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Sat, Nov 30, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

San Jose Sharks 4, Seattle Kraken 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 59% of the time.

SEA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1931004423
SEA01311718238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:54SJSMario FerraroAssists: Mikael Granlund, Timothy Liljegren · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:51SJSLuke KuninAssists: Ty Dellandrea, Jake Walman · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:59SJSCody CeciGWGAssists: Macklin Celebrini, Jake Walman · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:45SJSWill SmithAssists: Mikael Granlund, Klim Kostin · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–0
  5. P2 10:17SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Matty Beniers, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Snap, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 6:27SEAJared McCannAssists: Ryker Evans, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:48SEAAdam Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 7:38SJSMario Ferraro: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:43SJSLuke Kunin: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSSEA
23Shots on goal38
3.3Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts84
29Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
11Hits21
21Blocked shots13
14Giveaways16
3Takeaways2

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Zetterlund – Eklund – Celebrini14:14

    xG 0.53–0.55 (49%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Granlund – Kostin – Smith10:16

    xG 0.37–0.48 (44%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Dellandrea – Sturm – Cardwell6:47

    xG 0.19–0.30 (38%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  4. Toffoli – Wennberg – Kunin10:58

    xG 0.11–0.85 (11%)attempts 9–22goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Rutta – Thrun11:24

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  2. Ceci – Walman17:50

    xG 0.53–0.97 (35%)attempts 16–20goals 1–0

  3. Ferraro – Liljegren14:38

    xG 0.26–0.79 (25%)attempts 14–25goals 2–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Bjorkstrand – Beniers11:52

    xG 0.65–0.14 (82%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Tolvanen – Wright9:33

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  3. Gourde – Burakovsky – McCann10:11

    xG 0.52–0.32 (62%)attempts 17–8goals 1–2

  4. Stephens – Kartye – Winterton3:12

    xG 0.15–0.03 (82%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Evans16:16

    xG 1.08–0.42 (72%)attempts 24–12goals 1–1

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:31

    xG 0.97–0.37 (73%)attempts 28–17goals 1–0

  3. Montour – Dunn3:11

    xG 0.13–0.00 (96%)attempts 3–2goals 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 xGSJS 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEASJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #514 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 59% of the time.

SEA winsSJS wins

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

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