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Sun, Jan 1, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

New York Islanders 1, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 72% of the time.

SEA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI160607119
SEA11221518435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:53SEAAdam LarssonAssists: Ryan Donato, Daniel Sprong · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:30NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Casey Cizikas, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:58SEAEeli TolvanenPPGWGAssists: Vince Dunn, Jared McCann · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:04SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:25SEABrandon TanevENAssists: Vince Dunn, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:19SEAJordan Eberle: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:54SEAJaden Schwartz: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:44NYIAatu Räty: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:57NYISebastian Aho: Tripping2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISEA
19Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals3.3
45Shot attempts55
36Faceoffs won19
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
27Hits24
15Blocked shots12
3Giveaways6
10Takeaways12

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Cizikas – Barzal9:02

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier10:29

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Johnston – Räty4:02

    xG 0.07–0.02 (79%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Pageau – Fasching10:30

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Wotherspoon6:11

    xG 0.56–0.21 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Romanov3:32

    xG 0.20–0.01 (94%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Romanov2:21

    xG 0.08–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen9:40

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Burakovsky – Beniers13:01

    xG 0.25–0.20 (56%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Wennberg – Tanev2:26

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Sprong – Tanev4:19

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn15:40

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Soucy – Borgen14:16

    xG 0.22–0.29 (44%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Oleksiak15:28

    xG 0.37–0.73 (33%)attempts 8–16goals 1–1

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 3.3 xGNYI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEANYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #959 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 72% of the time.

SEA winsNYI wins

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

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