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Fri, Nov 24, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Vancouver Canucks 5, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1817312527
SEA01011202124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:05VANTeddy BluegerSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:07VANDakota JoshuaGWGAssists: Conor Garland, Nils Aman · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:29SEATye KartyeAssists: Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:43VANSam LaffertyAssists: Filip Hronek, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:38VANNils HoglanderAssists: Nils Aman · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:30VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Conor Garland, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.27 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:23VANNils Hoglander: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:23VANJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:33VANTyler Myers: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 13:15SEABrian Dumoulin: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 15:25SEATye Kartye: Interference2 min
  6. P3 15:25SEATye Kartye: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 18:36SEAYanni Gourde: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 18:36VANTeddy Blueger: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSEA
27Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals2.4
59Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes19
23Hits24
21Blocked shots13
3Giveaways3
9Takeaways12

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLafferty – Pettersson – Mikheyev8:03

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Boeser – Beauvillier10:36

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Di Giuseppe – Hoglander – Aman8:35

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Joshua – Garland8:47

    xG 0.12–0.30 (30%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Juulsen12:33

    xG 1.02–0.53 (66%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes12:47

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  3. Myers – Hronek2:41

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Bellemare – Yamamoto2:08

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers9:45

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen9:31

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Schwartz – Wennberg – Kartye6:29

    xG 0.23–0.46 (34%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Dumoulin12:11

    xG 0.68–0.36 (65%)attempts 15–7goals 0–2

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:27

    xG 0.75–0.78 (49%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen11:42

    xG 0.23–0.62 (27%)attempts 6–17goals 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.

SEA 2.4 xGVAN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #944 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsVAN wins

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

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