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Fri, Oct 21, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Seattle Kraken 3, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 69% of the time.

COL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA011213114338
COL081715220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:38SEAJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:00SEAJared McCannAssists: Carson Soucy · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:55COLEvan RodriguesAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Bowen Byram · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:58COLBowen ByramSHAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Logan O'Connor · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:06SEAKarson KuhlmanGWGAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:09COLAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:09SEAJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:09COLKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:16COLAlex Newhook: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:19SEAJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:17SEAJustin Schultz: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:15COLBowen Byram: Interference2 min
  8. P3 5:57COLNathan MacKinnon: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:07COLAlex Newhook: High sticking2 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 SOG0COL
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACOL
38Shots on goal20
2.8Expected goals1.8
53Shot attempts47
21Faceoffs won36
5Power plays2
9Penalty minutes15
17Hits37
15Blocked shots8
5Giveaways7
6Takeaways12

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 – Kuhlman6:09

    xG 0.74–0.05 (93%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Wennberg11:39

    xG 0.76–0.43 (64%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Schwartz – Beniers10:50

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Tanev – Wright7:47

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen12:40

    xG 1.00–0.34 (75%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn13:29

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Larsson2:05

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestNichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook4:01

    xG 0.36–0.07 (83%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Compher – O'Connor4:50

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Nichushkin – Kaut3:08

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:23

    xG 0.36–0.60 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Byram2:12

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Girard – Byram2:48

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard3:22

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

COL 1.8 xGSEA 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #423 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 69% of the time.

COL winsSEA wins

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

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