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Thu, Dec 19, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Seattle Kraken 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 83% of the time.

CHI winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA05011111127
CHI0101925324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:54CHIIlya MikheyevAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:06CHIIlya MikheyevGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:26SEARyker EvansAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Brandon Montour · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:11CHINolan AllanAssists: Ryan Donato, Connor Murphy · Snap, 0.13 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 2:02SEAJosh Mahura: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:54CHILouis Crevier: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 17:31SEABrandon Tanev: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:38CHIFrank Nazar: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:03CHIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:03CHIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:03SEAVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 18:03SEAVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 0:41CHILouis Crevier: High sticking2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEACHI
27Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals4.3
59Shot attempts45
35Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
26Hits19
4Blocked shots10
8Giveaways9
2Takeaways3

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. bestBjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright9:19

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. McCann – Kakko – Beniers7:13

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Sprong – Tanev7:58

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Schwartz – Stephenson – Burakovsky11:31

    xG 0.20–0.68 (23%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Evans5:31

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Mahura – Evans7:43

    xG 0.37–0.04 (89%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Evans2:21

    xG 0.17–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Donato – Bedard10:28

    xG 0.97–0.42 (70%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev10:00

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Maroon – Anderson – Reichel4:59

    xG 0.07–0.06 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Bertuzzi – Nazar7:36

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Crevier13:57

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Allan11:12

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  3. Murphy – Vlasic2:26

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

CHI 4.3 xGSEA 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1097 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50CHI 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 83% of the time.

CHI winsSEA wins

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

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