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Mon, Mar 4, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Seattle Kraken 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

CGY winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA11119210430
CGY02118117237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:04SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Brandon Tanev, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:50CGYAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:34SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Jared McCann, Jaden Schwartz · Snap, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:21SEAAdam LarssonGWGAssists: Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:46CGYAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:29SEAJared McCannSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.22 xG4–2
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 14:54SEAOliver Bjorkstrand: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:14SEATye Kartye: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:14CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:14SEATye Kartye: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:59CGYBlake Coleman: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:24SEAMatty Beniers: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 4:24CGYBrayden Pachal: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:09SEAVince Dunn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 10:33SEAJamie Oleksiak: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 13:41SEAMatty Beniers: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:41CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 13:41CGYMartin Pospisil: Checking from behind5 min
  13. P3 13:41CGYMartin Pospisil: Game misconduct10 min
  14. P3 14:14SEAEeli Tolvanen: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 16:25SEABrandon Tanev: Slashing2 min
  16. P3 16:25CGYBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min
  17. P3 16:25CGYBlake Coleman: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 16:25SEABrandon Tanev: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 18:45CGYYegor Sharangovich: Tripping2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← SEA attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACGY
30Shots on goal37
2.9Expected goals3.3
62Shot attempts84
34Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
23Penalty minutes32
22Hits20
24Blocked shots21
6Giveaways7
12Takeaways14

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. bestEberle – Tatar – Beniers10:23

    xG 0.71–0.08 (90%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – McCann8:25

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Yamamoto – Kartye5:42

    xG 0.26–0.13 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Burakovsky – Tolvanen9:36

    xG 0.06–0.66 (9%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn15:34

    xG 1.40–0.64 (69%)attempts 24–12goals 3–0

  2. Schultz – Dumoulin10:08

    xG 0.26–0.27 (50%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen13:20

    xG 0.38–0.47 (45%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHuberdeau – Sharangovich – Pelletier3:07

    xG 0.39–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Huberdeau – Sharangovich – Duehr3:32

    xG 0.19–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Hunt – Sharangovich3:42

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane10:28

    xG 0.55–0.73 (43%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Andersson8:51

    xG 0.44–0.07 (86%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Hanifin7:36

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Oesterle – Pachal4:32

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 5–6goals 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.

CGY 3.3 xGSEA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #733 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

CGY winsSEA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).