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Wed, Nov 23, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

San Jose Sharks 5, Seattle Kraken 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 80% of the time.

SEA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS2816212526
SEA11031146827

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:11SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Nick Cicek, Matt Nieto · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:44SEAAndre BurakovskyPPAssists: Vince Dunn, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:53SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:52SEAVince DunnAssists: Matty Beniers · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:02SEARyan DonatoAssists: Daniel Sprong, Morgan Geekie · Snap, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:11SEAJamie OleksiakAssists: Justin Schultz, Andre Burakovsky · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P2 13:39SJSTimo MeierAssists: Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 1:00SJSAlexander BarabanovAssists: Matt Benning, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. P3 2:48SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Yanni Gourde, Brandon Tanev · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–5
  10. P3 3:47SEAJaden SchwartzGWGAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Matty Beniers · Snap, 0.10 xG4–6
  11. P3 8:58SJSTimo MeierAssists: Kevin Labanc, Tomas Hertl · Tip-in, 0.09 xG5–6
  12. P3 15:16SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Jared McCann, Carson Soucy · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–7
  13. P3 19:25SEAJaden SchwartzENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.57 xG5–8
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:40SEARyan Donato: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 8:35SJSAlexander Barabanov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:35SJSMatt Benning: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 17:07SEABrandon Tanev: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:07SJSLuke Kunin: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:34SEAAdam Larsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 1:59SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSEA
26Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals4.2
54Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits17
18Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways9

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Nieto – Barabanov10:19

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Hertl – Labanc – Meier12:34

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 16–8goals 2–1

  3. Lindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich6:15

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 4–4goals 0–2

  4. Bonino – Kunin – Gregor9:56

    xG 0.27–0.58 (31%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna15:34

    xG 0.74–0.63 (54%)attempts 21–9goals 1–2

  2. Vlasic – Benning13:05

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Ferraro – Cicek12:41

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers9:15

    xG 0.39–0.06 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 2–0

  2. Donato – Sprong – Geekie6:24

    xG 0.28–0.06 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tanev9:05

    xG 0.54–0.51 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  4. Schwartz – Burakovsky – Wennberg10:11

    xG 0.19–0.45 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn17:31

    xG 0.84–0.38 (69%)attempts 19–18goals 5–0

  2. Schultz – Oleksiak13:53

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Soucy – Borgen11:42

    xG 0.42–0.91 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 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.

SEA 4.2 xGSJS 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEASJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 98/100 · #30 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 80% of the time.

SEA winsSJS wins

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

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