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Sat, Dec 2, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Seattle Kraken 0, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA011013015039
OTT11411103228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:21OTTMathieu JosephGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:37OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Tim Stützle, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:21OTTJakob Chychrun: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:55SEAMarián Studenic: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:57SEAJustin Schultz: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:45SEAEeli Tolvanen: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:35OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 11:59OTTDominik Kubalik: Holding2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← SEA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAOTT
39Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.8
78Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits18
8Blocked shots23
11Giveaways18
11Takeaways8

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. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers9:51

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:08

    xG 0.62–0.30 (67%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – Tanev – Kartye2:24

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Wennberg – Yamamoto – Kartye3:23

    xG 0.02–0.03 (42%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Oleksiak – Borgen13:24

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Dumoulin12:39

    xG 0.55–0.62 (47%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn13:29

    xG 0.48–0.64 (42%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Batherson – Stützle7:02

    xG 0.73–0.29 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Chartier – Joseph – Kelly2:56

    xG 0.57–0.36 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Norris – Tkachuk10:36

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Kubalik – Chartier3:22

    xG 0.02–0.04 (33%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Bernard-Docker5:18

    xG 0.20–0.08 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zub13:54

    xG 0.90–0.80 (53%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Brannstrom4:03

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 2–10goals 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.

OTT 2.8 xGSEA 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1215 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsSEA wins

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

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