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Mon, Apr 18, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Ottawa Senators 2, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 77% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT032704214
SEA11121117429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36SEADaniel SprongPPAssists: Victor Rask, Vince Dunn · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:11OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:15OTTNick HoldenAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Parker Kelly · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:52SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Adam Larsson, Vince Dunn · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:15SEAVictor RaskGWGAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:49SEAJared McCannENAssists: Adam Larsson, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.79 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:41OTTParker Kelly: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:16OTTTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:55SEACarson Soucy: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:53OTTAlex Formenton: Charging2 min
  5. P2 16:53SEAHaydn Fleury: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:53OTTAlex Formenton: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 18:55OTTAustin Watson: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 0:47SEAJordan Eberle: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSEA
14Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals3.3
38Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
21Hits24
11Blocked shots11
7Giveaways11
10Takeaways5

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Norris – Tkachuk9:35

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle2:04

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Formenton – Batherson – Stützle10:03

    xG 0.07–0.04 (66%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Senyshyn – Gaudette7:09

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zaitsev9:42

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 2–2

  2. Del Zotto – Hamonic13:33

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Brannstrom – Zub15:16

    xG 0.07–0.54 (12%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – McCann – Kuhlman8:54

    xG 0.72–0.14 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Sprong – Geekie6:00

    xG 0.08–0.23 (26%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Eberle – Donato – Beniers10:49

    xG 0.10–0.39 (20%)attempts 3–12goals 1–1

  4. Donskoi – Rask – Wennberg8:23

    xG 0.05–0.46 (10%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen12:23

    xG 0.85–0.37 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  2. Larsson – Soucy2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Fleury9:12

    xG 0.05–0.10 (31%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGOTT 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #693 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 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, Seattle Kraken win this game 77% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

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

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