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Thu, Nov 3, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Seattle Kraken 4, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 52% of the time.

MIN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA063819423
MIN0401206022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:02SEAMorgan GeekieGWGAssists: Daniel Sprong, Ryan Donato · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:34SEAJamie OleksiakAssists: Yanni Gourde, Justin Schultz · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:47SEAAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Daniel Sprong, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Deflected, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P3 10:35SEAAlexander WennbergAssists: Will Borgen, Andre Burakovsky · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:46MINJonas Brodin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 17:13SEAAdam Larsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:31SEAAndre Burakovsky: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:58MINKirill Kaprizov: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MIN
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beniers won the faceoff against Gaudreau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAMIN
23Shots on goal22
1.6Expected goals1.5
43Shot attempts41
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits26
14Blocked shots8
6Giveaways7
8Takeaways4

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 – Beniers10:53

    xG 0.25–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Donato – Sprong – Geekie6:55

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Beniers2:44

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Wennberg8:30

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen11:49

    xG 0.26–0.08 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Oleksiak14:02

    xG 0.56–0.41 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn18:36

    xG 0.33–0.89 (27%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJost – Boldy – Rossi3:14

    xG 0.42–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson Ek – Shaw – Boldy4:32

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Boldy7:32

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov6:57

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton12:25

    xG 0.58–0.27 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Addison12:04

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Dumba13:00

    xG 0.10–0.36 (21%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

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.

MIN 1.5 xGSEA 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1233 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 52% of the time.

MIN winsSEA wins

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

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