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Tue, Oct 14, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Seattle Kraken 4, Montréal Canadiens 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SEA042122600422
MTL141112611522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37MTLAlex NewhookAssists: Ivan Demidov, Alexandre Carrier · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:33SEAJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Shane Wright, Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:12MTLCole CaufieldUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:52SEAJani NymanAssists: Tye Kartye, Frederick Gaudreau · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:12MTLKirby DachAssists: Noah Dobson, Mike Matheson · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:48SEAJamie OleksiakAssists: Jared McCann, Josh Mahura · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:56SEAJared McCannAssists: Brandon Montour, Ryan Lindgren · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:19MTLIvan DemidovAssists: Patrik Laine, Brendan Gallagher · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:25MTLCole CaufieldGWGAssists: Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki · Snap, 0.10 xG4–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:32SEAJosh Mahura: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:01MTLCole Caufield: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 11:06SEAVince Dunn: Interference2 min
  4. P1 11:40MTLIvan Demidov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 2:09MTLMike Matheson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:38MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 15:14SEAMason Marchment: Holding2 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 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← SEA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAMTL
22Shots on goal22
2.2Expected goals2.1
57Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits25
17Blocked shots23
14Giveaways13
5Takeaways3

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. bestMarchment – Winterton – Wright3:31

    xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers8:54

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 2–1

  3. Gaudreau – Kartye – Nyman6:47

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  4. Schwartz – Stephenson – Tolvanen4:07

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Lindgren14:59

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Mahura12:29

    xG 0.36–0.12 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn13:52

    xG 0.26–0.59 (31%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Dach – Bolduc9:14

    xG 0.59–0.17 (78%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský12:29

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  3. Anderson – Evans – Laine7:08

    xG 0.12–0.19 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov7:03

    xG 0.16–0.28 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Guhle – Hutson14:33

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Matheson – Hutson2:10

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

  3. Matheson – Dobson15:31

    xG 0.45–0.51 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

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.

MTL 2.1 xGSEA 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #38 of 1312 this seasonSwing 3.10 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 52% of the time.

MTL winsSEA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).