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Sat, Mar 12, 2022·Centre Bell, Montreal

Seattle Kraken 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SEA2911409031435
MTL1160825040333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:26SEAYanni GourdeSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:50MTLMichael PezzettaAssists: Jake Evans · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:42SEARyan DonatoAssists: Marcus Johansson, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:05SEAJared McCannPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:04MTLAlexander RomanovAssists: Rem Pitlick, Jeff Petry · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:48MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Ben Chiarot, Alexander Romanov · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Rem Pitlick stopped
  2. 2. SEA Ryan Donato stopped
  3. 3. MTL Cole Caufield stopped
  4. 4. SEA Jordan Eberle stopped
  5. 5. MTL Nick Suzuki stopped
  6. 6. SEA Jared McCann stopped
  7. 7. MTL Mike Hoffman stopped
  8. 8. SEA Riley Sheahan stopped
  9. 9. MTL Paul Byron stopped
  10. 10. SEA Morgan Geekie stopped
  11. 11. MTL Joel Armia stopped
  12. 12. SEA Calle Jarnkrok stopped
  13. 13. MTL Michael Pezzetta stopped
  14. 14. SEA Marcus Johansson scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:19SEAVince Dunn: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:54SEARyan Donato: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:46SEAMorgan Geekie: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 3:10MTLRem Pitlick: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:35SEARyan Donato: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 14:35MTLJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:07MTLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min
  8. P3 2:25SEAMorgan Geekie: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:42SEAJeremy Lauzon: Holding2 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 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Evans
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAMTL
35Shots on goal33
2.9Expected goals2.9
55Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won38
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
16Hits34
13Blocked shots11
22Giveaways29
11Takeaways9

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. bestJohansson – Sheahan – Donato2:23

    xG 0.21–0.04 (84%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Sheahan – Donato – Geekie4:00

    xG 0.08–0.02 (79%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – McCann – Lind8:59

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Jarnkrok – Geekie3:41

    xG 0.10–0.31 (25%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Dunn – Lauzon11:57

    xG 0.44–0.40 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Giordano – Larsson13:10

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Oleksiak – Dunn2:35

    xG 0.01–0.12 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Poehling9:05

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Gallagher – Pitlick8:35

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Byron – Armia – Evans2:07

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield12:56

    xG 0.52–0.54 (49%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Romanov14:41

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Romanov3:13

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Edmundson13:22

    xG 0.29–0.33 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

MTL 2.9 xGSEA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #135 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsSEA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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