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Sun, Mar 6, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Seattle Kraken 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA01121009230
CAR09212112333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:12SEAAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:10CARNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Seth Jarvis · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:16SEACalle JarnkrokAssists: Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:22CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:22CARMartin NecasGWGAssists: Brady Skjei, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:59CARAndrei Svechnikov: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 3:03CARNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:21SEAJoonas Donskoi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:18SEAAlexander Wennberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:46CARSebastian Aho: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:18SEAJaden Schwartz: High sticking2 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 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kotkaniemi won the faceoff against Geekie
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACAR
30Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals3.9
51Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won39
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits19
13Blocked shots10
11Giveaways15
9Takeaways14

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. bestJarnkrok – Schwartz – Wennberg12:30

    xG 0.65–0.30 (69%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Donskoi – Geekie9:29

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Gourde – Appleton10:46

    xG 0.16–0.54 (23%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Johansson – McCann10:16

    xG 0.03–0.48 (6%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Oleksiak17:51

    xG 0.59–0.46 (57%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Soucy11:07

    xG 0.44–0.37 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Lauzon2:21

    xG 0.04–0.03 (59%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Niederreiter – Fast10:48

    xG 0.55–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov13:56

    xG 0.66–0.13 (84%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Lorentz – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis7:51

    xG 0.02–0.28 (8%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Martinook – Necas11:09

    xG 0.20–0.82 (20%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Bear16:27

    xG 0.78–0.43 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Chatfield12:26

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:12

    xG 0.60–0.47 (56%)attempts 18–14goals 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.

CAR 3.9 xGSEA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #739 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsSEA wins

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

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