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Thu, Oct 19, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Seattle Kraken 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 70% of the time.

SEA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1210936436
SEA314110312736

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:16SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Eeli Tolvanen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:35CARJesper FastAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Jordan Staal · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:18SEAJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Vince Dunn · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:22SEAPierre-Edouard BellemareSHAssists: Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.34 xG1–3
  5. P2 2:38SEAVince DunnPPAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Slap, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:08CARSeth JarvisAssists: Stefan Noesen, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:54CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Stefan Noesen, Seth Jarvis · Snap, 0.25 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:52SEAJared McCannGWGAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alexander Wennberg · Snap, 0.16 xG3–5
  9. P3 12:13SEATye KartyeAssists: Matty Beniers, Will Borgen · Snap, 0.31 xG3–6
  10. P3 15:56CARSeth JarvisPPAssists: Jordan Staal, Martin Necas · Slap, 0.35 xG4–6
  11. P3 16:51SEAOliver BjorkstrandENAssists: Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.41 xG4–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:12CARStefan Noesen: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:43SEAAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:08CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:19CARJalen Chatfield: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 12:39CARBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 15:19SEATye Kartye: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:19SEATye Kartye: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 15:19CARBrendan Lemieux: Fighting5 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSEA
36Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals3.5
72Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
16Hits23
17Blocked shots19
1Giveaways7
8Takeaways8

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis11:24

    xG 0.80–0.51 (61%)attempts 19–12goals 2–1

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook10:41

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Teravainen – Bunting – Necas10:04

    xG 0.42–0.50 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 0–2

  4. Lemieux – Necas – Drury2:48

    xG 0.00–0.20 (1%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce16:00

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Orlov – DeAngelo7:56

    xG 0.47–0.45 (51%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Slavin15:30

    xG 0.80–0.81 (50%)attempts 21–19goals 3–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Kartye – Beniers2:16

    xG 0.52–0.22 (71%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg7:37

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Bellemare – Yamamoto – Kartye5:35

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – McCann4:03

    xG 0.25–0.30 (45%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen14:13

    xG 0.90–0.40 (69%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  2. Oleksiak – Dunn2:23

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn16:10

    xG 0.62–0.88 (41%)attempts 17–19goals 2–1

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 3.5 xGCAR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #204 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 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 70% of the time.

SEA winsCAR wins

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

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