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Fri, Apr 22, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Seattle Kraken 3, Minnesota Wild 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 86% of the time.

MIN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA2701219328
MIN110514011635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:16SEADaniel SprongAssists: Joonas Donskoi · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:20SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Karson Kuhlman, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:01MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:04MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Kevin Fiala, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:52MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Joel Eriksson Ek · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:22MINRyan HartmanGWGAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P2 12:03MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P2 14:29MINNicolas DeslauriersAssists: Kevin Fiala, Tyson Jost · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–6
  9. P3 5:16SEAMatty BeniersPPAssists: Vince Dunn, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:10SEAAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:07SEAJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:31SEAWill Borgen: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:31MINBrandon Duhaime: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 11:12SEAVince Dunn: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:35MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:47MINRyan Hartman: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 10:02SEAAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:02SEAJared McCann: Slashing2 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hartman won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAMIN
28Shots on goal35
1.7Expected goals4.2
52Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
11Hits19
10Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
4Takeaways7

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. bestSheahan – Donskoi – Sprong5:39

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Rask – Wennberg – Lind9:48

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  3. Eberle – Donato – Beniers10:49

    xG 0.19–0.66 (22%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Gourde – McCann – Kuhlman11:37

    xG 0.35–0.86 (29%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Oleksiak – Borgen8:03

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Soucy – Borgen4:00

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Fleury10:15

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Eriksson Ek – Dewar9:06

    xG 0.89–0.34 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy9:54

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Hartman – Kaprizov2:59

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov8:28

    xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 3–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Brodin12:36

    xG 1.13–0.19 (86%)attempts 10–11goals 3–1

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton16:09

    xG 0.96–0.64 (60%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Brodin2:48

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

MIN 4.2 xGSEA 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #369 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 86% of the time.

MIN winsSEA wins

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

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