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Mon, Mar 28, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Seattle Kraken 6, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 63% of the time.

LAK winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA213110315638
LAK19011017137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:14SEAAlexander WennbergAssists: Ryan Donato, Vince Dunn · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:23LAKArthur KaliyevPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:24SEAAdam LarssonGWGAssists: Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:55SEAVictor RaskAssists: Yanni Gourde, Karson Kuhlman · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:05SEAJordan EberleUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:34SEAJared McCannAssists: Morgan Geekie, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P3 12:13SEADaniel SprongAssists: Riley Sheahan, Joonas Donskoi · Deflected, 0.05 xG6–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:29SEAKole Lind: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 7:38LAKArthur Kaliyev: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 12:01SEAVince Dunn: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 12:01LAKSean Durzi: Fighting5 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 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEALAK
38Shots on goal37
4.1Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts59
39Faceoffs won34
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
25Hits34
10Blocked shots12
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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 – Wennberg – Donato12:43

    xG 1.25–0.51 (71%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Sheahan – Donskoi – Sprong10:32

    xG 0.52–0.37 (58%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Rask – Gourde – Kuhlman12:31

    xG 0.93–1.12 (45%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  4. McCann – Lind – Geekie12:04

    xG 0.40–0.85 (32%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Soucy15:16

    xG 1.64–0.82 (67%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn18:33

    xG 1.14–1.09 (51%)attempts 17–20goals 3–0

  3. Pouliot – Borgen14:51

    xG 0.48–1.00 (32%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Kempe – Iafallo7:53

    xG 0.84–0.31 (73%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Vilardi – Andersson – Kupari5:17

    xG 0.39–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Vilardi – Kupari – Byfield6:08

    xG 0.34–0.09 (80%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Grundstrom – Kaliyev – Byfield7:05

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Bjornfot17:10

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 17–15goals 0–3

  2. Maatta – Stecher17:08

    xG 0.90–1.12 (44%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

  3. Moverare – Spence16:58

    xG 0.87–1.54 (36%)attempts 21–12goals 0–1

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.

LAK 3.2 xGSEA 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #1035 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 63% of the time.

LAK winsSEA wins

Simulated goal difference (LAK − 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).