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Thu, Mar 9, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Ottawa Senators 5, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 69% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT3160827531
SEA18213112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:10OTTShane PintoAssists: Nick Holden, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:10OTTJakob ChychrunAssists: Nick Holden, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:27OTTPatrick BrownAssists: Mathieu Joseph · Slap, 0.25 xG3–0
  4. P1 11:56SEAJared McCannSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 2:11SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Vince Dunn, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:11SEAJared McCannAssists: Daniel Sprong, Yanni Gourde · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:23SEAVince DunnAssists: Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:01OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Tim Stützle · Slap, 0.17 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:37OTTAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:34SEAJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:08SEAJordan Eberle: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 3:25OTTClaude Giroux: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 6:04SEADaniel Sprong: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:04SEACarson Soucy: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:57OTTMathieu Joseph: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:57SEAJamie Oleksiak: Cross checking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSEA
31Shots on goal33
4.4Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts55
43Faceoffs won24
4Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
11Hits25
8Blocked shots19
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways11

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto11:44

    xG 0.73–0.34 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Joseph – Gambrell8:26

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle12:47

    xG 0.73–0.67 (52%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  4. Brassard – Watson – Kastelic5:11

    xG 0.06–0.15 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub16:05

    xG 0.99–0.50 (66%)attempts 15–15goals 2–0

  2. Holden – Chychrun11:56

    xG 0.78–0.41 (66%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  3. Holden – Hamonic2:10

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg11:10

    xG 0.77–0.67 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 1–3

  2. Gourde – Tolvanen – Froden7:06

    xG 0.22–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. Gourde – Tanev – Tolvanen2:11

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – McCann – Beniers9:38

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Dunn2:50

    xG 0.29–0.08 (77%)attempts 4–5goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Borgen12:58

    xG 0.43–0.40 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 0–3

  3. Larsson – Dunn14:49

    xG 0.87–0.95 (48%)attempts 15–18goals 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 3.1 xGOTT 4.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #63 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 69% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

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

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