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Sun, Feb 23, 2025·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Seattle Kraken 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA01101818137
TBL0711037424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:27TBLBrandon HagelSHAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Emil Lilleberg · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:15TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:58TBLLuke GlendeningAssists: Cam Atkinson, Michael Eyssimont · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:24SEAShane WrightAssists: Brandon Montour, Josh Mahura · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:14TBLNick PaulENAssists: Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.80 xG1–4
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 9:11TBLErik Cernak: 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEATBL
37Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals3.8
63Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won30
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
25Hits29
8Blocked shots12
12Giveaways13
6Takeaways8

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 – Stephenson – Kakko2:52

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Tanev – Beniers2:29

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Stephens – Tanev4:36

    xG 0.15–0.28 (34%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Burakovsky – McCann – Wright9:05

    xG 0.24–0.47 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn18:19

    xG 1.17–0.87 (57%)attempts 19–17goals 0–1

  2. Mahura – Evans11:22

    xG 0.47–0.50 (48%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Oleksiak – Montour18:41

    xG 0.44–1.32 (25%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGirgensons – Chaffee – Goncalves10:44

    xG 0.75–0.22 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Paul – Cirelli – Hagel12:16

    xG 0.65–0.36 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Guentzel – Point15:16

    xG 0.75–0.65 (53%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  4. Atkinson – Glendening – Eyssimont7:15

    xG 0.14–0.43 (25%)attempts 3–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak15:25

    xG 1.04–0.24 (81%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Moser – Lilleberg2:14

    xG 0.43–0.17 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Raddysh – Lilleberg12:15

    xG 0.52–0.50 (51%)attempts 9–13goals 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.

TBL 3.8 xGSEA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1027 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsSEA wins

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

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