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Fri, Nov 8, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Seattle Kraken 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 54% of the time.

SEA winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK210051900324
SEA1111131711432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:13VGKPavel DorofeyevPPAssists: Nicolas Roy, Jack Eichel · Snap, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:31VGKNicolas RoyAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:21SEABrandon TanevUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:12SEABrandon TanevAssists: Tye Kartye · Snap, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:58SEAOliver BjorkstrandUnassisted · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:38VGKAlex PietrangeloAssists: Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel · Snap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:29SEAJared McCannGWGAssists: Brandon Montour · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:45VGKBrett Howden: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:08SEARyker Evans: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:08SEATye Kartye: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:16SEABrandon Montour: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 11:48SEAJaden Schwartz: 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
43% to win57% to win
← VGK attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Karlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKSEA
24Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
26Hits31
10Blocked shots16
11Giveaways7
7Takeaways10

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Pearson – Holtz10:07

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  2. Barbashev – Eichel – Roy13:04

    xG 0.43–0.50 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  3. Kolesar – Rondbjerg – Schwindt4:27

    xG 0.03–0.14 (16%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Howden – Dorofeyev10:39

    xG 0.27–0.56 (32%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. McNabb – Theodore16:36

    xG 0.62–0.74 (46%)attempts 18–14goals 0–2

  2. Pietrangelo – Hanifin16:17

    xG 0.58–0.79 (42%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  3. Hutton – Whitecloud12:21

    xG 0.18–0.70 (21%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Tanev – Kartye7:48

    xG 0.78–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers10:38

    xG 0.55–0.05 (92%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Stephenson – Bjorkstrand5:04

    xG 0.35–0.04 (91%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright4:06

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Montour15:49

    xG 0.80–0.13 (86%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Montour – Evans4:28

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Mahura9:53

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 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 2.8 xGVGK 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #137 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 54% of the time.

SEA winsVGK wins

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

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