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Thu, Mar 16, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Seattle Kraken 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SEA080151811232
SJS0100811400132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:18SJSWilliam EklundUnassisted · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:03SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Yanni Gourde, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:58SEAVince DunnGWGAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:14SEAJaden Schwartz: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:52SJSNikolai Knyzhov: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:54SJSMario Ferraro: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:54SEAJohn Hayden: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 2:32SEAJustin Schultz: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 7:08SJSMatt Benning: Holding2 min
  7. P3 1:18SEARyan Donato: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 9:50SJSWilliam Eklund: Holding2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← SEA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEASJS
32Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.8
69Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits21
18Blocked shots15
11Giveaways8
5Takeaways11

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers9:56

    xG 0.66–0.10 (87%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Hayden – Tanev – Geekie4:14

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:33

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  4. Schwartz – Wennberg – Tanev2:48

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn17:20

    xG 1.28–0.56 (70%)attempts 28–15goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Megna10:23

    xG 0.30–0.44 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen14:36

    xG 0.18–0.81 (18%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Labanc – Eklund9:26

    xG 0.81–0.19 (81%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Zetterlund – Eklund2:00

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

  3. Gregor – Zetterlund – Sturm4:24

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Johnsson – Barabanov11:23

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Knyzhov2:12

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Pouliot13:16

    xG 0.46–0.33 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – Ferraro2:59

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

SJS 2.8 xGSEA 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #796 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 60% of the time.

SJS winsSEA wins

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

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