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Fri, Dec 30, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Edmonton Oilers 7, Seattle Kraken 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 51% of the time.

SEA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM41621016732
SEA08215015238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:44EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:16EDMKlim KostinAssists: Mattias Janmark, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 3:55EDMDarnell NurseGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P1 9:58EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–0
  5. P2 1:50SEADaniel SprongAssists: Morgan Geekie, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
  6. P2 5:33EDMKlim KostinAssists: Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.06 xG5–1
  7. P2 6:35EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.09 xG6–1
  8. P2 7:33SEABrandon TanevAssists: Adam Larsson, Vince Dunn · Backhand, 0.16 xG6–2
  9. P3 10:43EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG7–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:01SEACarson Soucy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:17EDMKlim Kostin: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 1:31SEAVince Dunn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:31EDMDylan Holloway: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:57SEAAlexander Wennberg: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:00EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  7. P3 7:36EDMKlim Kostin: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:36EDMKlim Kostin: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:36SEAJamie Oleksiak: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSEA
32Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts73
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
13Hits29
20Blocked shots18
5Giveaways10
15Takeaways14

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – Yamamoto – McLeod10:19

    xG 0.66–0.41 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Hyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi11:22

    xG 0.58–0.40 (60%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

  3. Ryan – Hamblin – Holloway6:00

    xG 0.15–0.22 (40%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Janmark – Kostin10:52

    xG 0.27–0.42 (40%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse15:34

    xG 0.93–0.59 (61%)attempts 18–19goals 4–0

  2. Kulak – Bouchard2:26

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Niemelainen – Bouchard10:43

    xG 0.50–0.56 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 1–2

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg8:07

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Gourde – Tanev6:59

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Burakovsky – Wennberg4:00

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Donato – Sprong – Geekie5:48

    xG 0.06–0.05 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn18:56

    xG 0.92–0.80 (54%)attempts 19–24goals 1–2

  2. Soucy – Borgen13:07

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Oleksiak13:34

    xG 0.47–0.75 (38%)attempts 13–14goals 0–3

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 2.6 xGEDM 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1089 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 51% of the time.

SEA winsEDM wins

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

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