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Tue, Mar 7, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Anaheim Ducks 2, Seattle Kraken 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 75% of the time.

SEA winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA071817222
SEA21011526531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41SEAJamie OleksiakAssists: Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:58SEAJared McCannAssists: Adam Larsson, Matty Beniers · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:35ANATrevor ZegrasAssists: Ryan Strome, Scott Harrington · Between legs, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:16SEADaniel SprongGWGAssists: Brandon Tanev, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:29SEAEeli TolvanenPPAssists: Jared McCann, Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:33ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:42SEAJaden SchwartzENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:43ANAJakob Silfverberg: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 4:43SEAVince Dunn: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:03SEAWill Borgen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:31ANANathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:56SEAJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:56ANAMax Jones: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:51SEAVince Dunn: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASEA
22Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals3.3
43Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
9Hits11
10Blocked shots13
7Giveaways9
9Takeaways8

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – McGinn – Zegras8:48

    xG 0.55–0.34 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  2. Terry – Jones – McTavish7:21

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Vatrano – Lundeström5:47

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Terry – Zegras2:17

    xG 0.03–0.07 (32%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Harrington13:19

    xG 0.67–0.54 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 1–2

  2. Shattenkirk – Benoit13:24

    xG 0.56–0.76 (43%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  3. Beaulieu – White15:03

    xG 0.49–0.83 (37%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Schwartz – Beniers2:01

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Gourde – Tolvanen – Froden7:32

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – McCann – Beniers8:17

    xG 0.48–0.49 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  4. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg9:56

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen14:03

    xG 0.73–0.50 (59%)attempts 16–19goals 1–1

  2. Larsson – Dunn13:21

    xG 0.59–0.59 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Soucy12:16

    xG 0.34–0.58 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 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 3.3 xGANA 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #735 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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 75% of the time.

SEA winsANA wins

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

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