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Thu, Nov 9, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Seattle Kraken 4, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 63% of the time.

COL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA182915422
COL0102917326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:39SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Tye Kartye, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:29SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:57COLBowen ByramAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:35SEAMatty BeniersPPAssists: Vince Dunn, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:40COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:15COLValeri NichushkinAssists: Devon Toews, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:28SEAOliver BjorkstrandGWGAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 6:49COLJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 10:41COLTomas Tatar: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:11SEAAdam Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 17:41SEAWill Borgen: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:39COLValeri Nichushkin: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:18COLBowen Byram: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 13:18COLBowen Byram: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:18SEAVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:57SEAJaden Schwartz: Slashing2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← SEA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Colton won the faceoff against Tolvanen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACOL
22Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts61
24Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
28Hits27
22Blocked shots13
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways8

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. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen9:32

    xG 0.71–0.32 (69%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  2. McCann – Yamamoto – Beniers9:33

    xG 0.37–0.04 (91%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Shore – Winterton – Wright5:15

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Shore – Kartye2:05

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen13:45

    xG 0.68–0.30 (69%)attempts 12–15goals 2–2

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:40

    xG 0.47–0.39 (54%)attempts 12–23goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Oleksiak2:09

    xG 0.05–0.20 (20%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen6:21

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Wood – Colton – O'Connor5:50

    xG 0.17–0.05 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Nichushkin – Tufte4:44

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen6:21

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar13:47

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Manson8:59

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Girard2:49

    xG 0.01–0.19 (3%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

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.

COL 1.9 xGSEA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #94 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 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 63% of the time.

COL winsSEA wins

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

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