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Mon, Jan 10, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Seattle Kraken 3, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA1102808326
COL19112214435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:50COLNicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Logan O'Connor, Alex Newhook · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:16SEAMarcus JohanssonPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:49SEAJared McCannAssists: Marcus Johansson, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:20SEAColin BlackwellAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Yanni Gourde · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:00COLNicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:47COLDevon ToewsAssists: Cale Makar, Nazem Kadri · Deflected, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:17COLNazem KadriGWGAssists: Tyson Jost, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:45COLNazem Kadri: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:18SEAJeremy Lauzon: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:27SEAJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:09COLNicolas Aube-Kubel: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:38SEAMason Appleton: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 18:38COLLogan O'Connor: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:38SEAYanni Gourde: 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against McCann
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACOL
26Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals2.6
51Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits29
15Blocked shots15
2Giveaways9
9Takeaways9

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 – McCann9:13

    xG 0.47–0.24 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Donato – Appleton – Geekie7:57

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Jarnkrok – Blackwell – Gourde8:43

    xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  4. Sheahan – Donskoi – Wennberg7:37

    xG 0.07–0.50 (13%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Giordano – Oleksiak13:32

    xG 0.28–0.33 (47%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Soucy15:09

    xG 0.74–0.98 (43%)attempts 14–18goals 0–3

  3. Dunn – Lauzon10:47

    xG 0.24–0.49 (33%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen4:38

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen6:14

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–2

  3. Kadri – Compher – Nichushkin4:55

    xG 0.11–0.09 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Aube-Kubel – O'Connor – Newhook3:52

    xG 0.10–0.30 (25%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar16:44

    xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 19–8goals 1–1

  2. Johnson – Johnson8:01

    xG 0.78–0.32 (71%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  3. Girard – Byram12:28

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

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.

COL 2.6 xGSEA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #182 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsSEA wins

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

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