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Sat, Jan 7, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Seattle Kraken 8, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA372839824
OTT1112517423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:19SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:21OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Tim Stützle, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:53SEAJared McCannAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:13SEAJustin SchultzAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Daniel Sprong · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:35OTTTim StützlePPUnassisted · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:34OTTTim StützleAssists: Thomas Chabot, Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P2 8:56SEADaniel SprongAssists: Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P2 14:13SEAMatty BeniersGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–3
  9. P3 1:19SEAVince DunnAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Adam Larsson · Slap, 0.04 xG6–3
  10. P3 4:55SEAJordan EberleAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Matty Beniers · Wrist, 0.09 xG7–3
  11. P3 5:20OTTTim StützleAssists: Drake Batherson · Snap, 0.24 xG7–4
  12. P3 9:59SEAAndre BurakovskyAssists: Jordan Eberle, Vince Dunn · Backhand, 0.11 xG8–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:27SEAJaden Schwartz: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:25SEAWill Borgen: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:39OTTDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:22SEAAdam Larsson: 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAOTT
24Shots on goal23
2.0Expected goals2.3
42Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won36
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits46
19Blocked shots11
12Giveaways13
7Takeaways7

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. bestEberle – Burakovsky – Beniers11:23

    xG 0.55–0.46 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 4–0

  2. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen10:03

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  3. Sprong – Tanev – Geekie8:23

    xG 0.05–0.06 (44%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  4. Schwartz – Wennberg – McCann10:18

    xG 0.13–0.73 (15%)attempts 7–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Oleksiak14:46

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn19:29

    xG 0.58–0.71 (45%)attempts 16–17goals 4–1

  3. Soucy – Borgen12:51

    xG 0.19–0.69 (22%)attempts 4–13goals 2–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBatherson – Tkachuk – Stützle7:27

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto7:44

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–2

  3. Gambrell – Kelly – Lucchini8:06

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle8:21

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub15:20

    xG 0.78–0.27 (74%)attempts 16–7goals 2–1

  2. Chabot – Brannstrom7:12

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Sanderson – Zub5:55

    xG 0.03–0.07 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGSEA 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #202 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsSEA wins

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

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