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Sat, Apr 5, 2025·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Seattle Kraken 5, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 65% of the time.

SJS winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA283707522
SJS1130506124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:46SEAJared McCannAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Josh Mahura · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:26SEAAndre BurakovskyGWGAssists: Adam Larsson, Jared McCann · Snap, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:18SJSWill SmithAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Macklin Celebrini · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:39SEAChandler StephensonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:36SEAJaden SchwartzUnassisted · Slap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:07SEAJared McCannAssists: Shane Wright, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–1
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 9:46SEAJohn Hayden: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:22SJSCarl Grundstrom: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:40SEAKaapo Kakko: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:57SJSWill Smith: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:54SJSTimothy Liljegren: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 0:37SEAAdam Larsson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 1:56SEAJosh Mahura: Interference2 min
  8. P3 4:11SJSLucas Carlsson: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 11:01SJSTy Dellandrea: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:01SEAChandler Stephenson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:25SJSBarclay Goodrow: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 19:25SJSWilliam Eklund: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 19:25SEAEeli Tolvanen: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 19:25SEAJamie Oleksiak: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 19:25SJSZack Ostapchuk: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 19:25SEAJohn Hayden: 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 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEASJS
22Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals2.1
58Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won24
6Power plays4
35Penalty minutes29
9Hits21
14Blocked shots15
15Giveaways10
6Takeaways3

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. bestBurakovsky – McCann – Wright6:14

    xG 0.46–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 2–0

  2. Hayden – Eyssimont – Tolvanen7:52

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Kakko – Beniers – Nyman7:26

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Schwartz – Stephenson10:57

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Mahura10:45

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  2. Montour – Evans12:51

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn14:18

    xG 0.66–0.49 (57%)attempts 17–15goals 2–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Grundstrom – Ostapchuk2:08

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Wennberg – Eklund – Graf11:31

    xG 0.21–0.23 (47%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Gregor – Ostapchuk5:03

    xG 0.14–0.21 (39%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Smith – Celebrini10:52

    xG 0.66–0.78 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerraro – Thompson10:07

    xG 0.52–0.11 (82%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Ferraro – Liljegren3:44

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Thrun8:05

    xG 0.27–0.55 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

SJS 2.1 xGSEA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #952 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50SJS 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, Seattle Kraken win this game 65% of the time.

SJS winsSEA wins

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

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