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Thu, Mar 30, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Anaheim Ducks 1, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 90% of the time.

SEA winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA081704119
SEA21509215439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:56SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Will Borgen, Jamie Oleksiak · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:37SEAMatty BeniersGWGAssists: Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:44ANABrock McGinnAssists: Derek Grant, Jakob Silfverberg · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:41SEADaniel SprongPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:45SEAAlexander WennbergENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.51 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:32ANABrett Leason: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 3:59SEAJamie Oleksiak: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:47SEACarson Soucy: Holding2 min
  4. P3 14:14ANARyan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:05SEAJared McCann: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 17:05ANAMax Jones: Roughing2 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 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASEA
19Shots on goal39
1.2Expected goals3.8
35Shot attempts76
23Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
8Hits15
17Blocked shots12
8Giveaways7
3Takeaways8

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. Strome – Vatrano – Comtois14:39

    xG 0.73–0.90 (45%)attempts 13–20goals 0–1

  2. Grant – Silfverberg – McGinn9:20

    xG 0.10–0.30 (25%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Leason – McTavish9:37

    xG 0.15–0.49 (23%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

  4. Carrick – Lundeström – Nesterenko6:17

    xG 0.00–0.63 (0%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:27

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Benoit14:23

    xG 0.61–0.83 (42%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

  3. Beaulieu – White10:59

    xG 0.10–0.40 (21%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Wennberg – Geekie11:08

    xG 0.84–0.37 (70%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen10:30

    xG 0.59–0.15 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Eberle – McCann – Beniers11:44

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  4. Donato – Sprong – Tanev5:38

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn19:34

    xG 0.88–0.09 (91%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Soucy12:34

    xG 0.87–0.11 (89%)attempts 23–3goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen13:25

    xG 0.86–0.77 (53%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

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 3.8 xGANA 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #1015 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (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 90% 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).