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Sat, Dec 23, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Seattle Kraken 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA2100319322
ANA01419111234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:26SEAOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Jared McCann, Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:24SEAVince DunnAssists: Matty Beniers, Tomas Tatar · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:18ANAFrank VatranoPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:25SEATomas TatarGWGAssists: Vince Dunn, Matty Beniers · Backhand, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:01ANATrevor ZegrasAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Troy Terry · Cradle, 0.42 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:46ANAMason McTavish: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:30SEABrandon Tanev: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P3 5:39SEAWill Borgen: Interference2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← SEA attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAANA
22Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.7
54Shot attempts60
21Faceoffs won35
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits24
12Blocked shots18
18Giveaways17
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. bestShore – Yamamoto – Kartye5:45

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Tatar – Beniers13:13

    xG 0.63–0.83 (43%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  3. Wennberg – McCann – Tanev9:31

    xG 0.25–0.49 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen9:44

    xG 0.23–0.55 (29%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen14:29

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Evans13:57

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn17:41

    xG 0.48–1.36 (26%)attempts 19–26goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Terry – Zegras12:49

    xG 0.78–0.24 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  2. Henrique – Jones – Leason10:36

    xG 0.36–0.14 (73%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish13:55

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Carrick – Johnston5:09

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Mintyukov5:23

    xG 0.94–0.06 (94%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. LaCombe – Drysdale12:59

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Vaakanainen13:02

    xG 0.80–0.78 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 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.

ANA 3.7 xGSEA 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #863 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsSEA wins

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

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