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Ice Lab

Thu, Apr 10, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Seattle Kraken 1, Vegas Golden Knights 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 51% of the time.

VGK winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA0816011125
VGK1811007225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:58VGKIvan BarbashevUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:56VGKWilliam KarlssonGWGAssists: Reilly Smith, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:21SEAJared McCannAssists: Jordan Eberle, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P3 1:36VGKAlexander Holtz: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 8:40VGKShea Theodore: 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 SOG0VGK
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Howden won the faceoff against Stephenson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAVGK
25Shots on goal25
2.7Expected goals2.8
63Shot attempts68
28Faceoffs won35
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
14Hits12
22Blocked shots20
11Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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.

VGK 2.8 xGSEA 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1155 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 51% of the time.

VGK winsSEA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
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-1
0
+1
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+4
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+6
+7

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