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Sat, Feb 18, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Detroit Red Wings 2, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 67% of the time.

SEA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1100518223
SEA11021016426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:50SEAJordan EberleAssists: Carson Soucy · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:44DETPius SuterAssists: Jake Walman, Filip Zadina · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:05SEAJordan EberleAssists: Matty Beniers, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:52SEAJamie OleksiakGWGAssists: Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:49SEAEeli TolvanenAssists: Daniel Sprong, Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:39DETDylan LarkinAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Robby Fabbri · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 9:26SEAAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 14:01DETAndrew Copp: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 18:40SEAVince Dunn: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 18:46DETDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 19:29DETDavid Perron: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:29SEABrandon Tanev: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:29DETTyler Bertuzzi: Misconduct10 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSEA
23Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals4.1
57Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
16Penalty minutes16
10Hits11
15Blocked shots13
0Giveaways7
5Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Suter – Zadina9:02

    xG 0.75–0.20 (79%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  2. Perron – Bertuzzi – Larkin3:27

    xG 0.65–0.27 (71%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  3. Copp – Fabbri – Berggren3:02

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Rasmussen – Veleno2:13

    xG 0.08–0.01 (88%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Oesterle13:19

    xG 1.09–0.47 (70%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Walman – Seider12:10

    xG 0.61–0.20 (76%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Chiarot – Hronek15:05

    xG 0.48–0.72 (40%)attempts 13–25goals 0–2

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers9:34

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen10:18

    xG 0.27–0.31 (47%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Donato – Sprong – Geekie7:21

    xG 0.13–0.50 (21%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Schwartz – Wennberg – Tanev11:13

    xG 0.18–0.89 (17%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen13:30

    xG 0.96–0.79 (55%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:45

    xG 0.63–0.58 (52%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Soucy10:50

    xG 0.20–0.51 (28%)attempts 15–9goals 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 4.1 xGDET 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEADET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #839 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

SEA winsDET wins

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

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