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Sun, Jan 12, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Seattle Kraken 2, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

DET winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA01216115233
DET4112804623

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:22DETMarco KasperAssists: Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:33DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Albert Johansson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 6:16DETAlex DeBrincatPPGWGAssists: Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider · Slap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P1 7:53DETPatrick KaneAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 4:17DETErik GustafssonPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Marco Kasper · Snap, 0.08 xG0–5
  6. P2 15:21DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.31 xG0–6
  7. P2 18:00SEAOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–6
  8. P3 6:54SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:08SEAAdam Larsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:27DETJ.T. Compher: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:47SEATye Kartye: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:26SEAKaapo Kakko: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:09DETMichael Rasmussen: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:54DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:54SEAKaapo Kakko: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:15SEAJared McCann: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:02SEAJared McCann: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beniers won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEADET
33Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
27Hits8
16Blocked shots9
5Giveaways11
4Takeaways2

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. bestSchwartz – Kakko – Beniers11:41

    xG 0.64–0.23 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky10:36

    xG 0.47–0.16 (75%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  3. McCann – Tolvanen – Wright9:33

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Stephens – Tanev – Kartye5:26

    xG 0.17–0.36 (31%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Dunn5:09

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Mahura – Evans15:30

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Montour11:03

    xG 0.30–0.25 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Motte – Rasmussen – Veleno9:31

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Copp – DeBrincat9:14

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Raymond – Kasper11:47

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  4. Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren9:38

    xG 0.14–0.50 (21%)attempts 2–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohansson – Edvinsson14:33

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  2. Holl – Gustafsson14:22

    xG 0.36–0.49 (42%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  3. Chiarot – Seider15:50

    xG 0.25–0.67 (27%)attempts 9–19goals 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.

DET 2.4 xGSEA 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #526 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.45 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +10 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

DET winsSEA wins

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

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