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Mon, Mar 13, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Dallas Stars 5, Seattle Kraken 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 51% of the time.

SEA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21421216532
SEA11011503228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:13DALEvgenii DadonovAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:43DALJamie BennPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:00SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Vince Dunn, Jesper Froden · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:03DALJoe PavelskiPPGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:28SEAEeli TolvanenAssists: Vince Dunn · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:42DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:40DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.05 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:34SEAYanni Gourde: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:36SEAJamie Oleksiak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:08DALJani Hakanpää: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 15:33DALMason Marchment: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:15SEAAdam Larsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:31SEAWill Borgen: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSEA
32Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
5Hits18
12Blocked shots13
3Giveaways9
14Takeaways8

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFaksa – Olofsson – Kiviranta8:52

    xG 0.34–0.07 (83%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston10:22

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 14–9goals 2–1

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:17

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Domi – Marchment – Dellandrea12:31

    xG 0.52–1.05 (33%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Hanley11:08

    xG 0.46–0.17 (72%)attempts 18–7goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Heiskanen14:55

    xG 0.44–0.21 (68%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen3:23

    xG 0.27–0.47 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Tolvanen – Froden7:11

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers14:40

    xG 0.75–0.71 (52%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg10:47

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Sprong – Tanev4:46

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Megna13:10

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn17:21

    xG 0.46–0.39 (54%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen11:11

    xG 0.24–0.51 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

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 2.2 xGDAL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEADAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #697 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

SEA winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).