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Wed, Jan 24, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Seattle Kraken 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 55% of the time.

SEA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11506113234
SEA2821229629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34SEAJared McCannAssists: Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:12SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Vince Dunn · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:20CHIJoey AndersonAssists: Seth Jones, Jason Dickinson · Slap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:15SEAAlexander WennbergGWGUnassisted · Other, 0.99 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:28SEABrandon TanevAssists: Brian Dumoulin, Tye Kartye · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:39CHINick FolignoPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Seth Jones · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 4:28SEATomas TatarAssists: Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:22SEATomas TatarAssists: Will Borgen, Jared McCann · Snap, 0.08 xG2–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:53SEAEeli Tolvanen: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 2:56CHIAlex Vlasic: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:35SEATye Kartye: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:52CHISeth Jones: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 0:29SEAAndre Burakovsky: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:34CHIJarred Tinordi: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISEA
34Shots on goal29
3.5Expected goals3.8
70Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits7
19Blocked shots17
4Giveaways4
11Takeaways6

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Donato – Pitlick – Entwistle10:19

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

  2. Foligno – Raddysh – Kurashev9:17

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

  3. Sanford – Katchouk – Johnson8:16

    xG 0.12–0.51 (19%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson12:09

    xG 0.47–1.81 (21%)attempts 15–20goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Tinordi – Crevier13:32

    xG 0.47–0.62 (43%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  2. Megna – Korchinski15:34

    xG 0.38–0.67 (36%)attempts 9–21goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic13:50

    xG 0.82–1.49 (35%)attempts 22–11goals 1–3

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestBjorkstrand – Yamamoto – Tolvanen9:18

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Shore – Tanev – Kartye5:39

    xG 0.37–0.11 (77%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Tatar – McCann10:36

    xG 0.59–0.43 (58%)attempts 15–8goals 3–0

  4. Schwartz – Burakovsky – Wennberg7:51

    xG 0.37–0.77 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn12:42

    xG 1.58–0.56 (74%)attempts 12–20goals 2–1

  2. Oleksiak – Borgen15:15

    xG 0.58–0.49 (54%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Dumoulin11:24

    xG 0.44–0.58 (43%)attempts 11–16goals 2–0

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 3.8 xGCHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #702 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 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, Seattle Kraken win this game 55% of the time.

SEA winsCHI wins

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

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