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Mon, Feb 21, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Seattle Kraken 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 87% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA2904014227
VAN115218213546

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11VANTyler MotteAssists: Juho Lammikko, Matthew Highmore · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:12SEAJared McCannAssists: Marcus Johansson, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:26SEAMark GiordanoSHAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:45VANTravis HamonicAssists: Juho Lammikko, Tyler Motte · Slap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:41VANVasily PodkolzinGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
  6. P3 0:35VANBo HorvatPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson · Slap, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:28VANTanner PearsonENAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.74 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:21VANBo Horvat: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:15SEAVince Dunn: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:27SEAJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:36VANBo Horvat: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:17SEAAlexander Wennberg: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:20SEAMarcus Johansson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 11:45VANBrad Hunt: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:20VANMatthew Highmore: Interference2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lammikko won the faceoff against McCann
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAVAN
27Shots on goal46
2.3Expected goals5.1
53Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won34
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits24
8Blocked shots20
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways4

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. bestEberle – Johansson – McCann9:10

    xG 0.49–0.41 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  2. Sheahan – Blackwell – Geekie6:18

    xG 0.37–0.67 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Gourde – Appleton8:26

    xG 0.15–0.49 (24%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Donskoi – Wennberg – Donato7:54

    xG 0.01–0.83 (2%)attempts 1–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Giordano – Dunn2:38

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Dunn – Lauzon11:47

    xG 0.66–1.06 (38%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  3. Giordano – Larsson11:37

    xG 0.17–0.66 (21%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Podkolzin8:46

    xG 1.06–0.20 (84%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Pearson – Garland11:36

    xG 0.75–0.22 (77%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. Dickinson – Horvat – Boeser10:32

    xG 0.53–0.14 (79%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Lammikko – Highmore9:19

    xG 0.79–0.47 (63%)attempts 8–14goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hunt10:58

    xG 1.12–0.27 (81%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes13:08

    xG 1.23–0.40 (76%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Ekman-Larsson13:56

    xG 0.57–0.39 (60%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

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.

VAN 5.1 xGSEA 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #641 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 87% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

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

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