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Sat, Dec 28, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Seattle Kraken 5, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 52% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SEA061931212529
VAN16291601422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:03VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Jake DeBrusk, J.T. Miller · Poke, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:18SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:36VANConor GarlandAssists: Teddy Blueger, Carson Soucy · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:14VANBrock BoeserAssists: Carson Soucy, Danton Heinen · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:09VANJake DeBruskAssists: J.T. Miller, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:15SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Vince Dunn, Daniel Sprong · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:48SEAVince DunnUnassisted · Snap, 0.22 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:10SEAJaden SchwartzAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:15SEAVince DunnGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:58SEAYanni Gourde: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 13:58VANDerek Forbort: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:54SEAShane Wright: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:23VANCarson Soucy: Interference2 min
  5. P2 3:22VANErik Brannstrom: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:25VANConor Garland: Holding2 min
  7. P2 11:40SEAJamie Oleksiak: 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sasson won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAVAN
29Shots on goal22
3.1Expected goals2.9
65Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
8Hits24
13Blocked shots18
11Giveaways9
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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestBjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright6:13

    xG 0.59–0.37 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Stephenson – McCann – Sprong5:22

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Kakko – Beniers10:46

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  4. Gourde – Tanev – Kartye8:54

    xG 0.36–0.59 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn11:33

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Montour – Evans2:16

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  3. Mahura – Evans11:04

    xG 0.61–0.63 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – DeBrusk9:44

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Joshua – Sasson9:29

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Garland – Suter – Hoglander8:01

    xG 0.21–0.32 (39%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood7:52

    xG 0.36–0.63 (36%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDesharnais – Brannstrom15:01

    xG 0.75–0.39 (66%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Soucy – Juulsen13:41

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 9–21goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Forbort14:47

    xG 0.38–0.79 (32%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGSEA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #71 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 0% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 52% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

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

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