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Sun, Dec 18, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Winnipeg Jets 2, Seattle Kraken 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 68% of the time.

SEA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1311202217
SEA09113212334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:26WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:43SEAJordan EberleAssists: Adam Larsson, Vince Dunn · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:41WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:16SEARyan DonatoAssists: Yanni Gourde, Andre Burakovsky · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:28SEAJared McCannGWGAssists: Matty Beniers, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:36SEAVince Dunn: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:22SEAAdam Larsson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:34WPGBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:15SEAWill Borgen: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:26SEAJared McCann: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:26WPGKyle Capobianco: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:45WPGKyle Capobianco: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSEA
17Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals3.2
37Shot attempts63
21Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits22
16Blocked shots12
7Giveaways9
3Takeaways10

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Harkins – Barron11:10

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Stenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson6:37

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Connor – Stenlund – Dubois2:08

    xG 0.02–0.11 (13%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Kuhlman – Perfetti7:41

    xG 0.05–0.49 (9%)attempts 4–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Capobianco – Samberg9:22

    xG 0.18–0.21 (45%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Pionk2:01

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey15:27

    xG 0.41–0.74 (36%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Burakovsky – Donato7:14

    xG 0.56–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers11:38

    xG 0.40–0.05 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  3. Gourde – Burakovsky – Tanev2:22

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg13:23

    xG 0.23–0.18 (57%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn18:28

    xG 0.67–0.11 (86%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Oleksiak14:41

    xG 0.75–0.35 (68%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Soucy – Borgen11:32

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGWPG 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #740 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 68% of the time.

SEA winsWPG wins

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

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