Seattle Kraken vs. San Jose SharksMar 16, 2023

Final / OTThursday, Mar 16, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SEA	0	0	1	1	2		SEA	8	15	8	1	32
SJS	0	0	1	0	1		SJS	10	8	14	0	32

: SEA 69SJS 59
: SEA 3.29SJS 2.50
PP goals: SEA 0SJS 0
Hits: SEA 17SJS 21
Blocks: SEA 18SJS 15
PIM: SEA 6SJS 8
: SEA 43%SJS 57%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Seattle Kraken edge San Jose Sharks 2–1 (OT)

Seattle Kraken beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 in overtime at SJS. Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SEA: Gourde–Bjorkstrand–Tolvanen skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:38.Bjorkstrand
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Bjorkstrand–Tolvanen skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Bjorkstrand Tolvanen
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Johnsson–Barabanov skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Johnsson Barabanov
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Labanc–Eklund skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Labanc Eklund
Usage
Evgeny Svechnikov (SJS) played 1:34, −9:20 down on his 10:54 season average over 58 games.Svechnikov
New line
New look for SEA: Hayden–Tanev–Geekie skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Tanev Geekie
New line
New look for SEA: Schwartz–Wennberg–Donato skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schwartz Wennberg Donato
New line
New look for SJS: Gregor–Zetterlund–Sturm skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gregor Zetterlund Sturm

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← SEA attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · SJS 59 · SEA 69

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
SEA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 36% of the game, SJS 26%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

SEA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	SEA	SJS
	64	53
	2.39	2.16
	2.26	2.06
	11	16
	5	10
	13	23
	−0.057	+0.057
	36%	26%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Seattle Kraken

L1Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
11:3361% CF
L2Eberle – McCann – Beniers
9:5670% CF
L3Schwartz – Wennberg – Donato
6:2730% CF
L4Hayden – Tanev – Geekie
4:1460% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
17:2866% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
14:3633% CF
D3Schultz – Megna
10:2552% CF

PP1Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – McCann – Dunn – Tolvanen
3:25100% CF
PP2Eberle – Schultz – Schwartz – Gourde – Beniers
2:0580% CF
PK1FWennberg – Tanev
2:07
PK2FGourde – McCann
1:41
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
2:46
PK2DMegna – Borgen
1:02

Current SEA line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Johnsson – Barabanov
11:2356% CF
L2Couture – Labanc – Eklund
9:2653% CF
L3Gregor – Zetterlund – Sturm
4:2442% CF
D1Benning – Ferraro
13:4533% CF
D2Karlsson – Pouliot
13:2258% CF
D3Vlasic – Knyzhov
8:4244% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Barabanov – Eklund
2:3388% CF
PP2Pouliot – Benning – Johnsson – Labanc – Zetterlund
1:10100% CF
PK1FLindblom – Sturm
2:03
PK2FCouture – Lorentz
1:24
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
1:49
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:18
SJSWilliam EklundPSwrist0.30 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Oleksiak, Wennberg, Donato, BorgenSJS: Couture, Benning, Labanc, Ferraro, Eklund
SEA 0 – 1 SJS
7:03
SEAOliver Bjorkstrand (Yanni Gourde, Adam Larsson)wrist0.09 xG
SEA: Larsson, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Dunn, TolvanenSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Pouliot, Johnsson, Barabanov
SEA 1 – 1 SJS

OT period

1:58
SEAVince Dunn (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jared McCann)wrist0.10 xG
SEA: Gourde, Bjorkstrand, DunnSJS: Gregor, Knyzhov, Barabanov
SEA 2 – 1 SJS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.31	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	52	38
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.20	2	1	0	18:30	—	—	60	44
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	3	1	0	16:38	—	—	58	45
Jared McCann L	L2	0	1	1	0	8	0.74	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	65	73
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.50	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	54	66
Matty Beniers C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	64	87
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	26	10
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	2	2	16:44	—	—	32	24
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	50	45
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	64	76
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	7:37	—	—	67	83
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:32	—	—	67	69
Vince Dunn D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.26	1	1	0	26:04	—	—	64	72
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.10	0	5	0	23:14	—	—	66	72
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	4	0	21:53	—	—	39	35
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	6	0	0	16:48	—	—	32	16
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	15:46	—	—	56	50
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	12:38	—	—	55	46

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.50	61:37

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	-2	3	0.23	1	1	0	22:15	—	—	46	52
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	-1	4	0.50	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	42	37
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	54	47
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	4	0.43	5	0	0	20:46	—	—	67	79
William Eklund L	L2	1	1	+1	3	0.42	2	3	2	20:40	—	—	56	75
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	16:22	—	—	50	55
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	0	0	14:19	—	—	50	42
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	36	47
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	-1	4	0.32	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	40	41
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	22:08	—	—	37	39
Matt Benning D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	20:20	—	—	42	37
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	28:01	—	—	54	53
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:56	—	—	50	64
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:28	—	—	46	46
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	14:48	—	—	41	44
Oskar Lindblom L	—	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	26	11
Steven Lorentz C	—	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	3	0	8:53	—	—	19	10
Evgeny Svechnikov L	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	1:34	—	—	33	56

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	O	32	30	2	.938	3.29	61:38

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.