Mon, Dec 8, 2025·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle
Minnesota Wild 4, Seattle Kraken 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 010 | 19 | 310 | 429 |
| SEA | 08 | 16 | 010 | 124 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 1:18MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Matt Boldy, Jake Middleton · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
- P2 6:48SEAJordan EberlePPAssists: Chandler Stephenson, Jared McCann · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
- P3 8:12MINMarcus JohanssonGWGAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
- P3 18:45MINKirill KaprizovENAssists: Nico Sturm, Jared Spurgeon · Backhand, 0.25 xG3–1
- P3 19:00MINVladimir TarasenkoENAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.56 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
- P1 1:08SEAChandler Stephenson: Tripping2 min
- P1 11:16SEAVince Dunn: High sticking2 min
- P1 15:03MINDanila Yurov: Roughing2 min
- P1 15:03MINDanila Yurov: Roughing2 min
- P1 15:03SEAVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
- P2 1:39SEAKaapo Kakko: High sticking2 min
- P2 6:40MINMatt Boldy: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 13:32MINDaemon Hunt: Holding the stick2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Yurov won the faceoff against Beniers
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestJohansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy10:28
xG 0.63–0.38 (62%)attempts 16–16goals 2–0
- Tarasenko – Hartman – Kaprizov4:01
xG 0.15–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0
- Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov2:27
xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy2:09
xG 0.03–0.00 (99%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBogosian – Hunt3:51
xG 0.10–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Brodin – Middleton4:22
xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Spurgeon – Hunt2:54
xG 0.05–0.03 (65%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
Seattle Kraken
Forward lines
- bestKakko – Nyman – Wright9:58
xG 0.68–0.10 (87%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0
- Eberle – McCann – Beniers11:15
xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0
- Gaudreau – Kartye – Winterton6:49
xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0
- Stephenson – Marchment – Tolvanen10:43
xG 0.12–0.51 (18%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMahura – Evans13:23
xG 0.48–0.40 (54%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0
- Montour – Lindgren13:02
xG 0.64–0.86 (43%)attempts 19–20goals 0–2
- Larsson – Dunn13:05
xG 0.16–0.40 (29%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SEA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SEA is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SEA − MIN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).