Seattle Kraken at Vancouver Canucks
Recap
written from the game dataThe Vancouver Canucks beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2. The lead changed hands 2 times. The Canucks led 3-2 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Vasily Podkolzin's goal at 16:41 of the second period, which took the Canucks' chances from 53% to 74%. Expected goals favored the Canucks, 4.8 to 2.0; shots on goal were SEA 27, VAN 46. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Canucks win a replay of these chances 77% of the time. Chris Driedger stopped 41 of 45 (.911); Thatcher Demko stopped 25 of 27 (.926). Three stars: 1. Tyler Motte (1 G, 1 A), 2. Juho Lammikko (2 A), 3. Elias Pettersson (2 A).
Three stars
- ★T. Motte1 G, 1 A

- ★★J. Lammikko2 A

- ★★★E. Pettersson2 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
7 goals1st period
0-10:11
1-13:12
2-114:26
2nd period
2-23:45
2-316:41
3rd period
2-40:35
2-518:28
Penalties
1st
- 12:21
Bo Horvat · Holdingdrawn by Morgan Geekie2 min
- 14:15
Vince Dunn · Interferencedrawn by Elias Pettersson2 min
2nd
- 4:27
Jamie Oleksiak · Hookingdrawn by Nils Hoglander2 min
- 17:36
Bo Horvat · Slashingdrawn by Morgan Geekie2 min
- 19:17
Alexander Wennberg · Slashingdrawn by Travis Hamonic2 min
3rd
- 5:20
served by M. Johansson · Too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:45
Brad Hunt · Hookingdrawn by Morgan Geekie2 min
- 15:20
Matthew Highmore · Interferencedrawn by Morgan Geekie2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Vasily Podkolzin, 2nd 16:41 — 53% → 74%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.02 G
- All situations
- 4 G4.8
- 1.51 G
- Even strength
- 3 G2.7
- 0.30 G
- Power play
- 1 G1.1
- 0.21 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 91 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.04 – 3.73
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 27
- Shots on goal
- 46
- 48%
- Faceoffs
- 52%
- 0/4
- Power play
- 1/4
- 8
- Penalty minutes
- 8
- 24
- Hits
- 24
- 8
- Blocked shots
- 20
- 5
- Giveaways
- 4
- 3
- Takeaways
- 4
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
