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Sun, Oct 23, 2022·United Center, Chicago

Seattle Kraken 4, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 59% of the time.

CHI winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA212211011434
CHI2811425527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:46SEAJared McCannAssists: Morgan Geekie, Karson Kuhlman · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:31SEAAndre BurakovskyAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:04CHIJujhar KhairaSHAssists: Colin Blackwell · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:18CHITyler JohnsonPPAssists: Seth Jones, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:32CHIMax DomiPPAssists: Seth Jones, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P2 0:51SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Carson Soucy · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P2 10:43SEAVince DunnAssists: Jared McCann, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:57CHITyler JohnsonAssists: Jonathan Toews, Taylor Raddysh · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 13:10CHIJason DickinsonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:14CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:17SEAAlexander Wennberg: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:56SEAAndre Burakovsky: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:10CHITyler Johnson: Interference2 min
  5. P2 3:56SEACarson Soucy: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 4:58CHISeth Jones: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0CHI
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACHI
34Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.4
64Shot attempts48
18Faceoffs won41
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
8Hits40
10Blocked shots15
5Giveaways21
17Takeaways16

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. bestEberle – Schwartz – Beniers12:32

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  2. McCann – Geekie – Kuhlman4:35

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Donato – Tanev – Wright4:11

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Tanev – Geekie – Kuhlman2:04

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen12:47

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:13

    xG 0.78–0.63 (55%)attempts 15–16goals 2–1

  3. Schultz – Oleksiak12:14

    xG 0.54–0.56 (49%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Johnson – Raddysh10:55

    xG 0.81–0.26 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Khaira – Entwistle5:55

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Athanasiou – Domi13:26

    xG 0.49–0.91 (35%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

  4. Dickinson – Lafferty – Kurashev7:57

    xG 0.15–0.59 (20%)attempts 5–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Roos2:58

    xG 0.50–0.07 (87%)attempts 12–1goals 2–0

  2. McCabe – Roos9:21

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Jones4:19

    xG 0.05–0.02 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CHI 2.4 xGSEA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #57 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.55 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 59% of the time.

CHI winsSEA wins

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

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