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Sat, Jan 21, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Colorado Avalanche 2, Seattle Kraken 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

SEA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL0111906011227
SEA0131905000127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:18COLAlex NewhookAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Jacob MacDonald · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:26SEARyan DonatoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. SEA Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. COL Nathan MacKinnon scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:27COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:01SEAEeli Tolvanen: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:27SEAYanni Gourde: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 18:10COLEvan Rodrigues: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSEA
27Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts60
22Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
13Blocked shots20
1Giveaways4
12Takeaways13

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestCompher – Nichushkin – Rantanen4:56

    xG 0.64–0.24 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Compher – Rantanen – Newhook2:56

    xG 0.19–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues2:01

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Rodrigues – O'Connor2:21

    xG 0.03–0.09 (23%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Hunt2:54

    xG 0.25–0.21 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Toews11:57

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Englund – Toews2:45

    xG 0.05–0.12 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:21

    xG 0.59–0.24 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Hayden – Tanev – Geekie7:42

    xG 0.35–0.23 (61%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – McCann – Donato10:00

    xG 0.06–0.17 (27%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Sprong – Beniers10:42

    xG 0.47–0.86 (36%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen15:09

    xG 0.99–0.39 (72%)attempts 29–12goals 0–0

  2. Soucy – Fleury10:01

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Dunn19:56

    xG 0.46–0.81 (36%)attempts 13–23goals 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 2.3 xGCOL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #880 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

SEA winsCOL wins

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

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