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Thu, Jan 11, 2024·Capital One Arena, Washington

Seattle Kraken 4, Washington Capitals 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA261918423
WSH01111005126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:50SEATye KartyeAssists: Jared McCann, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:12SEAAlexander WennbergGWGAssists: Brandon Tanev · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:47WSHMax PaciorettyAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:20SEAJustin SchultzAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:02SEAAdam LarssonAssists: Brandon Tanev, Jaden Schwartz · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P3 7:00SEAWill Borgen: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 13:50WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 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 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← SEA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dowd won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAWSH
23Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals3.1
63Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
11Hits11
12Blocked shots16
6Giveaways14
8Takeaways9

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. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen13:05

    xG 1.09–0.55 (67%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Schwartz – Wennberg – Tanev9:53

    xG 0.80–0.32 (72%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  3. Eberle – Tatar – Beniers12:53

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  4. Burakovsky – McCann – Kartye9:08

    xG 0.36–0.71 (34%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn19:41

    xG 1.28–0.74 (63%)attempts 23–22goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Borgen16:47

    xG 0.94–0.84 (53%)attempts 13–22goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Dumoulin11:51

    xG 0.64–0.65 (50%)attempts 19–8goals 2–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn10:13

    xG 0.32–0.24 (56%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  2. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Lapierre6:58

    xG 0.27–0.32 (45%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Strome12:39

    xG 0.97–1.03 (49%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

  4. Mantha – McMichael – Protas10:50

    xG 0.36–0.61 (37%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – van Riemsdyk12:57

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Bear10:24

    xG 0.86–0.71 (55%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  3. Carlson – van Riemsdyk4:31

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

WSH 3.1 xGSEA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #987 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50WSH 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, Washington Capitals win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsSEA wins

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

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