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Sat, Mar 19, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Detroit Red Wings 2, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 93% of the time.

SEA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0621007223
SEA016011415442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:18DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:08DETTaro HirosePPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:10SEAAdam LarssonAssists: Vince Dunn, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:54SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Vince Dunn, Alexander Wennberg · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:03SEAYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Haydn Fleury · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:41SEAYanni GourdeENAssists: Mason Appleton, Colin Blackwell · Wrist, 0.69 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:59DETAdam Erne: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:28DETVladislav Namestnikov: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:28SEAAdam Larsson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 7:11DETDylan Larkin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 10:09DETLucas Raymond: Holding2 min
  6. P2 11:11DETDylan Larkin: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 15:48SEAVince Dunn: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:40DETFilip Hronek: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSEA
23Shots on goal42
1.6Expected goals4.9
39Shot attempts69
33Faceoffs won31
1Power plays5
15Penalty minutes7
11Hits20
13Blocked shots8
4Giveaways5
8Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond2:59

    xG 0.05–0.03 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Larkin – Raymond10:24

    xG 0.18–0.33 (36%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Erne – Rasmussen – Hirose7:49

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Vrana – Veleno8:41

    xG 0.08–0.65 (11%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Hronek2:04

    xG 0.10–0.02 (86%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Seider13:15

    xG 0.37–0.83 (31%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

  3. Juolevi – Hronek13:12

    xG 0.12–0.78 (13%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Schwartz – Wennberg11:38

    xG 1.17–0.14 (89%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. Johansson – McCann – Donato9:46

    xG 0.73–0.05 (93%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Sheahan – Blackwell – Appleton2:38

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Sheahan – Geekie – Kuhlman7:47

    xG 0.27–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDunn – Lauzon13:42

    xG 1.23–0.19 (87%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Fleury16:00

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Soucy13:37

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 11–9goals 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 4.9 xGDET 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEADET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #465 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 93% of the time.

SEA winsDET wins

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

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