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Wed, Jan 12, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Seattle Kraken 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA1516014225
DAL3101817525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:25SEACalle JarnkrokPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Jared McCann · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:00DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:01DALJason RobertsonPPGWGAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:38SEAJared McCannAssists: Jordan Eberle, Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:37DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Esa Lindell · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:18DALJani HakanpääENAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:29DALRoope Hintz: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:53SEAAdam Larsson: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:45SEACarson Soucy: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:28DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 3:37DALTyler Seguin: 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEADAL
25Shots on goal25
2.8Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts43
34Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
28Hits22
12Blocked shots13
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways7

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 – McCann12:28

    xG 0.67–0.39 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  2. Jarnkrok – Blackwell – Gourde9:31

    xG 0.28–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – Donato – Appleton12:18

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Sheahan – Donskoi – McCormick8:16

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen12:00

    xG 0.45–0.32 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn17:13

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. Giordano – Oleksiak15:31

    xG 0.77–0.88 (47%)attempts 19–15goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:21

    xG 0.74–0.27 (73%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Benn – Seguin – Peterson11:51

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Kero – Gardner – Kiviranta6:01

    xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Raffl11:05

    xG 0.18–0.50 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell5:25

    xG 0.23–0.05 (83%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Hakanpää8:11

    xG 0.25–0.18 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell13:19

    xG 0.45–0.47 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 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.

DAL 2.5 xGSEA 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #672 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 53% of the time.

DAL winsSEA wins

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

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