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Fri, Dec 6, 2024·Prudential Center, Newark

Seattle Kraken 2, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 79% of the time.

NJD winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA151806219
NJD11511417336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:16SEAAndre BurakovskyAssists: Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:27NJDLuke HughesAssists: Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:41SEAShane WrightPPAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Jaden Schwartz · Snap, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:03NJDJesper BrattAssists: Jack Hughes, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:53NJDTimo MeierGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:47SEAVince Dunn: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:02NJDJohnathan Kovacevic: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:41SEATye Kartye: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:33NJDTomas Tatar: Hooking2 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 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Haula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEANJD
19Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals4.0
52Shot attempts76
26Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits28
24Blocked shots14
10Giveaways22
3Takeaways4

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. Stephens – Kartye – Winterton7:16

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright10:11

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Schwartz – Burakovsky – Beniers11:46

    xG 0.32–0.80 (29%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  4. Stephenson – McCann – Tanev10:15

    xG 0.20–0.93 (18%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Montour15:35

    xG 0.56–0.38 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Montour – Dunn4:26

    xG 0.05–0.13 (29%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn14:08

    xG 0.42–1.06 (28%)attempts 17–19goals 1–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Meier – Hischier9:51

    xG 1.03–0.32 (76%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Bratt – Hughes10:00

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 15–6goals 2–1

  3. Tatar – Haula – Légaré4:11

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Dowling – Cotter – Légaré4:36

    xG 0.07–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Hamilton14:41

    xG 1.33–0.18 (88%)attempts 22–8goals 2–0

  2. Siegenthaler – Kovacevic15:30

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hughes15:13

    xG 0.73–0.72 (50%)attempts 16–22goals 1–1

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.

NJD 4.0 xGSEA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #717 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 79% of the time.

NJD winsSEA wins

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

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