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Sat, Apr 16, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

New Jersey Devils 3, Seattle Kraken 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 59% of the time.

SEA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD280918010326
SEA1621107021426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12NJDJesper BrattAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Michael McLeod · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:49SEAWill BorgenAssists: Victor Rask, Karson Kuhlman · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:14NJDJesper BoqvistAssists: Pavel Zacha, Janne Kuokkanen · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:20SEACarson SoucyAssists: Jared McCann, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:57SEAMatty BeniersPPAssists: Jared McCann, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:55NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Michael McLeod, Nathan Bastian · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. SEA Ryan Donato scored
  2. 2. NJD Tomas Tatar stopped
  3. 3. SEA Matty Beniers stopped
  4. 4. NJD Jesper Bratt stopped
  5. 5. SEA Daniel Sprong stopped
  6. 6. NJD Yegor Sharangovich stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:11SEAKarson Kuhlman: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:35NJDTomas Tatar: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 7:51SEAVince Dunn: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:55SEAJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:17NJDKevin Bahl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 3:45NJDPavel Zacha: Cross checking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDSEA
26Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits27
14Blocked shots18
6Giveaways5
3Takeaways8

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZacha – Kuokkanen – Boqvist2:09

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Hischier – Zetterlund – Sharangovich5:12

    xG 0.38–0.07 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Kuokkanen – Boqvist – Sharangovich6:24

    xG 0.25–0.04 (87%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Bastian – McLeod3:39

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Smith12:54

    xG 1.03–0.41 (71%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Bahl13:32

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  3. Severson – White14:10

    xG 0.45–0.32 (58%)attempts 12–15goals 2–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers3:23

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Sprong – Geekie9:04

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – McCann – Lind8:02

    xG 0.25–0.41 (37%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  4. Rask – Wennberg – Kuhlman8:08

    xG 0.02–0.23 (7%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn20:14

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 22–20goals 0–1

  2. Soucy – Fleury11:05

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen11:14

    xG 0.18–0.58 (24%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

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.

SEA 2.3 xGNJD 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEANJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #456 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 59% of the time.

SEA winsNJD wins

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

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