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Thu, Jan 4, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Ottawa Senators 1, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01301317133
SEA1721516428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:50SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Eeli Tolvanen · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:20SEATomas TatarGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:03SEAAndre BurakovskyAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:20OTTParker KellyAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Thomas Chabot · Poke, 0.26 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:47SEAVince DunnENAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:17OTTJosh Norris: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 3:40SEAAdam Larsson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 5:23SEAJared McCann: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:16OTTJakob Chychrun: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:09SEAYanni Gourde: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 4:30SEABrian Dumoulin: High sticking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSEA
33Shots on goal28
3.4Expected goals3.1
87Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits11
20Blocked shots22
2Giveaways3
6Takeaways13

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tarasenko – Stützle10:21

    xG 0.88–0.39 (69%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Kubalik – Kelly – Greig8:55

    xG 0.55–0.33 (62%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Kastelic – Crookshank – Smejkal6:08

    xG 0.05–0.24 (17%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk11:37

    xG 0.30–0.89 (25%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Sanderson15:06

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 18–16goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Brannstrom9:57

    xG 0.46–0.48 (49%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  3. Chabot – Zub14:11

    xG 0.68–0.91 (43%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen8:52

    xG 0.71–0.13 (84%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Tatar – Beniers12:23

    xG 0.69–0.44 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Burakovsky – Yamamoto – Kartye3:12

    xG 0.21–0.09 (70%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. McCann – Yamamoto – Kartye2:16

    xG 0.02–0.04 (36%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen13:29

    xG 0.61–0.28 (69%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn13:54

    xG 0.74–0.80 (48%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Dumoulin12:02

    xG 0.32–0.64 (33%)attempts 10–21goals 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 3.1 xGOTT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1031 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 54% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

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

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