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Tue, Jan 3, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Seattle Kraken 5, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 77% of the time.

EDM winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA0941114524
EDM11414014232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:47EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:48EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Mattias Janmark, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:44SEAMatty BeniersPPAssists: Daniel Sprong, Justin Schultz · Bat, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:15SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Matty Beniers, Adam Larsson · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:42SEAYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:48SEAJared McCannAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:29SEAAlexander WennbergENAssists: Brandon Tanev, Jaden Schwartz · Backhand, 0.78 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:08SEADaniel Sprong: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:21EDMEvan Bouchard: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 0:52SEAJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:53EDMDylan Holloway: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 18:24SEARyan Donato: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackEDM 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.

SEAEDM
24Shots on goal32
4.0Expected goals2.3
43Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won38
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
38Hits31
18Blocked shots9
3Giveaways10
6Takeaways9

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. bestDonato – Sprong – Tanev4:33

    xG 0.40–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Burakovsky – Beniers12:06

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen9:36

    xG 0.52–0.42 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Schwartz – Wennberg – McCann10:17

    xG 0.26–0.25 (50%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Oleksiak13:31

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn17:31

    xG 0.91–0.81 (53%)attempts 14–21goals 1–0

  3. Soucy – Borgen13:21

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi7:49

    xG 0.76–0.08 (90%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid6:07

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Draisaitl – Foegele – Yamamoto7:24

    xG 0.12–0.42 (22%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – McLeod – Holloway5:40

    xG 0.02–0.39 (6%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard4:20

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Bouchard – Broberg10:25

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Broberg2:09

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

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.

EDM 2.3 xGSEA 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #464 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50EDM 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 77% of the time.

EDM winsSEA wins

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

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

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