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Thu, Nov 2, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Nashville Predators 2, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 67% of the time.

SEA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH11111409234
SEA210111110431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:35NSHTommy NovakPPAssists: Colton Sissons, Luke Evangelista · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:21SEAOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Justin Schultz, Jared McCann · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:41SEAJared McCannAssists: Yanni Gourde · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:34NSHRoman JosiPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Filip Forsberg · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:58SEABrian DumoulinGWGAssists: Justin Schultz, Tye Kartye · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:38SEAVince DunnAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Wennberg · Slap, 0.05 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:07SEAEeli Tolvanen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:36SEAAdam Larsson: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P1 4:13NSHColton Sissons: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:33NSHDante Fabbro: Interference2 min
  5. P1 13:50NSHDante Fabbro: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:53SEAWill Borgen: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:50SEAPhilipp Grubauer: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:47NSHRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:44NSHTyson Barrie: Tripping2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHSEA
34Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals2.1
65Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won22
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
26Hits20
20Blocked shots13
1Giveaways5
6Takeaways7

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSissons – Trenin – Foudy6:15

    xG 0.15–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg6:38

    xG 0.45–0.33 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Fagemo – Parssinen – Smith5:30

    xG 0.05–0.14 (28%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista6:02

    xG 0.13–0.28 (32%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro10:32

    xG 0.76–0.28 (73%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. McDonagh – Carrier10:11

    xG 0.26–0.03 (88%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Josi – Barrie3:32

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestBjorkstrand – Kartye – Beniers8:22

    xG 0.31–0.11 (74%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Gourde – McCann – Tolvanen8:57

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Shore – Bellemare – Yamamoto5:07

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Schwartz – Wennberg9:52

    xG 0.38–0.78 (32%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Dumoulin11:11

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Borgen11:35

    xG 0.14–0.20 (40%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn14:18

    xG 0.82–0.91 (47%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

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 2.1 xGNSH 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #730 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 67% of the time.

SEA winsNSH wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).