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Tue, Mar 26, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Anaheim Ducks 0, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 88% of the time.

SEA winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA040503012
SEA21321409436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:50SEAEeli TolvanenGWGAssists: Matty Beniers, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:51SEAJordan EberlePPAssists: Jared McCann, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:08SEAOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Matty Beniers · Snap, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:55SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Eeli Tolvanen · Snap, 0.13 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:14ANAJackson LaCombe: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:14ANAMason McTavish: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:46ANARyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:27SEABrandon Tanev: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:45ANAAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 18:38ANAFrank Vatrano: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASEA
12Shots on goal36
1.5Expected goals3.9
42Shot attempts75
19Faceoffs won32
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
21Hits22
25Blocked shots11
3Giveaways6
9Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestLundeström – Leason – Zegras5:24

    xG 0.32–0.08 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Vatrano – Zegras – McTavish6:21

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Terry – Carlsson12:53

    xG 0.48–0.51 (48%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  4. Strome – Lundeström – Leason3:08

    xG 0.03–0.10 (23%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLagesson – Lindstrom13:46

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. LaCombe – Mintyukov16:40

    xG 0.24–0.89 (21%)attempts 8–22goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Zellweger15:49

    xG 0.41–1.12 (27%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestKartye – Winterton – Morrison9:11

    xG 0.68–0.06 (92%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Beniers9:24

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Gourde – Burakovsky – Tanev9:33

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Schwartz – McCann11:47

    xG 0.17–0.36 (32%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Borgen13:15

    xG 0.73–0.30 (71%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  2. Dumoulin – Larsson17:55

    xG 0.73–0.33 (69%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Olofsson13:45

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 14–21goals 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 3.9 xGANA 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1284 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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 88% of the time.

SEA winsANA wins

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

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