · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:52SEAAlexander True: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 4:43SEAAlexander Wennberg: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 2:28CBJGabriel Carlsson: Holding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJSEA
28Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.9
54Shot attempts53
35Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
16Hits19
9Blocked shots11
15Giveaways9
6Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Danforth – Sillinger10:25

    xG 0.39–0.02 (96%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Kuraly – Texier – Robinson11:43

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  3. Hofmann – Jenner – Bjorkstrand15:23

    xG 0.94–1.10 (46%)attempts 15–21goals 1–1

  4. Voracek – Domi – Roslovic9:42

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 6–12goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlsson – Bayreuther8:56

    xG 0.48–0.19 (71%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Gavrikov – Peeke18:38

    xG 0.70–0.65 (52%)attempts 15–18goals 1–3

  3. Werenski – Bean22:03

    xG 1.09–1.28 (46%)attempts 27–22goals 2–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Wennberg – Appleton11:50

    xG 0.45–0.27 (62%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Donskoi – Donato – True9:16

    xG 0.25–0.26 (50%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Eberle – Schwartz – McCann15:01

    xG 1.09–1.27 (46%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  4. Jarnkrok – Tanev – Geekie10:06

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Oleksiak16:32

    xG 1.16–0.42 (74%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1

  2. Fleury – Lauzon9:24

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  3. Oleksiak – Lauzon3:11

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 1–6goals 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 2.9 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #46 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 52% of the time.

SEA winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).