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Tue, Oct 17, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Colorado Avalanche 4, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 54% of the time.

SEA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0925214428
SEA11601408138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:09SEAKailer YamamotoAssists: Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:50COLArtturi LehkonenUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:50COLLogan O'ConnorSHGWGAssists: Cale Makar, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:45COLMikko RantanenAssists: Samuel Girard, Andrew Cogliano · Snap, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:46COLValeri NichushkinENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:20COLLogan O'Connor: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:20SEAJordan Eberle: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:47COLRoss Colton: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:30SEAJustin Schultz: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 8:13COLJosh Manson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:26COLNathan MacKinnon: Interference2 min
  7. P2 13:14SEAJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  8. P3 2:47COLAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:25SEAJared McCann: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 16:25COLBowen Byram: Interference2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSEA
28Shots on goal38
2.7Expected goals2.9
55Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
11Hits22
22Blocked shots15
4Giveaways2
10Takeaways8

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen9:11

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Lehkonen – Drouin3:58

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Wood – Colton3:30

    xG 0.01–0.26 (3%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Olofsson – O'Connor4:17

    xG 0.02–0.32 (7%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Manson10:48

    xG 0.66–0.57 (54%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Girard2:18

    xG 0.01–0.04 (16%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Makar10:30

    xG 0.13–0.19 (40%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestBellemare – Yamamoto – Kartye2:23

    xG 0.33–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Gourde – Burakovsky – Tolvanen9:16

    xG 0.65–0.36 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg8:44

    xG 0.17–0.29 (38%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – McCann – Beniers8:08

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn17:57

    xG 1.23–0.40 (75%)attempts 25–18goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Dumoulin10:45

    xG 0.33–0.22 (61%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen9:22

    xG 0.27–0.42 (39%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

SEA 2.9 xGCOL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #842 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 54% of the time.

SEA winsCOL wins

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

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