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Thu, Jan 19, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

New Jersey Devils 3, Seattle Kraken 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 57% of the time.

SEA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD0101122800330
SEA11511411011440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:27SEARyan DonatoAssists: Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:52SEARyan DonatoAssists: Jared McCann, Cale Fleury · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:32NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Jesper Bratt, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:04NJDErik HaulaSHAssists: Dawson Mercer · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:51SEABrandon TanevAssists: Ryan Donato, Yanni Gourde · Snap, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:46NJDNico HischierAssists: Jack Hughes, Ondrej Palat · Snap, 0.39 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:10SEAAndre BurakovskyGWGAssists: Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:10NJDNathan Bastian: Kneeing2 min
  2. P1 8:10SEACarson Soucy: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:08SEAWill Borgen: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:08NJDErik Haula: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 8:15SEADaniel Sprong: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:08NJDBrendan Smith: High sticking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDSEA
30Shots on goal40
3.4Expected goals3.9
60Shot attempts79
31Faceoffs won30
1Power plays1
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
19Blocked shots15
11Giveaways8
12Takeaways12

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Haula – Hughes3:03

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Sharangovich – Hughes7:00

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Boqvist – Sharangovich2:04

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

  4. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Mercer2:04

    xG 0.04–0.04 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Graves – Okhotiuk2:52

    xG 0.07–0.08 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Graves6:20

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Okhotiuk2:33

    xG 0.01–0.09 (12%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Burakovsky – Beniers10:00

    xG 1.43–0.76 (65%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  2. Wennberg – McCann – Donato8:01

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen12:08

    xG 0.35–0.29 (54%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  4. Sprong – Tanev – Geekie6:18

    xG 0.33–0.37 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Fleury11:05

    xG 1.10–0.55 (67%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn18:06

    xG 1.53–1.07 (59%)attempts 28–20goals 1–1

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen14:09

    xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 18–7goals 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.

SEA 3.9 xGNJD 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEANJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #201 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 57% of the time.

SEA winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).