Sat, Mar 2, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle
Edmonton Oilers 2, Seattle Kraken 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 61% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDM | 09 | 18 | 17 | 224 |
| SEA | 09 | 07 | 19 | 125 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 10:12EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
- P3 8:02EDMBrett KulakGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
- P3 13:23SEAEeli TolvanenPPAssists: Jared McCann, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
- P1 8:38EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min
- P1 17:46SEAJamie Oleksiak: Cross checking2 min
- P2 14:53SEAOliver Bjorkstrand: Slashing2 min
- P3 12:00EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min · PPG
- P3 19:07EDMLeon Draisaitl: Holding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Wennberg
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Edmonton Oilers
Forward lines
- bestBrown – Ryan – Holloway6:21
xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0
- Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid13:57
xG 0.52–0.34 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0
- Perry – Foegele – McLeod6:53
xG 0.01–0.28 (3%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0
- Kane – Nugent-Hopkins – Janmark8:59
xG 0.32–0.69 (32%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestEkholm – Bouchard16:30
xG 0.83–0.16 (84%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0
- Ceci – Nurse17:00
xG 0.64–0.60 (52%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0
- Kulak – Desharnais12:13
xG 0.26–0.91 (22%)attempts 9–19goals 2–0
Seattle Kraken
Forward lines
- Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg12:12
xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0
- Gourde – Tolvanen – Kartye6:51
xG 0.35–0.47 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1
- Eberle – McCann – Beniers11:26
xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0
- Tatar – Tanev – Yamamoto5:48
xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestOleksiak – Borgen13:48
xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2
- Schultz – Dumoulin12:47
xG 0.51–0.63 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0
- Larsson – Dunn18:28
xG 0.45–0.68 (40%)attempts 25–20goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SEA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SEA is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.
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 61% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SEA − EDM), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).