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Tue, Dec 17, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Ottawa Senators 3, Seattle Kraken 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0721218327
SEA0150708030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:02OTTShane PintoGWGAssists: Michael Amadio · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:45OTTNoah GregorAssists: Ridly Greig, Zack Ostapchuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:18OTTTim StützleAssists: Adam Gaudette, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:35OTTNoah Gregor: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 1:36OTTJacob Bernard-Docker: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 15:26SEARyker Evans: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:13SEAWill Borgen: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:27OTTTim Stützle: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:28OTTRidly Greig: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 10:28SEAShane Wright: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 11:12SEAChandler Stephenson: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 17:56OTTBrady Tkachuk: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSEA
27Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.5
69Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits31
16Blocked shots20
10Giveaways17
5Takeaways5

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Gaudette – Stützle7:57

    xG 0.51–0.06 (90%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Gregor – Greig – Ostapchuk5:38

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk10:49

    xG 0.37–0.36 (50%)attempts 19–19goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Amadio – Pinto8:39

    xG 0.28–0.32 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Chabot13:37

    xG 0.99–0.37 (73%)attempts 26–15goals 1–0

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson14:25

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  3. Bernard-Docker – Kleven10:16

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Tanev – Beniers8:34

    xG 0.27–0.22 (56%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Stephens – Kartye – Winterton2:32

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 5–3goals 0–2

  3. Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright6:19

    xG 0.01–0.12 (4%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Stephenson – Burakovsky – McCann10:39

    xG 0.21–1.00 (17%)attempts 11–26goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Borgen – Evans12:27

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn10:09

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  3. Montour – Dunn2:32

    xG 0.13–0.24 (36%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

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.

SEA 2.5 xGOTT 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1206 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50SEA 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

SEA winsOTT wins

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

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