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Sat, Oct 29, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Seattle Kraken 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 71% of the time.

SEA winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0918016133
SEA01221117330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:05PITJake GuentzelUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:20SEAJordan EberleAssists: Matty Beniers, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:33SEAMorgan GeekieGWGAssists: Daniel Sprong, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:00SEAJaden SchwartzENAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Brandon Tanev · Wrist, 0.55 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 5:00PITJosh Archibald: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 11:57SEACarson Soucy: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:39SEACarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 7:15PITKris Letang: Interference2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITSEA
33Shots on goal30
3.1Expected goals4.5
61Shot attempts62
33Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits25
16Blocked shots14
10Giveaways10
1Takeaways7

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel14:50

    xG 1.32–0.55 (71%)attempts 21–15goals 1–0

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Rakell11:35

    xG 0.69–0.66 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Kapanen – Heinen – Poehling2:42

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Kapanen – Heinen3:28

    xG 0.07–0.25 (22%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Rutta3:23

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Dumoulin13:00

    xG 0.90–0.84 (52%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  3. Petry – Dumoulin3:31

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Sprong – Geekie6:12

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Schwartz – Beniers11:50

    xG 0.75–0.63 (54%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

  3. Gourde – McCann – Tanev10:27

    xG 0.23–0.55 (30%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Wennberg12:15

    xG 0.64–1.04 (38%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Oleksiak3:28

    xG 0.55–0.09 (85%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:59

    xG 1.31–0.92 (59%)attempts 25–18goals 2–0

  3. Soucy – Borgen2:31

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 1–4goals 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 4.5 xGPIT 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #927 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 71% of the time.

SEA winsPIT wins

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

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