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Wed, Oct 19, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

St. Louis Blues 4, Seattle Kraken 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL312090611428
SEA11021201201335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:16STLJordan KyrouAssists: Colton Parayko, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:51SEAWill BorgenAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:55STLBrayden SchennAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P1 12:12STLJustin FaulkAssists: Brayden Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:44SEARyan DonatoAssists: Brandon Tanev, Shane Wright · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:31SEAAdam LarssonAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:10STLJustin FaulkGWGAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:00SEAJustin Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 5:09SEARyan Donato: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:09SEARyan Donato: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 5:09STLIvan Barbashev: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:59SEAAdam Larsson: Interference2 min
  6. P3 9:15STLJake Neighbours: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 9:15STLJake Neighbours: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:15SEAWill Borgen: Roughing2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
49% to win51% to win
← STL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beniers won the faceoff against Thomas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLSEA
28Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals3.4
41Shot attempts68
30Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes10
15Hits17
15Blocked shots6
3Giveaways11
9Takeaways5

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. O'Reilly – Saad – Kyrou9:28

    xG 0.45–0.47 (49%)attempts 8–12goals 1–2

  2. Schenn – Tarasenko – Thomas9:10

    xG 0.52–0.62 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 2–1

  3. Leivo – Barbashev – Neighbours6:17

    xG 0.07–0.35 (16%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Walker – Acciari – Toropchenko9:11

    xG 0.49–0.82 (37%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko19:06

    xG 0.90–0.80 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 1–2

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola11:02

    xG 0.32–0.75 (30%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug16:02

    xG 0.73–1.32 (36%)attempts 10–25goals 2–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – McCann – Kuhlman7:52

    xG 0.43–0.05 (89%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Donato – Tanev – Wright4:18

    xG 0.75–0.39 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Eberle – Schwartz – Beniers13:28

    xG 0.78–0.57 (58%)attempts 17–7goals 0–2

  4. Gourde – McCann – Tanev2:27

    xG 0.25–0.04 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn17:32

    xG 1.35–1.03 (57%)attempts 27–13goals 2–2

  2. Soucy – Borgen13:00

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Oleksiak14:57

    xG 0.71–0.60 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 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 3.4 xGSTL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEASTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #311 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 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, Seattle Kraken win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsSTL wins

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

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