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Tue, Apr 26, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Seattle Kraken 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA06216010232
VAN31303211527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46VANSheldon DriesAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:34VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Conor Garland, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:05VANOliver Ekman-LarssonPPGWGAssists: Conor Garland, Nic Petan · Slap, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:59SEAJordan EberlePPAssists: Matty Beniers, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:12SEAMorgan GeekieAssists: Riley Sheahan, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:10VANLuke SchennAssists: Matthew Highmore, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:59VANQuinn HughesAssists: Conor Garland · Snap, 0.14 xG2–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:50VANKyle Burroughs: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:09SEACarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:10VANLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:22VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:58VANTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 3:04VANBrad Richardson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:59VANJ.T. Miller: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 11:48SEAKarson Kuhlman: Interference2 min
  9. P2 11:58VANJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 15:12VANLuke Schenn: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 10:31SEAYanni Gourde: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAVAN
32Shots on goal27
3.7Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts45
21Faceoffs won30
8Power plays3
6Penalty minutes16
11Hits16
10Blocked shots15
6Giveaways4
2Takeaways5

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. bestGourde – McCann – Kuhlman8:26

    xG 0.44–0.22 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Rask – Wennberg – Sprong8:52

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Sheahan – Donskoi – Geekie8:03

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Donato – Beniers10:16

    xG 0.06–0.73 (7%)attempts 2–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen9:38

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Oleksiak14:59

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

  3. Pouliot – Cholowski10:22

    xG 0.58–0.63 (48%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Richardson – Dickinson – Highmore8:29

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Petan – Lammikko – Dries6:55

    xG 0.20–0.24 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Chiasson – Miller – Garland9:41

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Boeser – Pettersson – Podkolzin8:58

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Hughes14:26

    xG 0.76–0.40 (65%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson12:46

    xG 0.22–0.52 (30%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Hunt – Burroughs12:07

    xG 0.32–0.65 (33%)attempts 9–13goals 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.

VAN 2.3 xGSEA 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #481 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 72% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).