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Wed, Apr 2, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Seattle Kraken 5, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA172725519
VAN090708024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:42SEAMichael EyssimontGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:49SEAChandler StephensonAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:00SEAShane WrightAssists: Jared McCann, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:55SEAAndre BurakovskyAssists: Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–0
  5. P3 16:24SEAAdam LarssonENAssists: Tye Kartye, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.68 xG5–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:55SEAJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:00SEAMichael Eyssimont: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:56VANTeddy Blueger: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 2:31VANDerek Forbort: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:01SEAMichael Eyssimont: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:47SEABrandon Montour: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:47VANDakota Joshua: Closing hand on puck2 min
  8. P3 5:28VANElias Pettersson: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 5:28SEAJani Nyman: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 15:03VANDakota Joshua: Misconduct10 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 20:00Wright won the faceoff against Räty
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAVAN
19Shots on goal24
3.6Expected goals3.6
42Shot attempts77
22Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes18
15Hits30
24Blocked shots10
12Giveaways9
0Takeaways4

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. bestEberle – Stephenson – Winterton6:42

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Hayden – Eyssimont – Kartye3:55

    xG 0.33–0.30 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Kakko – Beniers – Nyman9:17

    xG 0.07–0.18 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Burakovsky – McCann – Wright7:04

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Fleury11:21

    xG 0.74–0.08 (90%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn13:11

    xG 0.37–0.57 (40%)attempts 9–15goals 2–0

  3. Montour – Evans13:23

    xG 0.32–0.75 (30%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – DeBrusk – Suter8:13

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Karlsson – Aman – Lekkerimäki7:07

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Blueger – Garland – O'Connor7:49

    xG 0.15–0.31 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Sherwood – Räty7:31

    xG 0.45–0.69 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Pettersson2:48

    xG 0.50–0.10 (83%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Pettersson3:30

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes2:01

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

VAN 3.6 xGSEA 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1169 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% 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).