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Thu, Dec 7, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

New Jersey Devils 2, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 78% of the time.

SEA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD171703217
SEA010112016138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:14NJDOndrej PalatAssists: John Marino, Nico Hischier · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:12SEATye KartyeAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:08NJDSimon NemecGWGAssists: Jesper Bratt, Jonas Siegenthaler · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:29SEAVince Dunn: Holding2 min
  2. P2 11:18NJDErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:24SEAKailer Yamamoto: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:43NJDBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:36SEABrian Dumoulin: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDSEA
17Shots on goal38
1.8Expected goals3.5
46Shot attempts73
28Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits30
16Blocked shots11
4Giveaways2
10Takeaways11

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Bratt – Hischier10:13

    xG 0.26–0.13 (66%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Haula – Toffoli – Hughes11:09

    xG 0.50–0.58 (46%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Meier – Mercer – Holtz9:54

    xG 0.14–0.52 (21%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Miller – Hughes10:44

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Siegenthaler – Nemec11:08

    xG 0.43–0.61 (41%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Marino – Bahl13:39

    xG 0.50–0.77 (39%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen10:46

    xG 0.49–0.24 (67%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Kartye – Beniers9:23

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Shore – Tanev – Yamamoto2:42

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Burakovsky – Wennberg – McCann7:36

    xG 0.16–0.49 (24%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Evans15:26

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn17:18

    xG 0.84–0.69 (55%)attempts 26–11goals 0–2

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen11:05

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

SEA 3.5 xGNJD 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEANJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #1063 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 78% of the time.

SEA winsNJD wins

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

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