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Thu, Dec 22, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Seattle Kraken 5, Vancouver Canucks 6 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SEA19314111021536
VAN19114313012637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:01SEAJared McCannAssists: Matty Beniers, Carson Soucy · Snap, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:17VANLane PedersonAssists: Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:28SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:38SEADaniel SprongAssists: Adam Larsson, Morgan Geekie · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:09VANElias PetterssonAssists: Luke Schenn, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:29SEAAlexander WennbergAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:13VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Lane Pederson, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:17SEADaniel SprongAssists: Brandon Tanev · Tip-in, 0.08 xG5–3
  9. P3 8:52VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.13 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:40VANElias PetterssonAssists: J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.20 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. SEA Ryan Donato stopped
  2. 2. VAN Andrei Kuzmenko stopped
  3. 3. SEA Daniel Sprong stopped
  4. 4. VAN J.T. Miller scored
  5. 5. SEA Jordan Eberle scored
  6. 6. VAN Elias Pettersson scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:20SEAAndre Burakovsky: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:18VANKyle Burroughs: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 5:18SEABrandon Tanev: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 16:00VANKyle Burroughs: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 8:18SEAYanni Gourde: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. OT 4:00SEAJordan Eberle: Holding2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAVAN
36Shots on goal37
3.1Expected goals3.8
70Shot attempts76
33Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
12Hits26
19Blocked shots21
5Giveaways12
7Takeaways5

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. bestGourde – Burakovsky – Donato11:44

    xG 0.83–0.33 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg12:28

    xG 0.91–0.49 (65%)attempts 20–12goals 2–0

  3. Sprong – Tanev – Geekie6:53

    xG 0.29–0.03 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – McCann – Beniers11:29

    xG 0.56–0.38 (59%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Oleksiak16:39

    xG 1.04–0.56 (65%)attempts 19–17goals 1–1

  2. Larsson – Dunn21:27

    xG 1.09–0.67 (62%)attempts 27–19goals 2–0

  3. Soucy – Borgen10:05

    xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 12–10goals 1–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPederson – Pettersson – Kuzmenko11:18

    xG 0.67–0.41 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 3–0

  2. Miller – Joshua – Boeser5:39

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Horvat – Garland – Mikheyev7:43

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Horvat – Boeser – Mikheyev5:12

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Ekman-Larsson7:23

    xG 0.21–0.38 (36%)attempts 4–8goals 1–1

  2. Schenn – Hughes8:15

    xG 0.21–0.40 (35%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson9:03

    xG 0.23–0.42 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

VAN 3.8 xGSEA 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #22 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.75 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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