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Thu, Jan 20, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

San Jose Sharks 2, Seattle Kraken 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 68% of the time.

SEA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1801215225
SEA062615317

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:38SJSTomas HertlAssists: Alexander Barabanov · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:18SEACarson SoucyAssists: Mark Giordano, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:25SEACarson SoucyAssists: Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:27SEACalle JarnkrokGWGAssists: Morgan Geekie, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:37SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:47SJSErik Karlsson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 8:30SJSJeffrey Viel: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:24SJSLogan Couture: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:04SJSAdam Raska: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 15:04SEAMark Giordano: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:04SEACarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 2:47SEACarson Soucy: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 9:00SEAJeremy Lauzon: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:09SEAJeremy Lauzon: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 12:14SEAMarcus Johansson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 18:53SEAMason Appleton: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSEA
25Shots on goal17
2.7Expected goals1.7
56Shot attempts37
23Faceoffs won21
6Power plays3
11Penalty minutes17
15Hits24
10Blocked shots15
4Giveaways8
1Takeaways5

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Meier – Barabanov13:07

    xG 1.04–0.36 (74%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Dahlen – Gregor9:00

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Viel – Weatherby – Raska7:11

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto8:06

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Merkley9:03

    xG 0.49–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Ferraro11:03

    xG 0.35–0.15 (69%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Karlsson2:56

    xG 0.06–0.08 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Jarnkrok – Wennberg4:41

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Sheahan – Donato – Appleton6:53

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Eberle – Johansson – McCann4:09

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Gourde – McCann8:01

    xG 0.28–0.34 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Soucy9:32

    xG 0.58–0.21 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 3–0

  2. Larsson – Soucy2:51

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Lauzon – Borgen10:43

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 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 1.7 xGSJS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEASJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #783 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 68% of the time.

SEA winsSJS wins

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

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