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Wed, Dec 29, 2021·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Seattle Kraken 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 76% of the time.

SEA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI160511011322
SEA1120111904236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:44PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:46SEAYanni GourdePPAssists: Carson Soucy, Morgan Geekie · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:32SEAJeremy LauzonAssists: Adam Larsson, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:47PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Travis Sanheim, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:14PHIIvan ProvorovGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:29SEAJordan Eberle: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:08PHIGerry Mayhew: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:46PHIJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:43SEAMax McCormick: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 0:49PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:35SEAJeremy Lauzon: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISEA
22Shots on goal36
1.3Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits13
11Blocked shots9
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways9

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – van Riemsdyk – Atkinson8:12

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Mayhew – Frost3:29

    xG 0.10–0.03 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Willman – MacEwen7:31

    xG 0.12–0.13 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Lindblom – Mayhew – Frost2:18

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov16:50

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:50

    xG 0.32–0.43 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Connauton10:29

    xG 0.10–0.40 (20%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Blackwell – Gourde12:32

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. McCormick – Geekie – True4:25

    xG 0.13–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Donskoi – Wennberg11:12

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Schwartz – McCann12:07

    xG 0.31–0.45 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Lauzon17:08

    xG 0.60–0.26 (69%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Oleksiak16:50

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  3. Soucy – Borgen11:42

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 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 2.6 xGPHI 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #534 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 76% of the time.

SEA winsPHI wins

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

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