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Wed, Jan 25, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Vancouver Canucks 1, Seattle Kraken 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 79% of the time.

SEA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN061707120
SEA21831215635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Adam Larsson, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:46SEAAlexander WennbergPPGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann · Poke, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:55SEAJared McCannPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:50SEAEeli TolvanenAssists: Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn · Slap, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:15SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Adam Larsson, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–5
  6. P2 19:52VANConor GarlandAssists: Curtis Lazar, Dakota Joshua · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 2:36SEARyan DonatoAssists: Jared McCann · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:38VANAndrei Kuzmenko: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:57SEAEeli Tolvanen: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:12VANJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:23VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:57VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:57SEAJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 3:15SEABrandon Tanev: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:15SEABrandon Tanev: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:15VANConor Garland: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:17SEAJordan Eberle: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 17:26SEACale Fleury: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSEA
20Shots on goal35
1.5Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won30
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
20Hits8
18Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLazar – Joshua – Garland2:42

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Lazar – Studnicka6:06

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Di Giuseppe – Horvat – Kuzmenko2:04

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko8:00

    xG 0.08–0.33 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Burroughs – Hughes4:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Dermott11:26

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 4–20goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes2:45

    xG 0.01–0.14 (5%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:32

    xG 0.96–0.17 (85%)attempts 16–9goals 3–1

  2. Wennberg – McCann – Donato9:18

    xG 0.55–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Sprong – Tanev – Geekie8:00

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Burakovsky – Beniers7:14

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn16:09

    xG 1.36–0.22 (86%)attempts 28–9goals 3–1

  2. Soucy – Fleury12:34

    xG 0.66–0.11 (86%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen11:19

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

SEA 3.1 xGVAN 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1187 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% of the time.

SEA winsVAN wins

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

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