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Sun, Dec 28, 2025·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Seattle Kraken 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

SEA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01108114133
SEA071736420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:48SEAJordan EberleAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Matty Beniers · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:49SEAChandler StephensonGWGAssists: Eeli Tolvanen · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:31SEAEeli TolvanenENAssists: Chandler Stephenson · Deflected, 0.83 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:03PHICarl GrundstromAssists: Rodrigo Abols, Nikita Grebenkin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:24SEAEeli TolvanenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:40SEABerkly Catton: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:22SEARyan Lindgren: Holding2 min
  3. P2 13:52SEAKaapo Kakko: Too many men on the ice2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISEA
33Shots on goal20
3.0Expected goals2.5
67Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won24
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
16Hits18
16Blocked shots17
13Giveaways17
4Takeaways3

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Tippett – Barkey10:45

    xG 0.43–0.08 (84%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras11:59

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Cates – Brink – Michkov9:25

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  4. Abols – Grundstrom – Grebenkin10:45

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York14:31

    xG 0.65–0.19 (78%)attempts 20–8goals 0–1

  2. Seeler – Ristolainen15:48

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Andrae – Drysdale14:17

    xG 0.64–0.44 (60%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. Kartye – Melanson – Meyers7:31

    xG 0.02–0.10 (20%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  2. Stephenson – Gaudreau – Tolvanen11:38

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. McCann – Wright – Catton11:06

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Kakko – Beniers14:00

    xG 0.27–0.60 (31%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lindgren – Fleury12:30

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Evans14:03

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Dunn17:09

    xG 0.13–0.82 (14%)attempts 9–23goals 1–0

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.

SEA 2.5 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #1063 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

SEA winsPHI wins

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

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